Afternoon Brief, March 1st

Registration Is Open for the Wine Industry Sales Symposium In-Person Event: Wine Industry Network (WIN) has opened registration for the Wine Industry Sales Symposium, a one-day educational conference that will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country, in Santa Rosa, Ca...

Afternoon Brief, May 6th

Washington Wine Allocates Nearly $1 Million to Wine Research for Upcoming Year: The broad research projects aim to improve wine quality by tackling high priority vineyard and winery issues...

Afternoon Brief, April 29th

AI Sommelier Generates Wine Reviews Without Ever Opening a Bottle: A new algorithm writes wine and beer reviews that sound like they were penned by human critics. Is that a good thing?...

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...

Afternoon Brief, March 9th

The San Luis Obispo Coast Named by TTB as Wine’s Newest AVA: The SLO Coast Wine Collective is proud to announce the San Luis Obispo Coast is the newest American Viticultural Area (AVA), a designation awarded March 9, 2022 by the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau...

ENOFORUM, the largest technical-specific wine industry event in Europe, takes place every other year, and is the only event that gathers together producers, technicians, oenologists, agronomists, researchers, and technology suppliers, to stimulate the creation and development of innovation in the wine sector. VINIDEA and WIN are collaborating again to bring Enoforum to the US—this time in-person—on May 11th in Santa Rosa, CA. The line-up of events and educational seminars promises to propel the US industry forward by sharing the results of international oenological research, all focused on featuring the latest innovations in winemaking and production. Register here: enoforumusa.com 

Bottling for Long Shelf-Life New findings on how to bring your wine in the best conditions to consumers WEBINAR - November 17th, 2021 - 9.30 am PST; 18h30 CEST Register NOW for FREE Topics covered: Variable presence of oxygen within the wine lots The precise management of preservatives The right closure choice Best bottling practices Estimating wine sensitivity to oxidation The effect of temperature during shipment Speakers:  Maurizio Ugliano presently holds a position of Associate Professor at the University of Verona – Department of Biotechnology. His intense research activity was carried out at the Universities of Foggia and of Naples in Italy, at the University of Vigo in Spain, and at AWRI in Australia. From 2010 to 2015 Maurizio worked in France as Oenological Research Manager at Nomacorc, studying wine bottle aging chemistry and the development of novel analytical tools for the wine industry. His current research is in the fields of factors determining the expres

Constellation’s Wine Premiumization Strategy Is Starting to Pay Off: Constellation’s STZ +0.2% sell-off of its lower-priced wine brands to E&J Gallo seems to be paying off in terms of promoting their “premiumization” strategy in the wine arena... The post Afternoon Brief, April 9th appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/04/09/afternoon-brief-1840?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afternoon-brief-1840 Published Date:Fri, 09 Apr 2021 20:38:48 +0000 

Four Women Say Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli, ‘Prince’ of Wine Country, Sexually Assaulted Them: In the summer of 2019, Rose Fumoso left her home in southern France to intern at a Sonoma County winery, where the 21-year-old greeted customers in the tasting room and assessed the ripeness of grapes from the vineyard. As the season wound down in September, a friend invited Fumoso to a party celebrating the end of harvest... The post Afternoon Brief, April 8th appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/04/08/afternoon-brief-1839?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afternoon-brief-1839 Published Date:Thu, 08 Apr 2021 21:55:58 +0000 

U.S. and Europe Will Suspend Tariffs on Alcohol, Food and Airplanes: The governments agreed to temporarily suspend tariffs on billions of dollars of products as they search for a settlement to a long-running clash over subsidies given to Airbus and Boeing... The post Afternoon Brief, March 5th appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/03/05/afternoon-brief-1815?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afternoon-brief-1815 Published Date:Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:02:28 +0000