These wineries and leaders are setting the standard for innovation, engagement, and operational excellence across our community. Active Participant 🔹 Galen Becker Drace — Arkenstone Estate Winery Continuous Learner 🔹 Angela Walker — Corison Winery Community Champion 🔹 Truman Prewitt — Sculpterra Winery & Vineyards  The Unity Award 🔹 Karen Darling — Bella Vineyards Feedback MVPs 🔹 Adam C. — Somerston Estate 🔹 Marian Kildahl — Imagery Estate Winery  Super Users 🔹 Harry Bagnaschi — Treasury Wine Estates 🔹 Doug M. — The Duckhorn Portfolio 🔹 Jessica Hartin — JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery Early Adopter Excellence 🔹 Far Niente Wine Estates 🔹 Hess Persson Estates  🔹 Laurel Glen Vineyard 🔹 Sangiacomo Family Wines Transformation Champions 🔹 Alyssa Kosan 🔹 Eric Mueller — Antica Terra 🔹 Kevin Jessen — Firstleaf User of the Year 🔹 Rebbecca Ingalls — Crimson Wine Group Congratulations to our 2026 honorees! Lea

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Verdi’s Block Controller retrofits onto existing infrastructure with no trenching or rewiring required. Vancouver, Canada – Verdi, the company making irrigation automation accessible to every farm, today announced it has raised $6.5 million CAD ($4.7 million USD) in its latest oversubscribed seed round, bringing total funding to $9.5 million. The round was led by SVG Ventures, with participation from NEC, Ponderosa Ventures (a member of Galvanize Climate Solutions’ platform), Elemental Impact, GenomeBC, One Small Planet, Waterpoint Lane, Dangerous Ventures, VentureUs, Echo River Capital, Cyan Ventures, Jetstream, and Baker Hall Capital. The funding follows a breakout year for Verdi, which now powers irrigation automation for some of the world’s largest food and beverage brands on more than 5,000 acres of farmland in North America. Agriculture producers have been drawn to its ability to retrofit to existing infrastructure and deliver immediate results.

Are you looking for ways to stay ahead of the curve in the wine industry? InnoVint is excited to share Expert Talks, a new video series featuring bite-sized conversations with top winery professionals that connect you with top experts shaping the future of wine. Each episode is ~20 minutes and is jam-packed with insights from top experts on anything and everything related to running a successful wine business. Each guest shares their unique experiences and knowledge on crucial topics like winery compliance, HR best practices, cost accounting, DTC strategies, and more. Check out our first 5 episodes: Cost Accounting Concepts for Winery Professionals with Frances Spangler, CFO of Bricoleur Vineyards Top 5 HR Tips for Wineries without an HR Manager with Jessica Hart, HR Consultant Winery Compliance 101 with Nicole Elizabeth, Owner of Premiere Wine Compliance Six Segments of DTC Customer Data with Paul Leary, Owner of Assemblage Strategy Group Bridging the Gap Between Winemaking and Accoun

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