Wine Business Monthly Archive
2019
Winemaking:
Winemaking Roundtable: New Winemaking Techniques •
Wine Management Strategies, from Fermentation to Stabilization •
2019 Barrel & Oak Survey Report •
Technical Spotlight: Eden Estate Wines •
Insight & Opinion: What Defines Your Wines? •
Winemaker Trials: Finding the Right Oak for Each Pinot Noir Clone
Grape Growing:
2019 Year in Review -- Vintage Report •
Has Climate Contributed to a Pierce's Disease Resurgence in North Coast Vineyards? •
Grape Breeders Search for Reliable DNA Markers •
The Evolution of a Great California Vineyard
Sales & Marketing:
The Canned Wine Learning Curve •
Retail Sales Analysis: Boxed Wines Buoy Wine Sales as Growth Softens
Winemaking:
Sparkling Wine Production Goes Mobile •
Tank Extras •
Select Tank Suppliers •
Drip-Irrigated Cork Plantation Expedites Tree Growth and Closure Production •
Marchesi de Frescobaldi: The Historical Evolution of Montesodi •
Recent Research: How Does Pressing Prior to Cofermentation Affect Color and Phenolics During Winemaking and Bottle Aging? •
Winemaker Trial: Comparison of Phenolic Extraction in a GOfermentor Versus a Tank
Grape Growing:
2019 Vineyard Survey Report •
Pests & Diseases: Spotted Wing Drosophila Expand Their Territory •
Pests & Diseases: Trunk Diseases and Winter Injury In North America: How Are They Related? •
Book Excerpt: Healthy Soils for Healthy Vines
Sales & Marketing:
Midwest Winery Wonder: Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants Sells Millions of Bottles Annually…Entirely Direct-to-consumer •
Wineries Adapt to Tariff Wars and Rising Transportation Prices •
Retail Sales Analysis: Wine Sales Flat but California Still Tops
Business & Technology:
Help Protect Your Winery from Cyber Threats by Using These Key Strategies
Winemaking:
2019 Wine Industry Leaders •
How the WBM 50 Make Wine: McManis Family Vineyards •
Technical Spotlight: Eden Rift •
Barrels Are Supporting Actors at Chateau Montelena •
Product Review: Barrel Sanitation •
New Sanitation Products from the 2019 Eastern Winery Exposition •
Whither Cannabis? •
Winemaker Trial: Impact of Varying Intervals of Extended Maceration on Texas Mourvèdre
Grape Growing:
Cover Crop Selection for Vineyard Conditions •
Smoke Exposure Language Included in Winegrape Contracts •
Improving Decision-Making Toward Sustainability
Sales & Marketing:
2019 Packaging Design Awards: Brewer Clifton Bottle Wins Best of Show •
Retail Sales Analysis
Business & Technology:
Wine Salaries Increase By 2.6 Percent; Labor Market Remains Tight •
Wine Industry Recruiting Techniques: Enticing Talent to the Trade •
Outsourcing HR Management Provides Options for Compliance at Small Businesses
Departments:
Lessons in Leadership •
News •
People •
House Wine •
Winemaker of the Month: Jean Hoefliger
Winemaking:
Genevieve Janssens on the Evolution of Oak •
Barrel Prices on the Rise: It's All About Supply and Demand •
Pressure and Oxygen Transfer in the Barrel During Élevage •
Closure Trends for Sauvignon Blanc •
Tank Lead Times and Other Considerations •
Behind the Scenes: Steve Sullivan •
Winemaker Trials: Using Eclat Barrels to Achieve Varied Phenolic Levels and Sensory Characteristics in Willow Creek Chardonnay
Grape Growing:
Is Organic the Most Sustainable Farming? •
Procuring Healthy Grapevine Planting Stock •
A Tribute to Pierre Galet, Master Ampelographer and Mentor •
Farmers Use Lasers To Protect Vineyards From Birds
Sales & Marketing:
Tariffs on Chinese Goods Continue to Disrupt Winery Glass Supply •
The Art and Science of Capsules: From Design to Bottling Line •
Storytelling: Authenticity is Key •
Insight from the Wine Analytics Report
Winemaking:
GOfermentor Jr. Arrives in Time for Harvest •
Barrel Management Systems for the Smaller Operation •
Technical Spotlight: Rack & Riddle •
Winemaker Trials Chardonnay Three Ways: Measuring Effects of Concrete Tank, Puncheon Barrel and Stainless Steel Drum •
A Winemaker's Take on Distilling •
New York Wines Sail to Europe
Grape Growing:
Managing Vineyards with Red Blotch Virus •
Using Canopy and Shade Cloth to Reduce Sunburn •
Managing Mycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Health in Vineyards
Sales & Marketing:
Sommeliers on Wine Packaging •
Sixth Annual Wines & Vines Packaging Conference •
Insight from the Wine Analytics Report
Winemaking:
Wine Blends in Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico •
Product Review: Optical Grape Sorters for 2019 Harvest •
Filtering Wine in the Lab for Wine Quality Evaluation •
Cool New Products from Syracuse •
2019 Closure Survey Report •
New Seismic Safety Technology Hits the Market •
What's in the Wine Microbiome? •
Winemaker Trials Using Leaf Pull to Increase Thiols in Sauvignon Blanc
Grape Growing:
Grape Berry Ripening: How Can We Help You? •
Can the Effects of Grapevine Red Blotch Disease Be Mitigated with Cultural Practices?
Sales & Marketing:
Tasting Room Survey Report-Visitor Counts Increase in Emerging Regions, Decline in Napa •
Message in a Bottle: Innovations in Glass are Born by Marketing and Aesthetic Needs •
Retail Sales Analysis
Business & Technology:
Top Growers in Sonoma County •
Succession Planning Starts With Communication •
Is Your Winery's Website ADA Compliant?
Departments:
Month In Review •
News •
Jake Lorenzo •
Winemaker of the Month •
People: Winemaking & Wineries
Winemaking:
IQ19 -- Zelma Long: IQ Lifetime Innovator Award Winner •
Best Practices for Lodi Zinfandel •
Technical Spotlight: The Donum Estate •
Fructophilic Yeasts •
Just a Spoon Full of Sugar… •
Barrels for Pinot Noir: It's Complicated •
Winemaker Trial: What are the Sensory Impacts to Sauvignon Blanc Following a Stimulated Thiol Release? •
Cork Quality Council Reveals Results of Annual Natural Cork Audit
Grape Growing:
To Till or Not to Till? •
Disease-resistant Varieties are on the Way •
Insight & Opinion: Scientific Holism, Alternative Agricultures and Climate Change
Sales & Marketing:
High-end Magnums: Popular and Relatively Rare •
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Sales Increase in Value, Drop in Total Volume
Business & Technology:
2019 Vineyard Economics Report •
Select Vineyard Lenders •
2019 Facilities Survey Report
Winemaking:
IQ19 Innovation + Quality Awards •
IQ19 How to Set Your Vineyard or Winery Trial Up for Success •
IQ19 Winemaker Trials: The Year in Review •
IQ19 New Study Measures the Dramatic Release of O2 from Stoppers Post-bottling •
Managing Oxygen in Fermentation for Wine Quality and Style •
A Tool from the Past Illuminates the Future •
Recent Research Isolates Eight New Triterpenoids and Their Effects •
Select Barrel & Oak Suppliers •
The Rapid Expansion of the Grape and Wine Industry in Texas •
Insight & Opinion: Fighting Flatline: Two Keys to Wine Production Profitability
Grape Growing:
Investigating Rooting Depths •
Vineyard Row Orientation •
In France, Researchers are Putting Resistant Grape Varieties to the Test of Sustainable Development
Sales & Marketing:
Wineries Create Custom Glass Bottles to Build Brand Recognition •
Finding Top Tasting Room Talent in a Talent Deficit •
Master Distiller Lance Winters Addresses the Wine Industry at 2019 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium •
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Sales Increase in Value, Slip in Total Volume
Winemaking:
Winemakers Discuss Cap Management Regimens •
Technical Spotlight: Viader Vineyards & Winery •
Cool Products at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium •
Managing Phenolics in the Vineyard and Winery •
Oak Tannin Selection and Barrel Toasting •
Winemaker Trials: What are the Sensory and Phenolic Effects of Using Oxygen and Nitrogen as Flotation Gases?
Grape Growing:
Replanting Vineyards: Watch Out for Nematodes •
Insight & Opinion: A Rude Awakening to Grapevine Trunk Disease
Sales & Marketing:
Do Wineries Profit by Highlighting Sustainability on Their Packages? •
Two Studies Measure Consumer Preferences for Wine Closures •
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Sales Increase in Value, Slip in Total Volume
Winemaking:
Does Oak Grain Still Matter? •
Select Barrel & Oak Suppliers •
Winemaker Trial: Finding the Right Temperatures on Barrel-fermented Chardonnay •
Technology Meets Tradition as Amphora Use Grows •
Sensible Sulfiting for the Aging and Storage of Wines •
Winemakers Discuss Why They Moved to Screw Caps •
2019 Winery Equipment Survey Report
Grape Growing:
Vineyard Automation -- What is Possible, What is Desirable, What is Necessary? •
Basic Training for Combating Mildew •
Studies on Red Blotch Ecology Inform Disease Management Recommendations
Sales & Marketing:
The Choice for Rosé Glass Bottles is…Clear •
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Sales Increase in Value, Slip in Total Volume
Business & Technology:
Research on CO2 Sequestration from Wine Fermentation Tanks Under Way •
How to Build a Strategic IT Plan •
Tax Reform Offers Key Tax-Planning Opportunities for Wineries and Vineyards
Departments:
Marching into Spring •
News •
People •
Fresh Fish •
Winemaker of the Month: Sarah C. Rhodes-Troxell
Winemaking:
The WBM 50 -- Outlook & Trends •
The WBM 50 -- Largest Wineries List •
The WBM 50 -- Largest Wineries Profiles •
The Number of Wineries in the U.S. Surpasses 10,000 Mark •
Hot Brands of 2018 •
Technical Spotlight: ZD Wines Fifty years of innovative family winemaking •
Winemaker Trials: Velocity Winemaking via STARS-XF Technology Realizes Major Cost Savings •
ASEV Brettanomyces Symposium Recap •
Wine Producers Have a Head Start in Becoming Craft Distillers
Grape Growing:
A Season of Nutrition •
Grapevine Shoots and Roots •
Root Zones and Rhizospheres •
Insight & Opinion: Making Organic Vineyards Sustainable: The Amisfield Approach •
Blaufränkisch or Lemberger--What's in a Name?
Sales & Marketing:
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Wine Sales Rise 3.5 Percent
Business & Technology:
Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits President Tom Steffanci: •
What is Duty Drawback?
Winemaking:
2019 Unified Guide •
Vineyard Focus: Comparing Different Winemaking Regimens for a Single Vineyard •
Time Flies When You're Making Wine •
Winemaker Trials: Sonoma Winemaker Learns the Pros and Cons of Using Perle Barrels for Pinot Noir •
The Last Vintage for Stony Hill Vineyard's Winemaker Mike Chelini •
Influences on Sauvignon Blanc Style Explored at Lake County International Symposium •
Eight Approaches to Reducing, Mitigating or Eliminating Smoke Taint •
Innovative Processes at Welch's
Sales & Marketing:
Understanding Digital Advertising and its Applications for the Modern Winery •
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Wine Sales Decrease 1.2 Percent
Business & Technology:
Climatologists Say Cabernet's Days as King in Napa are Numbered