Wine Industry News

  • California approves new heat rules to protect workers

    FRESNO, Calif. — California workplace safety officials voted unanimously Thursday to approve new rules aimed at strengthening and clarifying protections for people who work outside.The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board's decision puts into place special precautions to protect those wo...
  • Constellation's Amberley Estate sale 'atypical'

    Drinks giant Constellation insists its retention of the Amberley Estate brand name after selling off the assets does not set a precedent for future divestments.The multinational corporation has a number of other vineyards on the market but says it will not necessarily keep those brand names after se...
  • Taiwan cuts tax on rice wine, triggering concerns from US, EU

    The Taiwanese government moved Thursday (August 19) to cut taxes on rice wine by reclassifying it as a food ingredient rather than drinking alcohol.The Legislative Yuan officially ratified an amendment to the Tobacco and Alcohol Tax Act, lowering the tax on rice wine sharply to NT$5.4 from NT$29.25 ...
  • Napa Dramatically Reduces Grapevine Pest

    Napa County Agricultural Commissioner Dave Whitmer sent a message to local grapegrowers, wineries and other stakeholders summarizing progress against the destructive European grapevine moth (EVGM). “The situation today is quite different than it was only months ago,” Whitmer wrote. This is g...
  • V2 Wine Group Launches with Acquisition of Steelhead Wines

    V2 Wine Group, a new wine company founded by Dan and Katy Leese in partnership with Pete Kight, launches today with the full acquisition of Steelhead Wines of Dry Creek Valley. Based in Sonoma, California, V2 Wine Group is a wine producer that will also provide sales and marketing services to a limi...
  • French winemakers launch home tasting service

    A new service called Vignerons a la Maison has launched in France, offering consumers the opportunity to have a winemaker come to their house, and hold a tasting of their wines.Director and founder Philippe Kazek will launch the business in September following a survey of more than 200 wine producer...
  • Bio-mass products are offered to wine industry

    BioMass Packaging has introduced to wineries an option of developing completely compostable waste streams using paper and boxes made with the highest level of post-consumer recycled content along with bio-based products. Based in Richmond, BioMass Packaging founder Steve Levine of Napa said the time...
  • Northwest Winemaking Schools Find Funds

    Richland,WA -- Students may be getting ready to hit the books, but Northwest viticulture and enology schools are hitting pocketbooks in search of funding for new facilities. The good news is, the pocktetbooks aren’t hard to crack. The past year saw a historically high level of donations to Washin...

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