Afternoon Brief: Announcing Historic Launch of 2025 Old Vine Conference in California October 31 - November
In a pioneering partnership, the prestigious Old Vine Conference (OVC) is teaming up with Zinfandel Advocates & Producers (ZAP) and other notable organizations including California Wines, Lodi Wines and the Historic Vineyard Society to host an extraordinary event series from October 31 to November 4, 2025 in Northern California...
Afternoon Brief: Seaport Strike Could Spike NYC Wine Prices, Leave Produce Rotting Offshore, Experts Warn
A looming longshoremen's strike at seaports across the East Coast is slated to hammer New York City's supply chains -- and experts said the labor action could lead to a spike in wine prices, in addition to hundreds of tons of fruit going bad on ships stuck outside the harbor with no place to dock...
Afternoon Brief, July 27th
Do We Need New Grape Varieties?: University of California, Davis experts recently examined the question...
Afternoon Brief, July 12th
Growing Cover Crops Under Vineyard Vines Is a Sustainability Strategy: Practice can cut herbicide use, reduce labor and provide ecosystem services for grape production...
Compost Is Not a Dirty Word: Domaine Bousquet Focuses on Composting in Quest for Carbon Neutral Status
July 11, 2023, Tupungato, Argentina --Intent on becoming carbon neutral by the end of 2023, Argentinas Domaine Bousquet has become as preoccupied
Afternoon Brief, March 30th
North Coast Wineries Should Prep for More Diverse Tasting Room Visitors: North Coast vintners should prepare for tasting-room visitors who are younger and more ethnically and financially diverse than they may be used to, according to a panel of tourism and wine industry experts Tuesday...
Afternoon Brief, December 19th
California’s Jackson Family Wines Sues Insurer Over $430 Million in Wildfire Damage Claims: The Santa Rosa-based wine company alleges that the insurance company is delaying claims from the Tubbs, Kincade and Glass fires in the past five years...
Afternoon Brief, September 27th
Southern Oregon is known for it’s abundance of wineries. But smoke from wildfires in recent years has sometimes affected the taste of the wine. Smoke damage from wildfires are costing wineries billions of dollars across the west coast...
Domaine Bousquet Expands Flagship Ameri Single-Vineyard Line with Launch of New Ameri Malbec
Miami, FL, September 26, 2022:Ameri Red Blend, the single-vineyard flagship wine of Argentinas Domaine Bousquet, is being joined by a varietally designated Malbec. Like the Red Blend, Ameri Malbec 2019 []
Afternoon Brief, June 15th
Can Sustainable Wine Survive a Cost of Living Crisis?: In many ways, it feels like the concept of sustainability in the era of climate change was made for the wine industry. It is also true to say that the wine industry has been talking about, and trying to mitigate, climate change for far longer than many other product categories...