Wine Business Monthly Archive
2018
Winemaking:
From Lab to Tank to Bottling Line: Finding the Right Oxygen Analyzers •
Winemaker Trial: The Effect of Stem Inclusion on Walla Walla Valley Syrah •
Winemaker Trial: Flash Détente as a Mitigation Technique for Smoke-exposed Grapes
Grape Growing:
Is ASEV a Pulpit for Iconoclasts? •
UC Davis Seminar Highlights Effects of Exposure, Heat and Stress on Grape Development and Wine Quality
Sales & Marketing:
How Small Distributors Survive--and Thrive •
Top of the Line: Using Near-Field Communication to Build on Consumer Experience •
Wine Marketing Award Winners Announced During 2018 Wine Marketing Exchange •
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Wine Sales Rise 1.7 Percent
Winemaking:
Varietal Focus: Pinot Gris •
Industry Roundtable: Three Winemakers Discuss the Choices to Make When Buying Bottle Closures •
The Barrel Exchange: Using Spirit Barrels to Finish Wine and Wine Barrels to Finish Spirits •
Winemaker Trials: Assessing Smoke Taint Risk by Comparing Plants Found in Forests and on Plains
Grape Growing:
Fungicide and Other Pesticide Resistance
Sales & Marketing:
Case Study: Custom Wine Bottles Used To Brand an AVA's Pinot Noir •
What Chain Buyers Want •
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Wine Sales Rise 3 Percent
Winemaking:
2018 Closure Survey Report •
Lab Equipment: Tools of the Trade •
Aurum Wines Winemaker Experiments with White, Rosé and Amber Pinot Gris •
Winemaker Trial: Beckstoffer Vineyards Develops High-end Farming Initiatives with Grape Giveaway in a Three-year Trial
Sales & Marketing:
2018 WBM/SVB Tasting Room Survey Report •
Screen-printing and Etching for Bottle Differentiation
Business & Technology:
Top 100 Vineyard Owners in Sonoma County
Winemaking:
IQ: Fourth Annual Innovation + Quality Award Winners Announced •
IQ: Winners Announced for Fourth Annual California Green Medal •
IQ: Fire Down Below: The Secret Life of Smoke Taint •
IQ: The Trials of Winemaking •
Winemaker Trial: Edna Valley Winemaker Compares Native and Commercial Yeasts to Bring Out Ideal Characteristics in Chardonnay •
Pre-harvest Checklist •
Yeast: To Add or Not to Add
Grape Growing:
Planting a Vineyard? Not So Fast •
Central Coast Spotlight: Where in the World is San Benito?
Sales & Marketing:
The 7 Digital Marketing Tenets that Build Buzz for Your Brand
Business & Technology:
2018 Facilities Survey Report: Water Use and Monitoring •
Vineyard Lending: Flush with Cash, Banks See Some Plateauing of High Vineyard Prices •
Select Vineyard Lenders
Departments:
Be Prepared •
News •
Centrifugal Pumps from McFinn Technologies •
People •
Keeping Busy •
Winemaker of the Month: Eric Hildreth
Winemaking:
Winemaker Trials: Edna Valley Winemaker Compares Different Yeasts to Achieve Variability and Complexity in Chardonnay •
Best Practices for Creating Sensory Trials and Evaluations •
Measuring Phenolics to Manage Color and Tannins in Grapes and Wines •
Innovation+Quality Winemaker Trial Preview: Ultra-premium Winemakers to Pour Trial Wines at Innovation + Quality 2018 •
Industry Insight: Why Wine Executives Added Spirits to Their Portfolios •
Reducing Extraction in Pinot Noir: Thoughts from Prophet's Rock Winemaker Paul Pujol •
And Now a Word About Barrels •
Select Barrel & Oak Suppliers
Grape Growing:
Water Stress Management: Do We Have it Figured Out? •
Opportunities for New Methods of Genetic Improvement of Grapevines •
Machine Harvesters Gain Ground in California's Premium Wine Industry
Sales & Marketing:
Futures in Bordeaux: How Does the En-Primeur System Work? •
Creating a Unique Tasting Room Experience •
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Wine Sales Increase 0.4 Percent
Winemaking:
The Future of Cork •
Winemaker Trials: Napa Sparkling Winemaker Employs Vivelys' Cilyo Tool to Successfully Tame Unstable Polyphenols in Chardonnay •
Considering the (Oak) Alternatives •
Cool Products at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium •
Winemakers Take Notice of Carboxymethyl Cellulose as Cold Stabilization Method •
An Interview with Paul Draper
Grape Growing:
Phenolic Development in Grapes: Some Gleanings from Unified •
Grapevine Red Blotch Management: Economic and Practical Considerations for Vine Removal •
The Newer Canopy Management…
Sales & Marketing:
2018 Glass Purchasing Trends: Expected Annual Price Increases Match Higher Demand •
Wineries Moving to Benchmark DTC Channel, Margins
Winemaking:
2018 Winery Equipment Survey Report •
The Diamond Tank •
UCD Researchers Begin 100-year Cork Bottled Wine Aging Study •
Off-site Barrel Storage Concerns Grow •
When Winemakers Become Masters of Wine •
Winemaker Trials: The Year in Review
Sales & Marketing:
Pairing Wine and Design •
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Wine Sales Increase 0.3 Percent
Business & Technology:
SEO 101: The Fundamentals of Website Optimization •
How Tax Reform Could Impact the Wine Industry
Winemaking:
The WBM 50 -- Industry Outlook and Trends •
The WBM 50 List •
The WBM 50 -- Profiles •
Review of the Industry: Canadian Wineries Optimistically Invest in the Future, Long for Less Taxation and Regulation •
Review of the Industry: Number of Wineries Across United States Reaches 9,654 •
HOTBRANDS of 2017 •
Winemaker Trial: The Phenolic Challenge: Whole-Cluster Pinot Noir vs. Adding Stems Back •
Irregular Breathing •
Flash Détente Reaching Critical Mass •
Are There Synergies Between Producing and Selling Wine and Spirits?
Grape Growing:
On a European Quest for Mechanization •
A Pruning Technique for Improved Vine Health and Longevity •
Alternative and PD-Resistant Wine Grape Varieties Evaluated at UCD Meeting
Sales & Marketing:
Retail Sales Flat Through Fall 2017 •
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Wine Sales Rise 1.2 Percent
Business & Technology:
Security Leads Drive to EMV, Mobile Wallet Payments
Winemaking:
2018 Unified Guide -- Product Listings •
Varietal Focus: Rhône Blends •
An Academic Love Letter •
Winemaker Trials: Comparing Oxygen Ingress Rates' Effects on Aroma and Flavor Profiles in Chardonnay
Grape Growing:
The New Canopy Management
Sales & Marketing:
Case Studies: Internet-connected Wine Bottles Engage Consumers and Increase Sales •
Q&A: John Gillespie •
Champagne vs. Sparkling--The Shrinking Gap •
Retail Sales Analysis: Off-Premise Wine Sales Gain 0.9 Percent
Business & Technology:
H-2A More Popular but Growers Want Changes