Tag: The Hess Collection Winery
Historic Family-Owned Winery Debuts New Name, Hess Persson Estates
The Hess Persson Estates name honors the legacy of founder Donald Hess
and the next-generation stewardship of Sabrina and Timothy Persson
Napa, CA (September 16, 2021) –...
The Hess Collection Winery Partners with National Forest Foundation for Pour One,...
Family-owned Napa Valley winery builds on environmental legacy with commitment to plant 25,000 trees
July 13, 2020, NAPA, California – Sustainability has been core to The...
What’s New in the Napa Valley, Summer/Fall 2019
July 16, 2019 – Come discover what's new in the Napa Valley, including new things to see and do, shopping experiences, wine tasting opportunities,...
Afternoon Brief, September 11
Smart Branding Key to Future Wine Sales: The wine industry has often been among the slowest to react to economic change. As the United States pulls into a decade of recession and recovery, wine executives are still reluctant to innovate on many fronts...
Afternoon Brief, April 30
Millions In USDA Export Funds Now Available To Ag/Wine Trade Associations: In Fiscal Year 2015 the USDA's Market Access Program awarded more than $173 million to 62 American agricultural trade associations for export trade activities. This includes the Wine Institute which received more than $7 million...
Afternoon Brief, August 19
California has given away rights to far more water than it has:
California has allocated five times more surface water than the state actually has, making it hard for regulators to tell whose supplies should be cut during a drought, University of California researchers reported...
Afternoon Brief, May 27
St. Helena wine consultant sued for $1.6 million:
A vintner is suing a wine consultant for $1.6 million, alleging he was negligent when he failed to produce a new top-quality cult wine, according to court records filed in Napa County Superior Court...
Afternoon Brief, May 16
French court clears anti-GM vine protesters:
More than 50 protestors who destroyed a field of genetically modified grapevines being trialled in Eastern France have had their convictions quashed, to the annoyance of the country's national research body...
Afternoon Brief, May 14
Former Hanzell Winemaker Bob Sessions Dies at 82:
Bob Sessions was perfectly tailored for Hanzell Vineyards. Quiet, humble, hardworking and skilled, Sessions became the winemaker at the historic Sonoma winery in 1973 and oversaw winemaking there for 28 vintages...
Afternoon Brief, May 12
Fire damages Oregon's Carlton winery but does not hurt wine:
A 2-alarm fire at Scott Paul Wines in Carlton Sunday night, May 12, 2014, caused an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 damage to the building but did not hurt any of the wine...
