Grapevine Leafroll & Red Blotch Virus Disease Management and Control
By: Judit Monis, Ph.D. - Vineyard and Plant Health Consultant As the fall season approaches, symptoms of virus infection become more pronounced in the vineyards. Leafroll and red blotch are the most important viral diseases that manifest in late summer and the fall season. Often, it is difficult to distinguish ...
Clubs Vs Subs; Which is Better?
By: Susan DeMatei, Founder of WineGlass Marketing Unless you’ve lived in your cellar for the past five years, you’ve noticed we live in a subscription economy. We have subscriptions for food, clothing, pets, razors, socks, movies, sports, makeup, and almost anything. You name it, and there is a box that ...
What is Grape Crop Insurance & How Does it Work
By: Trevor Troyer - Vice President at Agricultural Risk Management, LLC Grape crop insurance is a federally subsidized program that is administered by the USDA Risk Management Agency. Policies are sold by independent agents and agencies throughout the country. There are thirteen approved insurance providers (insurance companies) that work with ...
Steps for the Long-term Success of Your Brand & Business
By: Lauren A. Galbraith Family wineries face certain common issues when it comes to succession planning, and there are steps you can take to help ensure the longevity and success of your brand and business. Step 1 - Develop a Plan Benjamin Franklin is thought to have said: “By failing ...
Up The Creek Winery
Award-Winning Kentucky Wines By: Gerald Dlubala There are those who believe that award-winning wine couldn't possibly come from a Kentucky winery. After all, Kentucky is known for bourbon and horses, right? The innovative, welcoming, award-winning gold medal folks at Up The Creek Winery would like to speak with you. It ...
Exploring Southern Oregon’s Wine Country
By: Becky Garrison The Southern Oregon AVA, established in 2005, consists of five distinct regions: Rogue Valley AVA, Applegate Valley AVA, Umpqua Valley AVA, Red Hill Douglas County AVA and Elkton Oregon AVA. Multiple rivers – Umpqua, Applegate, Illinois and Rogue – traverse throughout this region, thus creating a number ...
How Vineyards Can Protect Their Grapes from Devastating Frosts
By: Alyssa L. Ochs Various weather hazards put delicate wine grapes at risk, including hail, high winds, wildfires and droughts. Frost is another major issue in vineyards across the country, especially spring frosts that attack emerging shoots and buds when they are just beginning to form. The riskiest time, which ...
A Glass a Day Keeps Stress at Bay
Embracing Wine in the Lives of Everyday People By: Heidi Moore, Host – Wine Crush Podcast The number of factors bringing stress into our lives has increased exponentially over the past few years. First, there was a global pandemic that brought a wicked mixture of fear, isolation, and uncertainty to ...
Keep it Moving
Fast & Efficient Ways to Help Material Handling By: Cheryl Gray Before wine is bottled, labeled and ready to ship, wineries and vineyards have to shift large quantities of materials from one place to the next. The movement, storage and protection of these assets form an entire industry known as ...
Wines of Argentina
By: Tod Stewart Bonnie and Clyde. Jekyll and Hyde. Bread and butter. Salt and pepper. Some things are so synonymous with something else that it’s almost impossible to mention one without the other. In the oenophilic world, it’s hard to mention Argentina without mentioning (or at least thinking about) malbec ...
