Tag: Virginia
Afternoon Brief, September 1
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How Package Design Attracts Today's Wine Consumer
Regardless of varied consumer preferences, there are surely enough wine options...
Charlottesville-Area Wineries Welcome Visitors in Tragedy’s Aftermath
Before August 12, the town of Charlottesville was known to many as a charming college town in northwest Virginia, surrounded by green rolling hills, lush vineyards and some of the state’s best wineries. That idyllic image changed when a white supremacist rally turned violent, resulting in the murder of one counter-protester and injuries to dozens of others.
Afternoon Brief, July 28
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Owner of Healdsburg’s Wilson Winery Hit with $56,000 in Pollution Fines
A Healdsburg vintner with a history of...
Afternoon Brief, July 25
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California Winemakers No Longer Fight Drought - Now It's Mildew
"If you don't find mildew in your vineyards,...
Afternoon Brief, June 29
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Wine Executive Charles Banks Sentenced to Four Years for Fraud
Wine executive Charles Banks was sentenced to four...
Afternoon Brief, June 23
Project Born in Pendleton Can Revolutionize Harvest
The Round-Up City is on the map as the birthplace for groundbreaking work in harvesting wine grapes and tree fruit...
Afternoon Brief, June 2
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Wine Spectator's Bring Your Own Magnum Party: Three Decades of Big Bottles
Thirty years ago, Wine Spectator editor...
Afternoon Brief, May 31
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WineAmerica and Wine Industry Network Join Forces
Wine Industry Network and WineAmerica today announced that WineAmerica, the National...
Afternoon Brief, May 30
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Lidl to Shake Up U.S. Wine Grocery Business
Will Lidl shake up the U.S. grocery store wine business...
Afternoon Brief, May 25
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Wine Industry Racing to Meet $10–$20 a Bottle Demand
Consumer thirst for wines retailing for more than $10...
Afternoon Brief, April 6
Francis Ford Coppola Winery Acquires Silverwood Vineyard in Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak Appellation
The purchase includes the 13-acre Silverwood Vineyard, an ultra-premium Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec producing vineyard whose fruit has contributed to Coppola's highly-acclaimed flagship Archimedes wine for several vintages...
Afternoon Brief, March 22
New Company Breaks Barriers to Distribution for Small Producers
Consolidation continues to make distributors bigger and fewer while the number of producers grow with new small producers enter the market. The vast majority of wineries in the US produce less than 5,000 cases, and theyve been effectively blocked from three-tier distribution because distributor giants wont take them on, but thats about to change...
Afternoon Brief, March 16
Is the US Wine Boom Over?: What if the 40-year-long US wine boom, which increased wine consumption threefold and turned that country into the world's biggest wine market, is over...
Afternoon Brief, March 10
Mercer Canyons Agrees to Pay $1.2 Million to Former Workers: A Klickitat County farm has agreed to pay up to $1.2 million to settle a class-action lawsuit involving more than 600 farmworkers.U.S. District Judge Stanley A. Bastian has given initial approval to the settlement, which will now be sent to former workers via mail and radio ads...
Afternoon Brief, March 2
Winemaker Opens Up About Sexism: Judging by the volume of emails, Wine-Searcher's recent article on sexism in the wine industry definitely struck a chord, especially with a cross-section of female winemakers in Australia...