Tag: Climate Change
STARS® – A Solution for Modern Winemaking
As the temperatures in California and other winemaking regions continue to rise, the wine’s pH and the increase in the level of potassium become...
OENODIA Helps Winemakers Battle the Impact of Climate Change on Wine...
The proprietary Oenodia STARS® technology is well known for its groundbreaking use of electrodialysis to extract potassium, calcium and tartrates from wine before bottling. The controlled and...
Afternoon Brief, December 13
The Financial Penalty Wineries Now Pay for Climate Change: There is a hidden cost of climate change to wine producers and the Australian wine industry had a small taste of it in the lead up to Christmas, from rising insurance premiums to cancelled winery tours...
Wine Industry Well Equipped to Meet Climate Change Challenges
“Wine people are interested in surviving and succeeding and will work within the natural boundaries they are given,” says Jim Trezise, President of WineAmerica. He has his finger on the pulse of the wine industry and is intimately aware of the issues facing vintners ...
Bolstering Grapevines to Handle the Effects of Climate Change
Bolstering Grapevines to Handle the Effects of Climate Change: BluVite (pronounced bloo veetay) was developed in Italy by BluAgri about 10 years ago to help grape growers deal with the inevitability of climate change. Enartis USA began trialing it here in the US in 2018.
Afternoon Brief, November 1
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein Says Senate Approves New Funding, Resources for Combating California Wildfires: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday released the following statement after helping securing additional wildfire funding and resources in the package of funding bills passed by the Senate...
Afternoon Brief, October 29th
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Firefighters Battle Sonoma Blaze While Wineries Wonder and Worry
According to state agency Cal Fire, the Kincade fire...
Afternoon Brief, October 28
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Sonoma’s Soda Rock and Field Stone Wineries Burned by Kincade Fire
Firefighters spent the night battling the Kincade...
Afternoon Brief, October 18
From Tariffs to Cannabis, Napa Valley Vintners Take on New Challenges: Formed 75 years ago this month, the Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) trade group now includes 550 wineries representing 99% of Napa Valley wine production. Totaling about 9 million cases annually, Napa Valley accounts for only about 4% of California's production, but it remains the most prestigious growing region in North America and the calling card for American wines around the world...
Managing the Impact of Climate Change
Managing the Impact of Climate Change: While the full impact of climate change on the wine industry remains to be seen, we are already beginning to see the initial effects of it. This year’s 8th annual North Coast Wine Industry Expo (WIN Expo) offers some insight and practical applications in the late-morning session: Managing the Impact of Climate Change; The Evolution of Vineyard & Winemaking Practices session.
Afternoon Brief, September 3
Can New Grapes Save the Wine Industry from Climate Change? : Heat waves, frost, rainstorms: As climate change continues to present challenges in vineyards, vintners across the globe are trying to figure out how to manage new and ever-changing conditions...
Afternoon Brief, August 23
Millennials Maybe, but New Data Direct the Wine Industry to Gen X: It's doubtful anyone questions how much influence the Baby Boomer generation has had (still has) on the continued growth of the U.S. wine industry over the past forty years-the latest Wine Analytics Report has domestic table wine sales at $73 billion, 3% higher than last year at this time...
Afternoon Brief, August 21
Napa Valley Preps for Wildfires, Next-Gen Wine Marketing: Calistoga Mayor Chris Canning knows whats it is like when an entire city is pitched into a power blackout, on purpose. In 2018, the Napa Valley city became the first entire municipality to experience the planned shutdown of the power grid in order to reduce the risk of wildfires...
Afternoon Brief, August 19
Amazon Above the Law in California: Amazon is openly flouting California liquor law. In February, Amazon, doing business as Prime Now, was issued a liquor license to open a liquor store in Los Angeles. California requires businesses that offer alcohol for home delivery to have a brick-and-mortar store...
Afternoon Brief, July 5
Could Coca Cola Try to Buy Pernod Ricard’s Wine Brands?: Rumours started circulating around Pernod Ricards intention to sell its wine brands, which include Jacobs Creek, based out of the Barossa Valley, and other labels including Brancott Estate, Kenwood and Campo Viejo, earlier this year ...
