We are thrilled to spotlight an exceptional project that embodies the synergy of winemaking expertise, innovative equipment, and architectural brilliance: Fulldraw Vineyard, masterfully designed by the renowned architectural firm Clayton Korte. An Architectural Masterpiece in California’s Wine Country Nestled within the Templeton Gap AVA, at the heart of California’s Central Coast wine region, Fulldraw Vineyard spans over 100 acres of established vineyards. The land is distinguished by its rich limestone soils and a cool maritime climate, creating the perfect terroir for cultivating premium grapes. Clayton Korte’s innovative architectural design seamlessly integrates with this unique landscape. The project features a Fermentation Building, a covered Crush Pad, and dedicated spaces for Barrel Aging and Case Goods Storage. Each element is meticulously crafted to respond to the site’s topography, sun exposure, and prevailing breezes. The

Tell us a few words about yourself and your wines: Born in a family with strong roots in the Douro Valley and a long winegrowing tradition, to Tiago Alves de Sousa the land appeal was listened from a tender age. With a degree in Agricultural Engineering by the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, he was distinguished with the award Foundation “António de Almeida” and with a special distinction by the Portuguese government for being the best student of the degree. After some periods of harvest training, collaborating with consecrated winemakers such as Manuel Vieira, Luís Cabral de Almeida and Anselmo Mendes, complemented with studies of winemaking and viticulture and a passage in the Institute of Viticulture of the Università Cattolica de Piacenza (Italy) where he collaborated with the reputed Professors Mario Fregoni and Luigi Bavaresco, he joins definitely Alves de Sousa’s winemaking team in 2002. For some years he accumulated the w

We are thrilled to spotlight an exceptional project that embodies the synergy of winemaking expertise, innovative equipment, and architectural brilliance: Fulldraw Vineyard, masterfully designed by the renowned architectural firm Clayton Korte. An Architectural Masterpiece in California’s Wine Country Nestled within the Templeton Gap AVA, at the heart of California’s Central Coast wine region, Fulldraw Vineyard spans over 100 acres of established vineyards. The land is distinguished by its rich limestone soils and a cool maritime climate, creating the perfect terroir for cultivating premium grapes. Clayton Korte’s innovative architectural design seamlessly integrates with this unique landscape. The project features a Fermentation Building, a covered Crush Pad, and dedicated spaces for Barrel Aging and Case Goods Storage. Each element is meticulously crafted to respond to the site’s topography, sun exposure, and prevailing bree

Sales Trends and Predictions, Consumer Motivation, Wine Club Retention, Navigating Wholesale Distribution, Wine Marketing Winners, and MORE! Join us Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Santa Rosa, CA, for this one-day event focused on delivering insights, advice, and predictions from industry leaders and winery executives from thriving brands sharing their strategies for succeeding in this competitive landscape. The Symposium program will open with a keynote address by Ben Dollard, President of Treasury Americas, and continue with topics that cover insights into customer demographics, industry sales trends and predictions, luxury wine consumer motivations & behaviors, converting website traffic into revenue, wholesale channels success, wine club retention, and more! Session panels will host speakers from notable brands that include Clif Family Winery & Farm, Customer Vineyard, DaVero Farms & Winery, Distinguished Vineyards, Far Niente Family of Wines, Knights Bridge Winery, L

Vineyard management has never been easy and crop variability is one persistent issue that has not been resolved. Having successfully proven the technology for multiple seasons with industry leaders like E&J Gallo, Arterra, and UC Davis, Verdi has distinguished itself as the first and only commercially available solution for variable rate irrigation in vineyards. Verdi has demonstrated significant ROI from its cutting-edge solution through higher yield and improved quality by eliminating crop variability due to soil type, elevation, vine maturity, and variety. According to Roman Kozak, CTO and co-founder of Verdi, the technology his company has developed is able to finetune water and fertilizer applications in a way not previously possible. “Within an existing irrigation zone, we are able to give more water to the vines that need it and less water to the vines that don’t need as much.” “We engineered this very low-cost hardware that connects to the drip tub

Afternoon Brief, March 19th

Should SVB Continue to Produce the Annual DtC Report?: Silicon Valley Bank goes to great lengths and costs to provide this report to the industry gratis. Still, it's a partnership with you: Without survey responses, they can't produce this industry resource...

Celebrity-owned Cottonwood winery receives funding from California-based financial company

Maynard James Keenan, renowned as the frontman of the iconic rock band Tool, has embarked on an ambitious expansion of his Verde Valley winery and vineyard located in Arizona. To...

Afternoon Brief, July 26th

Breakthru Beverage Founder Rocky Wirtz Dies: Rocky Wirtz, co-chairman and founder of US distributor Breakthru Beverage Group and owner of ice hockey team Chicago Blackhawks, has died at the age of 70...

Wine on tap programs nationwide are recognized for collectively saving more than 35 million bottles from the landfill with the use of reusable steel kegs to support their wine on tap programs.  Sonoma, CA, July 24, 2023 – Free Flow Wines has announced 20 new winners at the 10th annual KEGGY Awards, recognizing the exceptional impacts these partners have made in reducing waste from the landfill and CO2 emissions. The KEGGY Awards were created in 2014 to recognize winery partners for their commitment to sustainability by choosing reusable stainless-steel kegs - a truly zero-waste package. Each Free Flow keg holds the equivalent of 26 bottles of wine and will eliminate approximately 1,560 bottles from the landfill over its lifetime.  As of today, Free Flow Wines and their partners have saved more than 35 million bottles, or 53 million pounds of waste, from the landfills and the equivalent of over 63 million pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere. Each reusable steel keg will sa