Wine Duty Drawback: Boosting Exports or Hurting Domestic Growers?

This government trade policy is a double-edged sword By Jeff Siegel Stuart Spencer, a winemaker and the executive director of the Lodi Winegrape

Cameo Cinema Celebrates Regenerative Agriculture

To Which We Belong screens on September 4 with director Q&A St. Helena, Napa Valley, August 19 2022 — The Cameo Cinema offers a special screening of To Which We Belong, a […]

Understand what moves the needle for insurance companies and concrete actions you can take to reduce your winery’s wildfire risk, increase wildfire resilience, and manage your overall risk. This webinar will provide an update on the marketplace with wildfire best practices from the Heffernan Wine Team and will feature Peter Michael Winery. Stuart Bockman, GM of Peter Michael Winery in Calistoga, will share their new wildfire mitigation protocols and how that has enabled them to procure Insurance amidst an insurance crisis.

Presented by: Heffernan Insurance Brokers Understand what moves the needle for insurance companies and concrete actions you can take to reduce your winery’s wildfire risk, increase wildfire resilience, and manage your overall risk. Stuart Bockman, GM of Peter Michael Winery in Calistoga, will share their new wildfire mitigation protocols and how that has enabled them to procure Insurance amidst an insurance crisis. Join us June 16 at 11am for this free webinar. Register Now Speakers:  Stuart Bockman, GM Peter Michael Winery Liz Bishop, Heffernan Wine Practice Leader / EVP, Heffernan Insurance Brokers  Debra Costa, Wine Practice Leader / SVP, Heffernan Insurance Brokers  Adam Iveson, President, Ember Defense

JUNE 1, 2022 – SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA - M. A. Silva USA, the leading manufacturer of premium corks, glass, and packaging in North America, celebrates over 20 years of partnership with Smith-Madrone Vineyards and Winery. Located in St. Helena, California, Smith-Madrone was founded in 1971 by two brothers, Charlie and Stu Smith. Their highly acclaimed wines have placed the winery in Napa Valley’s spotlight for decades. To celebrate their long-term partnership, Neil Foster, President and Co-Founder of M. A. Silva, met with Charlie and Stu Smith in their vineyard to share a Smith-Madrone vintage sealed with M. A. Silva’s high-end natural cork. During this time, the three reminisced about their years working together and how the industry has changed. Neil Foster recalls when he first dropped off corks and how they were brought straight to Stu Smith’s home rather than the winery. The two parties attribute their strong relationship to having the same business values

Blurred Lines: How Co-Ferments, Hard Seltzer and Zero-Alc Options Are Transforming the Beverage Industry

By Paula Redes Sidore and Stuart Pigott 5 May – Once upon a time, the lines between the categories of alcoholic beverages were clearly defined and easily recognizable. Every producer […]

As a convenient push-button source of measurement data, near infrared (NIR) analysis has significant potential to supplement chemical analysis solutions for testing, particularly for key parameters such as organic carbon. The use of NIR is gaining momentum as progress with the complicated business of calibrating NIR equipment for soil samples opens the way for more sustainable and efficient tests. The lab assistant pours a cup of grain into the top of an instrument, taps the touchscreen to start a test and then barely has time to look-up before the multi-parameter results pop-up on the display. For anyone working with quality control in areas such as grain handling, the advantages of rapid and convenient analysis with near infrared (NIR) instruments have long been obvious as an alternative to slower reference analysis and the hazardous chemical waste that goes with it. So if NIR is already proven for jobs such as the analysis of grain, feed, dairy powder, soymeal and myriad other app

Veteran global wine production executive will lead all winemaking, vineyard and operations functions for the company WOODINVILLE, Wash. (November 10, 2020) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the largest wine company in the Pacific Northwest and the third-largest premium wine company in the U.S., has appointed Dr. Stuart McNab to the newly-created position of Chief Supply Officer. In this […] The post Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Names Stuart McNab as Chief Supply Officer appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/11/11/ste-michelle-names-stuart-mcnab-chief-supply-officer?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ste-michelle-names-stuart-mcnab-chief-supply-officer Published Date:Wed, 11 Nov 2020 19:19:16 +0000