InnoVint and Smith Story Wine Cellars are hosting a Punchdown Hangout event in Healdsburg, CA for winery owners, winemakers, and industry professionals.  THE DETAILS: 🗓️  Thursday, May 30th ⏰ 4:00-7:00 pm 📍 Smith Story Wines, 14210 Bacchus Lndg Wy Ste. 200, Healdsburg, CA 95448 WHAT TO EXPECT: 🍇 Networking: Rub shoulders with fellow winemakers, viticulturists, and industry professionals behind the wines of your region. 🍇 Wine Tasting + Light Refreshments: Savor a selection of locally crafted wines, showcasing the unique terroir and winemaking expertise of our gracious host winery, Smith Story Wines, thoughtfully paired with charcuterie. 🍇 Story Telling: Learn the story behind Smith Story Wines, and discuss what a healthy winery looks like. This event is FREE, but please RSVP at this link. Feel free to share with your friends who may also like to join us!

Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Ali Smith Story—Owner, Smith Story Wine Cellars

“There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well I’m successful now, I may as well take a nap.’” —Carrie Fischer Words that Ali Smith Story keeps in her […]

New winemaking invention cuts up grapes resulting in brighter fruit and smoother tannins Richard Smart is a leading global consultant on viticulture and is renowned for his innovative work on canopy manipulation to manage its effects on vineyard yield and quality. When one of the world's top viticulturists comes to you with a fresh idea, you sit up and listen. That's what happened at DELLA TOFFOLA when Smart approached them in 2019 for help in developing a cutting-edge winemaking tool. As a leader in wine and beverage equipment design and manufacture, DELLA TOFFOLA was well placed to join Smart in this venture. Oenological consultant and author Clark Smith tells the story of collaborating with Smart and the DELLA TOFFOLA team to develop the DELLA TOFFOLA Maceration Accelerator (DTMA), which speeds up maceration to activate the pressing stage and significantly improves the extraction of polyphenols and anthocyanins from the grapes.  "Richard call

The Lightning Complex, or LMU fire, came earlier this year than Sonoma and Napa had experienced in recent years, so many of the vineyards had hanging fruit. A few whites had been harvested and early ripening Pinot Noir but those harvests were in the minority... The post Grape and Bulk Market Activity Increases as Wineries Seek Ways to Supplement a Smaller, Smoke Plagued Vintage appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/10/01/grape-bulk-market-activity-increases?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grape-bulk-market-activity-increases Published Date:Thu, 01 Oct 2020 21:00:00 +0000