This 2021 Wine Competition represents a decade and a half of putting a consistently level playing field for honest judging of California Wines. Throughout this time, our core judges have anchored hundredsof judging panels from all over the State, and in some cases, the World. We are excited to experience the same great double-blind competition in a new region of …
Contents of the March Issue: The Year the Earth Stood Still Grape Crush Report Reflects Difficult Year Grape Growers Adapt with Pandemic Could There Be a Silver Lining? Rick Stark Retires from Sun-Maid A Gracious Farewell from the Raisin Industry The American Grapevine Grape Industry News Briefs California Oregon Washington
Contents of the February Issue: Better Things to Come in the Wine Industry Stasi Seay of Hope Family Wines Navigates Through Challenges Spotted Lanternfly Invasion A Colorful Cause for Concern The Sun will Shine Again on the Raisin Industry Sun-Maid Growers Boast Record Sales The American Grapevine Grape Industry News Briefs Alabama California Florida Minnesota New Mexico Oregon Washington
Contents of the January Issue: State of the Grape Industries Clearing the Smoke of Uncertainty Malcolm Media Ag Expos New Format Breaks Expo Attendance Marks The American Grapevine Grape Industry News Briefs • California • Michigan • Oregon
Contents of the December Issue: Through the Grapevine When the Lights Go On Again… Central Coast Grape Expo – 2020 Adapts State of the Central Coast Wine Industry Napa Valley Grapegrowers 2020 Season “Farming is the Profession of Hope” – Brian Brett UGA Releases New ‘RubyCrisp’ Muscadine Self-Fertile, High Yielding Southern Cultivar
Sonoma County Winegrowers have reached nearly 100% certified sustainability in their growing practices, but they are not settling just at that. They are currently working with the California Land Stewardship Institute to develop a Climate Adaption Certification program and launched a pilot program this year in preparation. Watch this brief interview with Laurel Marcus as she explains and read more …
Contents of the October Issue: McManis Family Vineyards & Winery Improving Uniformity with a Bird’s-Eye View 211,000- Ton Raisin Crop Expected Smoky Overcast Skies Delay Sunshine-Needy Crop The American Grapevine Grape Industry News Briefs Arkansas California Michigan Missouri Minnesota Oregon Pennsylvania Washington
With smoke-filled skies and ongoing wildfires in forested areas, one may wonder just how the California raisin industry may be impacted by all this. As harvest continues through the pandemic year, what should we expect from the 2020 crop? Watch this brief interview with Rick Stark from Sun-Maid growers to find out and read more about it in American Vineyard …
Wildfires and smoke exposure aside, what is the 2020 wine grape crop looking like. Jeff Bitter from Allied Grape Growers reports that the crop could be much smaller than expected with supply and demand returning to a more balanced state. Watch his brief interview now and be sure to attend Jeff Bitter’s State of the wine grape industry address at …
Many of our wine grape industry friends and families have been impacted by the recent wildfires, and our hearts and prayers go out to them. Although vineyards tend to act as fire breaks helping to mitigate the spread of these wildfires, growers and winemakers are concerned about what the smoke exposure impact will have on the 2020 vintage. Please watch …
Terrence Wilson: Re repellent sprays, which ones? How close to harvest can they be used, and what...