Please join us in remembering our beloved colleague and team member as we announce the Robert Alex Scott Memorial Scholarship.  The Robert Alex Scott Scholarship benefits current entry-level vineyard or winery workers, their children and spouses/partners studying for a certificate and/or an associate degree in viticulture and/or enology at Napa Valley College, Santa Rosa Junior College, Allan Hancock College, Cuesta College, Walla Walla Community College or Umpqua Community College. The scholarship is geared toward individuals seeking skills that will allow them to advance above entry-level positions in viticulture and enology. Each grant is worth $6,000-$10,000 and is geared toward individuals seeking skills that will allow them to advance above entry-level positions in viticulture and enology.  The scholarship will be offered through the Napa Valley Communication Foundation. To learn more, please visit this website: https://www.napavalleycf.org/im-a-student/robert-alexande

Afternoon Brief, March 28th

Using Alternative Yeasts to Replace Sulfites in Wines: New research shows that non-Saccharomyces yeasts could be an effective way to cut sulfur dioxide use in the cellar—and even the vineyard...

Scott Labs is the leader in enological innovation, driving research to create new, science-backed solutions for wine production. We are excited to share our newest applications, with an emphasis on helping producers address consumer demand for vegan and clean-crafted wines! Join our very own Darren Michaels on Tuesday, May 11th at 11am PST for a live webinar looking at our new products and live Q&A with Dr. Nichola Hall. A preview of our new products and applications: New NutrientsSTIMULA CABERNET™ - stimulates fruity aroma compounds in red wines STIMULA SYRAH™ - stimulates floral and spicy aromas in red wines Low-Input, Low-SO2 WinemakingINITIA™ - oxygen-scavenging non-Saccharomyces yeast to protect aroma and color, ideal for low chemical input winemaking. GLUTASTAR™ - the King of Natural Antioxidants, GLUTASTAR is a yeast derivative nutrient that protects and stabilizes wine color and aroma. Animal-Free WinemakingNO[OX] - a

Practical Vineyard & Winery conducted a study years ago showing that pruning was the single most costly vineyard activity. Combine that with increasing minimum wage costs and a labor crisis and you have a cocktail that instantly leaves most vineyard managers feeling outraged or helpless. Like other results-driven vineyard owners, Allan DeRose discovered the value of investing in mechanization that could cut labor costs year after year. Listen to how DeRose Winery now prunes with 2 laborers instead of 6 in the same amount of time. Shop the tools Allan uses >>       

The ability to make decisions based on real data, using the latest technology, is important to the modern wine operation. This is why Allan Delmare of renowned Rappahannock Cellars in Virginia selected Process2Wine as their management system. “We have been using different winery management systems for the last two decades. Finding the right software has been a journey of trial-and-error, but then we found Wine Management Systems, now Process2Wine, for our production management in May 2015.” One of the family owners of Rappahannock Cellars (and chief distiller), Delmare has been moving his family’s business towards technology-based and data-driven decisions for winery production, and now for their vineyards as well.   Presenting not only a complete production system for winemaking and wine storage, Process2Wine offers a unique component that their competitors do not: complete (and mobile!) vineyard management. Exclusively designed for technology-driven vineya