Falconry at Featherstone
By: Michael Strickland For Louise Engel and Dave Johnson, the decision to fly a raptor over their 23-acre vineyard and winery was a no brainer. Like so many other fruit growers across North America, the owners of Featherstone Estate Wineries in Ontario’s Niagara Region had waged a frustrating war against ...
B.C. Wine Industry Launches 10-Year Growth Plan
Penticton, British Columbia, Canada - October 26, 2017: Exterior view of Hillside Winery located in the Okanagan Valley on the Naramata Bench in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. By: Briana Tomkinson The wine industry in British Columbia has bloomed over the past 30 years from a handful of grape growers and ...
Pillitteri Estates Winery: The Passion Behind The World’s Largest Icewine Producer
By: Adrienne Roman Globally recognized as the world’s largest estate producer of Icewine, Pillitteri Estates Winery in Niagara-On-The-Lake has provided excellence in viticulture since opening in 1993. Their premium V.Q.A award-winning ice and table wines are widely distributed to local events, businesses, and markets, and are currently being exported to ...
STVM® WASHDOWN STATION COMBINES STEAM, WATER, AND SAFETY IN AN EASY TO MAINTAIN PACKAGE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Warminster, PA USA) In food processing, dairy, beverage, chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical facilities maintaining a clean environment is critical. High temperature washdown equipment is used to quickly and efficiently clean and sanitize equipment in place to keep production running on time. These washdown stations mix steam and ...
Five Areas to Focus on When Maintaining Your Website
By: Susan DeMatei Maintenance is an important and often overlooked part of having a website. Which is odd because you spend a great amount of effort on maintaining other aspects of your life and business. You go to the gym and the doctor to maintain your health; you repair and ...
Vineyard Technology & Equipment
By: Cheryl Gray Drone flying above beautiful landscape with vineyards At the moment a bottle of wine is uncorked and poured, the labor and innovation of the equipment industry helping to bring that wine from vineyard to table becomes inextricably tied to the end product consumers enjoy. Across the United ...
Report Reveals New Taste Trends in Canada
By: Briana Tomkinson Change may tend to move slowly in the wine world, but new research published this year on Canadian wine trends reveal some important shifts in consumer tastes and spending habits. According to the London, UK-based Wine Intelligence 2019 Canada Landscapes report, Cana-dians are drinking less but spending ...
Choosing a Mobile Bottler for Your Winery: Questions to Ask Before Hiring One
By: Alyssa Ochs Last year, we published an article about the pros and cons of mobile bottling and who’s been using this service in the wine industry. Now we’re taking that conversation one step further to discuss how to pick the right mobile bottler for your operations, the various options ...
End Of Line Packaging Helps Wineries Reach Business Goals
By: Gerald Dlubala ABRAY-DURSO, RUSSIA - SEPTEMBER, 15: Production line for the packaging of sparkling wines. Factory wine house "Abrau-Durso" has the latest equipment for production and packaging of sparkling wines on 15 september 2014 You’ve spent a lot of time, effort and money to produce a great tasting, quality ...
Priming Your Irrigation Systems for the Season (Part 2)
By: Tracey L. Kelley In the May-June issue of The Grapevine Magazine, a savvy group of experts provided detailed information about irrigation system maintenance. That article outlined seasonal start-up and troubleshooting tips. For part two of this topic, we’ll move on to ongoing system checks, typical problems often overlooked, monitoring ...
