2024 Harvest Report from Wedding Oak Winery

Winemaker Van Johnson of Wedding Oak Winery Weighs in on Harvest 2024 August 9, 2024 -The 2024 wine harvest season is underway for Wedding Oak

Johnson Brothers Expands Relationship with Domain HWH

St. Paul, Minn. – March 25, 2024 – Johnson Brothers, family-owned and operated since 1953, is excited to announce the expansion of its partnership with Domain HWH through the introduction of The […]

Sonoma State University’s (SSU) Wine Business Institute (WBI) announces the launch of A Report on the Wine Industry Today, offering a fresh perspective on the current landscape, the opportunities and the challenges facing wine industry leaders in 2023. Faculty contributors to the inaugural issue include Economics Professors Chong Kim and Rob Eyler along with Wine Business Professor InHaeng Jung. Contributing Board Members include Jay Johnson, President, RNDC West Region at Republic National Distributing Company, Ed Adams, Vice President, Capital Markets Group at American AgCredit and Gary Heck, President & Chairman of Korbel Champagne Cellars. “While this year has been a challenging one for the wine industry, there are bright spots and companies who are exploiting opportunities; our approach is to highlight success,” noted Ray Johnson, Executive Director of the Wine Business Institute. Johnson added, “The length of each issue will be deliberately brief,

The investment will support the Manufacturing Institute’s Heroes MAKE America Program The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce development and education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers, has announced Atlas Copco as a silver sponsor of its Heroes MAKE America initiative. The investment will support the growth and expansion of the Heroes program. Heroes MAKE America is a Department of Defense-approved SkillBridge program dedicated to promoting manufacturing careers in the United States, building connections between the military and veteran communities and the manufacturing industry, and providing exposure to a reliable stream of skilled military talent. “Atlas Copco is incredibly grateful for the sacrifices made by U.S. military service members and their families,” said Atlas Copco North America Vice President Aaron Prato. “Just as Atlas Copco has been committed to driving development and delivering breakthrough innovations to customers aro

The Next Generation Is Taking Over Creston Winery

Creston, BC November 1, 2021 – One of southeast British Columbia’s best-known and most awarded wineries is making the transition to a new generation of owners.   Wes Johnson and his fiancée Myran Hagenfeldt have purchased the Baillie-Grohman Estate  Winery in Creston from Wes’s parents, Bob Johnson and Petra Flaa, who founded the winery in  2007.   […]

Virtual event sees an 81 percent increase in attendees from 2019  Sonoma County, California – On July 15th, executives from wineries throughout California, from Antica Napa Valley in the north to Zaca Mesa in the south, joined the virtual Research Summit. The program featured Sonoma State University faculty and representatives from close stakeholders of the Wine Business Institute, including Rabo AgriFinance, Wine.com, Jackson Family Wines, and BPM. The Summit was followed by a private Q&A session that will be made available to registered attendees along with video recordings of all presentations. “Registration for the Summit was up 81 percent over the previous year,” said Ray Johnson, executive director of the Wine Business Institute in the School of Business and Economics at SSU. “Eighty-two percent of registrants attended; 17 percent higher than the average for virtual events. The virtual delivery made for easier access for attendees be

Bucher Vaslin North America is closely monitoring the unusual circumstances brought on our business, our employees, our customers and suppliers and the communities we live and work in by the spread of COVID-19. In accordance with trusted information provided by CDC and local health services and in compliance with orders issued by local authorities, Bucher Vaslin North America has implemented measures aimed at preventing exposure and reducing the risk of spreading the virus including limiting travelling, promoting remote work from home office, taking precautionary measures and encouraging our staff to strictly follow CDC guidelines and local authorities orders for the management of COVID-19. Our service team remains available to provide repair and maintenance on our customers equipment as needed. Understanding that you may need support to handle your equipment needs, our staff remains available by phone, email and available to set-up visits and tastings. We also can set-up online video

The 2020 Southern Hemisphere harvests are underway and lack of water is a concern in Australia, Argentina and Chile. The incredibly high temperatures and bushfires of the Australian summer have been well-documented, while a precipitation shortfall in Mendoza – combined with restricted funds for vineyard work due to the nation’s economic woes – is expected to have an impact on Argentina’s final volumes. Chile’s growing areas, meanwhile, are also in longstanding drought and a recent proliferation in deep well installation – in the hunt for water – has led to a shortage of the requisite piping. Conversely, the Western Cape has been experiencing its most straightforward growing season of recent years, with water stocks good and vineyards looking healthy. An abiding theme through all producer countries – in both Hemispheres – is a high degree of market uncertainty and concern regarding the sales picture. The Italy page this month probabl