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 ...
Small Trials Before Making Big Decisions
By: Thomas J. Payette, Winemaking Consultant Trials and fining agents, in the wine business, are often riddled with unfamiliar language and terms. Grams per liter, grams per thousand gallons, pounds per thousand gallons and milligrams per liter roll off most winemaker’s tongues as if the world is in tune. Let’s ...
Smoke Taint
By: Nan McCreary, Sr. Staff Writer Wildfires have become an increasing problem in recent years, with many occurring in various wine-growing areas throughout the world. Aside from causing loss of life and extensive property damage, the wildfires pose a risk of smoke exposure to grapes in the vineyard, which can ...
Grapevine Leafroll Disease Management and Control in Vineyards
By: Judit Monis, Ph.D., Plant Health Consultant After writing about the presentations at the Unified Symposium last January I promised I would write an article that focuses on the control of the spread of leafroll viruses in the vineyard. Transmission and spread of leafroll viruses have been documented in all ...
Plant Patents in the Wine Industry
By: Brian D. Kaider, Esq. When most people think of patents, they think of new machines, new medicines, or improved manufacturing processes. These inventions are protected by “utility patents.” Some people may also be familiar with “design patents,” which protect a novel ornamental design, such as the front grill of ...
How Does Your Safety Program “Pair” With Your Workers?
With the intensity of the wine season gearing up and peak times just around the corner, how prepared are you to protect the health and safety of your workers? Protecting your employees is crucial to attaining your orchard and vineyard goals and having a successful operation. Having a solid and ...
