Afternoon Brief, October 5th

Website Launches to Inform Public About Lawsuits: Hoopes Vineyards, Summit Lake Vineyards and Smith-Madrone Winery are suing Napa County over unconstitutional patterns and practices and have now launched saveoursmallwineries.org...

Please join us in remembering our beloved colleague and team member as we announce the Robert Alex Scott Memorial Scholarship.  The Robert Alex Scott Scholarship benefits current entry-level vineyard or winery workers, their children and spouses/partners studying for a certificate and/or an associate degree in viticulture and/or enology at Napa Valley College, Santa Rosa Junior College, Allan Hancock College, Cuesta College, Walla Walla Community College or Umpqua Community College. The scholarship is geared toward individuals seeking skills that will allow them to advance above entry-level positions in viticulture and enology. Each grant is worth $6,000-$10,000 and is geared toward individuals seeking skills that will allow them to advance above entry-level positions in viticulture and enology.  The scholarship will be offered through the Napa Valley Communication Foundation. To learn more, please visit this website: https://www.napavalleycf.org/im-a-student/robert-alexande

Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation Donates Record $10 Million to Napa Valley College

Wine Program Facility to Be Named ‘Wine Spectator Wine Education Complex’ SEPTEMBER 20, 2021, NAPA, CA —  The Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation is donating a record $10 million to Napa Valley College (NVC). The gift will support the construction and expansion of NVC’s Viticulture, Wine and Technology (VWT) program teaching spaces, which will be named […]

By Charlotte Seligman 10 years owning and working the vineyards of Limerick Lane Cellars, Jake Bilbro, decided it was time to recast the winery’s brand to be more reflective of the estate’s unique 110-year history. He wanted to convey the rich story of the land and the people who worked it. But how to weave a visual and verbal narrative that succinctly speaks of the land’s magic and the world-class wines it produces? These questions haunted Jake Bilbro for weeks, until one day he found his inspiration. In his own words, Bilbro describes the experience: “Often, I find the answers to many questions associated with Limerick Lane in the property itself: the hills, the vines, the rocks, the trees, and of course, my family. This would be no different. At home, where my family sleeps, and the original founders of the vineyard slept, covered with grass and flowers at the end of our driveway lies a section of a tree stump. I have passed by the stump hundreds of