The wine industry’s innovation journey to solve winemaking issues begins with partnerships The impact of wildfires on grapes, wine and the bottom line is a steadily growing worry for the West Coast wine industry. Recent heavy winter rains are refilling reservoirs and aquifers, which will help alleviate, but not eliminate, wildfire risk. On the other hand, there will be more “dry grass” — the perfect fuel for wildfires to propagate. “Unfortunately, It’s very difficult to predict wildfires, and when they happen, one of the biggest problems is smoke taint in the wine, especially in California, Oregon, and Washington,” says Antonino Li Brizzi, CEO of Della Toffola USA, which serves the wine community. “Even half an hour of contact with the smoke caused by wildfires can be enough to contaminate the grape and the wine, making it unpleasant or frequently unsellable. Some of our customers have faced the risk of losing a vintage, which would impac

Afternoon Brief, April 8th

New Sonoma Wine Industry Group Denies Workers’ Claims of Wildfire Safety Issues: For months, Sonoma vineyard workers advocated for safer and improved work conditions due to climate change and recurring wildfires...

G3 Enterprises has made ingenuity part of the core of their brand identity, not only as a distributor of high quality products like Diam corks and Boisé oak, but by continuing to develop their own line of new products and solutions that are forming the vanguard for the industry in packaging, logistics, and the integration of data and the internet of things (IoT) in operations and decision making. Smart Technology Is Taking Hold in the Wine Industry The RoboBottle family that launched last year has expanded, and G3 Enterprises is ready to go on technical service calls with the BottGuide analytics dashboard for their customers. The Setup RoboBottle is designed to assist mechanics in setting up their capper-heads accurately and efficiently, helping to guarantee the cappers function at peak performance. Now the family has expanded with the Line and Oxygen RoboBottles. Each RoboBottle, in the family of RoboBottles, is equipped with multiple sensors that wirelessly send data to the Bott