Can you guess a LAFFORT® rep's natural habitat? If you said out in the field connecting with winemakers and diving into all things yeast, fining, nutrition, and more, you'd be right!  As the vines leaf out for harvest 2025, we're ready to swap ideas, troubleshoot challenges, and get you prepped for crush. Check out Boyd and Lisa (plus UC Davis Professor Ben Montpetit and Opus One Research Manager Alaina Velasquez), caught live in the Santa Rosa and Napa areas!   See you at your winery, technical meeting, or even virtually! Drop us a line or stop by the stores for a chat—we’d love to hear what’s top of mind for you as you plan your next great vintage.  

American winery owners from coast to coast rely on Process2Wine winery management software to make each day run smoothly. Process2Wine software is developed by Ertus Group, a French company that came to the US with decades of grape-growing and winemaking experience built into a grape-to-bottle software solution packed with functionality and backed by a technical understanding of what vineyard and winery owners need to succeed.  The founder Alain Sutre was formerly the director of prestigious estates in Bordeaux. Thanks to his vision, and to collaboration with experts in the field, Sutre launched Process2Wine in 2011 with the aim of planning and managing all the winemaking operations. We reached out to users to find out why they like working with Process2Wine winery management software. Here are the results: Why they chose Process2Wine Some wineries find Process2Wine through word of mouth. That includes Wes Jensen at Sages Vintage in Nacogdoches, Texas, who says, “I

Wineries and viticulturists have integrated software into their day-to-day operations to save time and streamline workflow. Choosing the best solution from among the many options can be challenging, if not daunting. Key considerations include the size of your winery or vineyard, whether you want a winemaking, viticultural or vineyard-to-bottle solution, the level of customer support you need, and of course, your budget.  Googling all options can add to the confusion and often misses the best solution for you. Relying on word of mouth alone can mean finding a solution that’s perfect for your friend’s business but not for yours. As a result, making a decision can become overwhelming for many. Yet, with software’s rapid pace of innovation, it is more important than ever to take advantage of its expanding benefits.  “There is a digital shift in how both wineries and viticulturists utilize software,” says Clement Chivite, General Manager of Process2

As the vineyard moves from winter pruning through bud break to veraison and harvest, a vineyard manager and his team continuously work their way through the canopy, tending vines and grapes to ensure they yield the highest quality wine possible. As the vineyard moves from winter pruning through bud break to veraison and harvest, a vineyard manager and his team continuously work their way through the canopy, tending vines and grapes to ensure they yield the highest quality wine possible. At each stage in the process, the team takes measurements: logging hours worked, recording the amount of water, fertilizer and pesticides applied, counting the flowers and grape bunches on each vine, measuring Brix levels, and noting the date they captured each metric. Viticulturists must synthesize all this information to assess the health of the vines, progress of the grapes, the efficiency of the work, and make decisions about all parts of the vineyard’s management. Process2Wine® softwar

Cahors, France /  September 17, 2020 –  In recognition of 40 landmark years at the helm of the renowned Chateau Lagrézette wine estate, we sat down with its legendary and visionary owner – Alain Dominique Perrin. Larger-than-life and known for his creative, boundless energy, Alain Dominique Perrin is important not just in the wine world […] The post Close Up with Chateau Lagrézette’s Iconic Owner appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/09/17/chateau-lagrezettes-iconic-owner?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chateau-lagrezettes-iconic-owner Published Date:Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:26:07 +0000