News Archive: June 2006
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Founder of Diamond Creek Vineyards dies
Al Brounstein, founder of Diamond Creek Vineyards and a pioneer of the single-vineyard concept in California, has died at age 86.
Posted on 2006-06-29 at 01:06 · Category: Industry
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Reports Indicate Light Season For Wine Grape Yields
An early look at wine grape vineyards indicates yields could be lighter this season.
Posted on 2006-06-29 at 01:04 · Category: Industry
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Italian wine company sues Illinois
An Italian winery is suing the state, claiming Illinois liquor law favors its homegrown counterparts.
Posted on 2006-06-29 at 01:00 · Category: Industry
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More tax relief for Ontario wine makers
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says his Conservative government is giving Canadian vintners and brewers and even more tax relief than originally promised.
Posted on 2006-06-29 at 12:58 · Category: Industry
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Jess Jackson buys Murphy-Goode
Jess Jackson announced last week that Jackson Family Wines has signed an agreement to acquire Murphy-Goode Estate Winery in Geyserville. Terms were not disclosed.
Posted on 2006-06-29 at 12:49 · Category: Industry
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Oregon vineyard becomes nation´s first LEED-certified winery
The Dayton, Ore., winery achieved certification at the gold level from LEED, a program operated by the U.S. Green Building Council
Posted on 2006-06-29 at 12:47 · Category: Industry
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The Big Question: Is ethanol the answer to the world's oil problems, or a green pipe dream?
Ethanol is the best known of the biofuels, and they in turn are any fuels derived from recently living organisms or their by-products. So wood and straw are biofuels, as is camel dung. But in practice today biofuels are mainly alcohols or other hydrocarbons distilled from the residues of specially-grown crops such as sugar cane, sugar beet, oilseed rape or maize, and used as substitutes for petrol or diesel in the engines of motor vehicles.
Posted on 2006-06-29 at 12:46 · Category: Science & Technology
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Willamette Valley Vineyards' Workers Go the Extra ''Green'' Mile
Just like Willamette Valley Vineyards' (WVV) vision that "Great wines begin in the vineyard;" a healthy environment begins with its inhabitants -- committing to wise and efficient fuel sources.
Posted on 2006-06-28 at 01:43 · Category: Industry
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Thousands at work pruning vines
Fears of a labour shortage holding back pruning on the region's vineyards have not yet eventuated, although contractors are still seeking more experienced workers.
Posted on 2006-06-28 at 01:42 · Category: Industry
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Australia : Government rejects request to remove oversupply of grapes
A recent proposal by wine grape growers that involved the industry and Federal Government funding $60 million to help remove the over-supply of wine, has been rejected.
Posted on 2006-06-28 at 01:41 · Category: Industry
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AZ : State girds for emergency battle with vineyard vermin
Gov. Janet Napolitano declared a state of emergency Monday to combat a half-inch-long insect with the potential to destroy the state's fledgling wine industry.
Posted on 2006-06-28 at 01:39 · Category: Industry
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Immigration laws threaten harvest
California grape growers are facing a harvest crisis as stepped-up US immigration enforcement limits the labour pool.
Posted on 2006-06-28 at 01:38 · Category: Industry
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The University of Miami Launches New Educational Course On Wine Appreciation
The University of Miami is pleased to announce the launch of its Master Wine Appreciation program beginning this fall. The program is designed for wine aficionados, business professionals who need to demonstrate familiarity with good wine as part of their social responsibilities, and anybody who simply enjoys wine.
Posted on 2006-06-28 at 01:35 · Category: Miscellaneous
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E-Commerce Veteran Joins Wine.com as CEO; Secures $12 Million Investment
Online wine retailer, Wine.com, has received $12 million in new equity from Baker Capital. In addition, Rich Bergsund will join Wine.com as CEO and a member of the board of directors.
Posted on 2006-06-28 at 01:34 · Category: Industry
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Farms increasingly relying on subcontracted farmworkers
After 33 years of planting, pruning and harvesting grapes that make world-renowned wine, Jorge de Haro is about to lose the only job he's ever had.
Posted on 2006-06-28 at 01:28 · Category: Industry
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Offbeat, earnest Diamond Mountain winemaker and grower Al Brounstein lost his two-decade-plus battle with Parkinson's disease Monday.
Posted on 2006-06-28 at 01:10 · Category: Industry
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Natural corks remain the most popular and frequently used closure; and while synthetic closures and technical corks remain the most widely used alternatives, screw caps continue to make healthy inroads, according to results from Wine Business Monthly's 2006 Closure Survey.
Posted on 2006-06-27 at 02:25 · Category: Industry
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Winemaker welcomes higher wine consumption
New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show the consumption of wine per person has grown by 2.2 per cent to 28.1 litres.
Posted on 2006-06-27 at 02:23 · Category: Industry
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Pest threatening Arizona’s vineyards, oleanders and citrus crops returns
Now, the problem is back as the Arizona Department of Agriculture has found 22 additional adults in a three-mile square region in Sierra Vista, Ariz.
Posted on 2006-06-27 at 02:22 · Category: Industry
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Ohio's 'Merlot to Go' bill gets approval
Senate Bill 131, dubbed the "Merlot to Go" bill, was signed into law by Ohio Gov. Bob Taft June 20. It goes into effect Sept. 20.
Posted on 2006-06-27 at 02:21 · Category: Industry
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Inertia Beverage Group (IBG) and RadCru.com announced today a marketing partnership whereby IBG will play a key role in sourcing hard-to-find, high caliber wines for the new "one-wine-a-day" marketplace. Launching in July, RadCru.com will deliver wine lovers one compelling wine offer per day.
Posted on 2006-06-27 at 02:20 · Category: Industry
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As sorting tables grow in popularity-one in five wineries will purchase one this year-get acquainted with table types and options before you buy.
Posted on 2006-06-27 at 02:19 · Category: Industry
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South Africa: Imagine a Cape wine gateway called Wynopolis
High-tech wine centres like Vinopolis in London, Copia in California and the just-opened New York Wine & Culinary Center are keeping pace with the growing global market for gastronomic tourism. Graham Howe argues that the Cape wine industry needs a high-tech museum and facility to market its past, present and future.
Posted on 2006-06-27 at 02:17 · Category: Industry
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Eat To Live: Pouring away the wine
But to the dismay of the French, they may very well have to dig some of these vineyards up and stop making wine aimed at the cheaper limit of the market. Along with the Italians, they have been turning out so much poor-quality wine it has either been kept off the market or turned -- at considerable extra expense -- into fuel.
Posted on 2006-06-27 at 01:22 · Category: Industry
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Border crackdown keeps grape workers away
The vineyard manager usually sends his laborers to do the work. But in the last two months, more than half of his 60-person staff has disappeared, he said, as a result of federal immigration crackdowns.
Posted on 2006-06-26 at 01:39 · Category: Industry
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Out-of-state wine prices could double
Ohioans who buy wine from out-of-state suppliers could see prices double under a change Gov. Bob Taft’s administration has proposed.
Posted on 2006-06-26 at 01:36 · Category: Industry
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Supply Update An "Allied Press" Newsletter Publication
In order to look at the potential for shortage or overage in the future, one has to examine where we're at currently as well as identify trends such as demand (wine shipments) and supply .
Posted on 2006-06-26 at 01:33 · Category: Industry
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Extension to Avoid Liquor Drought
The government has agreed to allow more time for the switch to new excise labels for imported wine and spirits, potentially averting losses of hundreds of millions of dollars to importers and retailers.
Posted on 2006-06-26 at 01:29 · Category: Industry
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Southern Wine & Spirits adds warehouse technology
IBM said it has designed and installed a wireless warehouse system for Southern Wine & Spirits.
Posted on 2006-06-26 at 01:23 · Category: Industry
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Growers' auction raises $87,500
The Mendocino Winegrowers Alliance raised $87,500 at its live auction, with bidders gathering for what could prove the last time at Fetzer Vineyards' Valley Oaks property in Hopland.
Posted on 2006-06-26 at 01:22 · Category: Industry
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