Winery Info

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Wine Tasting Trials

Testing in tens, making it easy By Thomas J. Payette, Winemaking Consultant While in the wine business struggles often start ...
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Wine & Hospitality

The last bastion of human connection in an AI-driven world By Cory Krejcik, Founder of Thirsty Bandit In a culture ...
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Certificates of Label Approval for Wines

A few tips and label basics By Brad Berkman & Louis J. Terminello of Greenspoon Marder LLP Virtually every wine ...
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Blanc Du Bois in Texas

Disease-tolerant grapes have been enthusiastically embraced by Texas wineries By Danny Hillin, Justin Scheiner, Ph.D., and Michael Cook Texas A&M ...
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What is Subsidized Crop Insurance?

How does it work & are there differences between providers By Trevor Troyer, Agricultural Risk Management The Federal Crop Insurance ...
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Vineyard Health

Grapevine virus diseases that are best detected in the spring Typical foliar symptom of Grapevine fanleaf virus in a California ...
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Small Intruders, Big Damage

Managing vineyard pests from the ground up By Alyssa L. Ochs From rodents to birds and larger wildlife, vineyards must ...
Producing Pacific Northwest Chillable Reds

Producing Pacific Northwest Chillable Reds

What exactly are chillable reds? By Becky Garrison So, what exactly are chillable reds? And for wineries, is this simply ...
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Easy Reduction Testing for Wines

The wine smells good however... By Thomas J. Payette, Winemaking Consultant Just because your wine smells good doesn’t mean it ...
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Winegrapes on High Calcium Soils

Why some high calcium soils produced excellent grapes By Neal Kinsey, Kinsey Agricultural Services One quandary that continually presents itself ...