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December 2020
Winemaking:
2020 WBM Barrel & Oak Survey Report
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More Than Just a Tank
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Cellar Floor Sanitation
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Winemaker Trial: Two Years Later: Attempting Smoke Taint Removal
Grape Growing:
The 2020 Growing Season in Review
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2020 Growing Season: East of the Rockies
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Select Vineyard Management Services
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Is the Increasing Concentration of Atmospheric CO2 Changing the Qualities of Grapes and Wines?
Sales & Marketing:
New Sparkling Packaging Blends Innovation with Traditional Cues
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Retail Sales Analysis: Table Wine Sales Up 17 Percent in September
Business & Technology:
Retirements Leave Void at UC Extension
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Navigating the World of Crop Insurance
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Select Crop Insurance Vendors
Departments:
Month in Review and 2020 in Review
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2020 Year in Review -- Top Stories
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2020 Year in Review -- 2020 Wine Industry Merger & Acquisition Review
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2020 Year in Review -- Top People Moves
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House Arrest
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Winemaker of the Month: Joseph Wiens
November 2020
Winemaking:
Advances in Artificial Intelligence to Assess Smoke Contamination in Grapevines and Taint in Wines Due to Increased Bushfire Events
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Barrel Focus: Finding the Right Combination of Spices
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Insight & Opinion: Eight Recent Game-Changing Technologies for Small Wineries
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2020 WBM Closure Survey Report: Use of Technical Corks Continues to Rise
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Product Review: An Update on GOfermentor Products
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Select Tank Suppliers
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Winemaker's Trial: Examining the Profile Change from O2 During Fermentation in Cabernet Sauvignon
Grape Growing:
Rootstock: The Biggest Mistake You Can Make in Your Vineyard
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Landscape Diversity Influences Leafhopper Biocontrol
Sales & Marketing:
Behind the Scenes with Chuck House
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2020 PACK Design Awards
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Retail Sales Analysis: Cabernet Leads Wine Sales 15 Percent Higher in August
Business & Technology:
Opportunities Remain, but a Disrupted Market is Less Hospitable to New Brands
Departments:
Heartbreaking Harvest
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News
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People
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Social Distancing
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Winemaker of the Month: Dave Miller
October 2020
Winemaking:
2020 Wine Industry Leaders
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Oxygen Effects, Sustainability Key Drivers in Closure Development
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Parsec's SAEn5000 System: The Latest Advances in Winemaking Automation
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New Research Finds Oak Compounds That Can Make Wine Taste Bitter
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Winemaker Trial: Oxygen Trials Reveal Effects of Processing Regimes on Chardonnay Style
Grape Growing:
Insight & Opinion: How Should the USA Grape and Wine Sector Respond to the Climate Crisis?
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Irrigating Winegrape Varieties
Sales & Marketing:
Recycling in America: State vs. National Oversight
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Retail Sales Analysis: Wine Sales Rise 16 Percent in July as Packaging Diversifies
Business & Technology:
2020 Wine Industry Salary Survey Report
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Attracting Qualified Applicants in a COVID-19 World
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Select Recruiting Services
Departments:
Lightning Strikes
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News
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People
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In the Bubble
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Winemaker of the Month: Alan Viader
September 2020
Winemaking:
Technical Spotlight: Galen Glen Winery
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Looking Inside the Tank: How Homogenous is a Fermentation?
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Winemaker Trial: Dobbes Family Estate Winemaker Tests ß-Glucosidase Use on Riesling to Release Bound Terpenes
Grape Growing:
Update on Electronic Pruners and Tying Tools
Sales & Marketing:
Pandemic Brings Few Major Disruptions to Packaging Vendors
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2020 PACK Design Awards
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Retail Sales Analysis: Wine Sales Up 21 Percent in June, Splits Lead Growth in Glass
Business & Technology:
2020 Winery Economic Report:
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Top PPP Lenders
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Select Wine Industy Focused Financial Institutions
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2020 WBM Technology Survey Report: Wine Companies Large and Small Plan to Invest in Better DTC Solutions
Departments:
Inside the September Issue
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News
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People
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Travel in Place
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Winemakers of the Month: Earl and Carrie Sullivan
August 2020
Winemaking:
Varietal Focus: Petite Sirah
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New Ways to Stabilize Tartrates in Wine
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RoboBottle Builds Quality into the Bottling Process
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Canning Across the Country
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How Sulfur Dioxide Addition at Crush Can Impact Wine Yeasts, Bacteria and Sensory Attributes
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Winemaker Trial: Use of PVI/PVP to Remove Copper and Aluminum to Avoid Sulfide Formation
Grape Growing:
Will There Be a Spray-on Cure for Pierce's Disease?
Sales & Marketing:
2020 WBM Packaging Survey Report: Consumer Demand Proves the Key Driver in Winery Packaging Purchases
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New Innovations in Capsule Packaging Include Capsule-Free Alternatives
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Retail Sales Analysis: Wine Sales Gain 31 Percent; Glass Packaging Rebounds
Business & Technology:
Online Reservation Systems Roll Out New Features to Help Wineries Navigate the COVID Era
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Select Software Vendors
Departments:
Inside the August Wine Business Monthly
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News
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People
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You Go First
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Winemaker of the Month: Andrew Codispoti
July 2020
Winemaking:
Physical Distancing in the Winery
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Winery Sanitation in a COVID-19 World
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Barrel Purchases Clouded by Virus and Recession
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Red Tail Ridge Winery--A Road Less Traveled
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An Integrated Crushpad: Paris Road Vineyards' New Home
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Cool Sanitation Products from Unified 2020
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Winemaker Trial: Using Engineered Yeast to Create Stylistically Different Chardonnay
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Select Closure Vendors
Grape Growing:
A Case Study in Sustainable Vineyard Practices
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Update on the Spotted Lanternfly
Sales & Marketing:
Options Abound for Single Serve Packaging
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Retail Sales Analysis: Wine Sales Gain 26 Percent but Single-Serve Declines
Business & Technology:
2020 Tasting Room and Wine Club Study: Results Show Opportunities for Growth
Departments:
A Changing World and a Time to Reflect
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People
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Day by Day
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Winemaker of the Month: Jeff Pisoni
June 2020
Winemaking:
Do You Really Know the Alcohol Level in Your Wine?
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Technical Spotlight: Mira Winery
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Tasting the Terroir of Wine Yeast Innovation
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Cork Quality Council's Annual TCA Audit Continues to Show Improvement
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Winemaker Trial: Hye Meadow Winery: Macerating Piquette at 24, 48 and 72 Hours
Grape Growing:
Getting Ready for Harvest--Viticulturally Speaking
Sales & Marketing:
Moving Beyond Stock Bottles: Glass Vendors Offer New, Innovative Designs with Stock-like Pricing
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Retail Sales Analysis: Wine Sales Rise 24 Percent as Buyers Stock Up
Business & Technology:
Pricing in the Digital World
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The Big Pivot: The Wine Industry's Data-driven Marketing Transformation
Departments:
What's the New Normal Going to Look Like?
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News
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People
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You Can't Win
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Winemaker of the Month: Severine Pinte
May 2020
Winemaking:
A More Perfect Union
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Sustainability of French Oak Forests
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Winemakers Turn to Hybrid Barrels to Express Individual Styles
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Tanks For All the Grapes
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Winemaker Trial: The Effects of Non-Saccharomyces Yeast in Winemaking
Grape Growing:
2020 WBM Vineyard Survey Report
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Athena: A New Training System for Bunch Winegrapes
Sales & Marketing:
Virtual Wine Tastings Become Key Consumer Engagement Tool
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How Much Should You Budget for Packaging?
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Retail Sales Analysis: Wine Sales Decline 2 Percent but Rosé Rises
Business & Technology:
Vineyard Economic Report 2020
Departments:
The World Changed But Things Are Going to Get Brighter
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News
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People
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New World
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Winemaker of the Month: Dan Martin
April 2020
Winemaking:
UC Davis Marks 140 Years of Service to the Wine Industry
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Cool Products at the Unified Wine & GrapeSymposium
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New Options in Oak Alternatives
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Technical Spotlight: Aperture Cellars
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Must Keep Pumping Must
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A Technical Review of Parsec SRL and Its Products
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Compressor System Audits
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Winemaker Trial: Cap Management Options for Red Wine Development
Grape Growing:
The Climate is Changing, Whether We Like it or Not
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Sprayer Technology: Every Drop to the Crop
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Sudden Vine Collapse May Be Associated with Combination of Virus Pathogens
Sales & Marketing:
Marketing and Security Drive NFC-enabled Innovation
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Select Bottle Vendors
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Retail Sales Analysis: Wine Sales Flat as Cans Gain Ground
Business & Technology:
Growing with the DTC Universe
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Private Equity Still a Niche Player in Wine
Departments:
Wine in a Pandemic
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News
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People
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In the Trenches
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Winemaker of the Month: Bill Cooper
March 2020
Winemaking:
Winemaker Roundtable: Phenolics Testing and Winemaking
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Barrel Building: New Research Shows How Individual Cooper Variability Affects Barrel Composition
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2019 WBM Winery Equipment Survey Report: Steady As She Goes
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Taking Control of Total Package Oxygen
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Technical Spotlight: Anaba Wines
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Montana Wine Industry Starts its Expansion
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Winemaker Trials: Scheid Family Wines Experiments with In-Vineyard Fermentation of Pinot Noir
Grape Growing:
Vineyard Mechanization: Economics and Reality
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Case Study: Pacific Coast Farming Uses SIP-Certified Practices
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Evaluating Grapevine Rootstock Performance in Field Trials
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Vineyard Sensor Technology Highlighted at NGRA Workshop
Sales & Marketing:
The Future of Half Bottles: Boon or Bust?
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Retail Sales Analysis: Wine Sales Slip as Half-Bottles Grow
Business & Technology:
The State of the Bulk Wine Market
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Net Positive for Energy and Water
Departments:
The Ebb and Flow of Wine Supply
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News
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People
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Friends in the Cellar
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Winemaker of the Month: Bob & Maggie Tillman
February 2020
Winemaking:
The WBM 50 -- Outlook & Trends: Wineries Navigate the Changing Market
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The WBM 50 -- Largest Wineries
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The WBM 50: Winery Profiles
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State of Distribution
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Number of Wineries Reaches More Than 10,470 in United States
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HOT Brands of 2019
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Roger Boulton, Innovation+Quality Lifetime Innovator Award Winner
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Innovation + Quality Innovative Product Awards
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Winemaker Trials: The Year in Review
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Oak or Barrel?
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UC Davis Researchers Say Blending is Better in Cylindrical, Jacketed Tanks Than Concrete Eggs
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Michigan Wine Industry Moves into 2020
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A Forum for Winemaking Discovery
Grape Growing:
Leafroll: Still a Problem and Truly an Epidemic Thanks to Vine Mealybug
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Grapevine Virus Management in Lodi
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Recent Developments in the California Grapevine Nursery Industry
Sales & Marketing:
Luxury Wine Packaging: Less Is More
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Retail Sales Analysis
Business & Technology:
Wineries Can Generate Tax Savings Through Trials
Departments:
Month in Review: Getting Ready for Unified and Innovation + Quality
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News
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People
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Jake Lorenzo: Art
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Winemaker of the Month: Molly Lonborg
January 2020
Winemaking:
Varietal Focus: Pinot Blanc
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The Case for Dedicated Pumps
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Impact of Oxygen on Red Wines Aged in Oak Barrels
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The Brown, the Hazy, the Green and the Gold: Inert Pressing for Aromatic White Wines
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Finger Lakes' Winery Grows from European Roots
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Winemaker Trial: Investigating Sur Lie Aging Treatments
Grape Growing:
Site-specific Pruning Simplified
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From Blaze to Bottle: Smoke Gets in Your Wine
Sales & Marketing:
Larger Wineries Take a Chance on Aluminum Bottles
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Insight & Opinion: Building Equity for the U.S. Wine Brand
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Retail Sales Analysis: Wine Sales Steady as Sauvignon Blanc Grows
Business & Technology:
CFOs Talk Shop: Looming Threats, Data Demands and New Solutions
Departments:
Making Great Pinot Blanc and Making the Most of Unified
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News
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People
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Powerless
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Winemaker of the Month: Barry Gnekow
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