What Fed Shutdown Means to Wineries and TTB
Wine Compliance Alliance has produced a timely overview of what the TTB shut down means and how it effects wineries: See: What Can and Can’t Be Down While the TTB is Shutdown
Category: News
Water Supplies Dampen California Wine Production
Blake Gray writes in wine.searcher.com that lenders in California are scrutinizing water rights before granting loans for new vineyard plantings. Furthermore, Paso Robles wells are running dry as the water level has dropped 70...
MO Stops Southern Wine
Shanken News Daily has a short report on how a court ruling has prevented the Florida based distributor, Southern Wine & Spirits – the largest in the US – from setting up operations in Missouri....
Vintage Illinois 2013 Introduces Honest Abe
Vintage Illinois 2013 was held at Mattheissen State Park near Starved Rock State Park on Saturday and Sunday, September 21 and 22, 2013. Total attendance was in excess of 10,000 for both days,...
French Grape Breeders Using Native American Genes
Native American grapes don’t make great wine (Norton excluded) but they do withstand cold and disease better than most wine grapes. Now, according to winesearcher.com., the French National Institute of Agronomic Research is crossing...
Big News on Midwest’s Biggest Wine Trail
There are two newsworthy developments on the Midwest’s largest wine trail in terms of wineries (25) and probably sales volume too. Recently, the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association (LPVA) named Lorri Hathaway as Director and...
A 5 Minute Lesson in Hybrid Wine Grapes
There’s an excellent new video from Cornell University on how hybrid wine grapes are developed. Most of the breeding is done using a process that’s been around since at least the 19th century (no...
Northern Illinois Retailers and Restaurants Carrying Illinois Wine
This story and the list of Restaurants and Retailers offering Illinois wine was updated during May of 2014. Illinois wine is being sold at over 40 restaurants and 177 retailers in Northern Illinois, according to a recent...
Scott Labs Introduces Cider Hanbook
The Scott Laboratories Cider Handbook is now available, according to Monica Royer of Scott Labs in Petaluma, CA. The Cider Handbook is a companion to the popular Scott Laboratories annual Fermentation Handbook. “We recognized...
Nebraska Wine Hosts Int’l Delegation
The Nebraska Winery and Grape Growers Association (NWGGA) recently hosted an international business delegation at Soaring Wings Winery in Springfield, according to Jennifer K. Montgomery, Executive Director Nebraska Wine & Grape Growers Association Sponsored by...