Tag: Kim Badenfort
Five Wine Industry Innovators Honored with 2016 WINnovation Awards
Whether in solving a problem or seeing an opportunity, these five wine industry suppliers used their ingenuity and knowhow to develop innovative products and...
Zipz Wine Unzipping the Potential of the Single Serve Market
One innovative idea can be the key to accessing new marketplaces and segments, but the technical challenges to implementing that idea can be daunting...
Innovative BlueMorph UV Tank Sanitation Technology Expands Options and Markets
After a period of trials, BlueMorph UV delivered their first commercial ultraviolet light sanitation unit to Jackson Family Wines in September 2015, and in...
Bakery Succeeds with Wine Industry Marketing Strategy
La Brea Bakery takes a page out of the wine industry’s playbook with their new La Brea Bakery Reserve line of farm designated breads...
Jackson Family Wines Shows Industry Leadership with Launch of Sustainability Report...
“We are committed to being leaders in responsible winemaking, and are sharing the story of our journey with others to inspire and inform,” the...
A Quality Revolution and Opportunity for Domestic Rosé
Quality rosé is on the rise. For the past two consecutive years Nielsen has reported a 40-50% off-premise growth in the sale of rosé...
How Does a Small, Family Owned Sonoma County Winery Become the...
Passion and authenticity is the answer. This weekend the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series comes to Chicago for the second qualifying race on...
A Look Inside Jean-Charles Boisset’s Dream
“This place represents a dream I’ve had forever,” says Jean-Charles Boisset introducing his media guests to the new JCB Tasting Salon and Atelier in...
Single Serve Trend Won’t Slow Down
The Wine Industry Advisor met up with Ben Parsons, owner and winemaker of The Infinite Monkey Theorem winery on the Unified Wine and Grape...
G Ink Capabilities Showcased with Wintersun Labels and Capsules
G3 Enterprises are continuing to develop their G Ink technologies and have displayed label and capsule designs utilizing the bichromic, thermochromic, and photochromic features...
Wine Premiumization Trend Builds Through Thanksgiving
The latest off-premise report from Nielsen indicates that the premium wine segment continues to perform well with consumers trading up for the holidays compared...
Cabernet Outgrows Chardonnay Off-Premise Sales in Long Term Projection
Over the last year the volume of Cabernet Sauvignon sold off-premise grew 4.8% compared to a 0.7% growth for Chardonnay, which has been the...
Vintage, a Wine and Food Themed Odyssey
If Hank Moody (Californication) took a Sideways style existential journey through wine country, this might be what it looked like. The protagonist, Bruno Tannenbaum,...
Grape Harvest Yields 30% to 40% Below 3 Year Average in...
With Napa’s earliest harvest on record expected to finish up next week, the Napa Valley Grapegrowers held their annual harvest press conference at Cliff...
Jackson Family Wine Buys BlueMorph Waterless Tank Sanitation System
by Kim Badenfort
Wednesday morning Tom Beard Company delivered the first commercial BlueMorph UV sanitation unit to Jackson Family Wines in Windsor CA, and Co-Founder...
