Tag: Mendocino Complex Fire
Afternoon Brief, August 20
The Great Wine Industry Shake-Up: Intensifying climate change, consolidation and real estate prices will all lead to increasingly shrewd business deals ...
Afternoon Brief, August 17
Locals Continue to Clash with Sonoma Wineries: While many wine country regions have welcomed revenue from new businesses, the somewhat-still-rural hamlet of Sonoma County clearly has conflicted sentiments...
Afternoon Brief: August 16
U.S. Wine Sales up Despite Import Competition: Steady growth in U.S. wine sales continued through July, traditionally a slower season for purchases and direct-to-consumer shipments...
Lake County Wine Industry Status Update
Limited Impact of the Mendocino Complex Fire to the Wine Region
Kelseyville, California - August 16, 2018 - Since August 2, 2018, the active fire...
Afternoon Brief, August 13, 2018
Will the Mendocino Complex Fires Put a Chokehold on Grapes This Harvest?
The Mendocino Complex fires in Lake County created a dense plume of smoke over the Beckstoffer vineyard for several days in early August. More than 50 vineyard workers were sent home that week because of poor visibility...
Afternoon Brief, August 10, 2018
Napa Keeps a Wary Eye on Monster Fire: Growers keep their fingers crossed as fire devastates vast tracts of northern California ...
Afternoon Brief, August 9
New York's Best Wine, Winery and Hard Cider: An aromatic Gewurtztraminer from Keuka Spring Vineyards near Penn Yan has won the 2018 Governor's Cup as New York state's best wine in the 33rd annual New York Wine Classic competition...
Afternoon Brief, August 6
French Wine Scientists Create 'Supergrapes' That Do Not Require Pesticides
French wine scientists have come up with four revolutionary supergrape varieties they say are impervious to rot and thus require almost no pesticides...
Afternoon Brief, August 3
California Wine Country Bracing for Fire Season
As Mendocino Complex fires spread to Lake County, vintners are on high alert...
Mendocino Complex Fire Status Report: Impact to Lake County Wine Industry,...
Kelseyville, Calif. August 2, 2018 – According to CALFIRE, as of Thursday morning, containment for the Mendocino Complex Fire reached 39 percent. The complex...
FEMA Fire Management Assistance Granted for Ranch Fire, River and Ranch...
OAKLAND, Calif. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to assist the...
