Wine Business Monthly Archive
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Issues older than 12 months are available as digital magazines,
and as individual articles. Choose your experience.
2022
Winemaking:
Seven Stages of Winemaking Over a Calendar Year •
Flexible Packaging for Wine •
The Evolution of Barrel Management Technology •
Maintaining Barrels for Longer Use
Grape Growing:
How Leaf Area: Fruit Weight Ratio Influences Date of Véraison and Synchrony of Primary and Secondary Metabolites •
Leaf Area vs. Crop Load
Sales & Marketing:
World Glass Bottle Production Slows, but Innovation Endures •
Paying Homage to Vintage Champagne
Business & Technology:
Share of U.S. Wine Searches by Wine Price •
Behind the Rise of Satellite Tasting Rooms
Departments:
Month In Review •
2022 Year in Review Top News •
2022 Year in Review Top People News •
2022 Year in Review Top M&A News •
2022 Year in Review, The Drought, and Wild Temperature Changes, Continue •
2022 Year in Review 2022 Growing Season: East of the Rockies •
Jake's Wisdom •
Chris Albin, head of winemaking, Usual Wines, Sonoma, CA
Winemaking:
McIntyre Vineyards Winemaking 3 Ways •
Luxury Winery with Space for Custom Crush •
Barrel Industry Recovers in 2022, but Ordering Even Further Ahead Proves Necessary •
Purchasing Expected to Slow, New Buys Focused on Sustainability •
Lees Filtration Update •
Tablas Creek Levels Up Organic Practices to Regenerative
Grape Growing:
Vineyard Workers in a Time of COVID, Fire and Inflation •
Adventure, Application, Aspiration and Andy Walker
Sales & Marketing:
A Modest Redesign Has Big Impact
Business & Technology:
2022 Wine Industry Leaders •
How Does Bogle Vineyards Grow Profits Year In, Year Out?
Winemaking:
The Rise of Low Alcohol Wine Sales Brings Increased Winemaker Interest in Their Production Methods •
Native Fermentations May Hold the Key To Maintaining Wine Quality Amidst Changing Growing Conditions •
Price of Stainless Steel Tanks Increases Will Likely Continue to Rise •
A New Instrument for Wine Analysis •
Troubleshooting Dissolved Oxygen When Bottling T-Topped Piccolos
Grape Growing:
Helping Vines Protect Themselves •
Managing Grapevine Viruses is Possible with Sector-Wide Behavioral/Technological Changes
Sales & Marketing:
Best Package Series Design •
Bordeaux Company Uses AI to Derive Universal Meaning from Scattered International Tasting Notes •
Classic Label Gets Trendy Twist
Business & Technology:
Average Salaries Up 6.1 Percent from 2021 •
Winejobs Data Reveal Recruiting Remains Strong
Winemaking:
Technical Review: A Spa, Fitness Center, Two Pools and a Modern Winery •
Bladder Tank Presses •
Automating Data Collection from Fermentation Tanks •
Mitigating Frost Taint via Harvest Method
Grape Growing:
Facing Early Frost Risks from Climate Change, Bordeaux Experiments with New Blends •
Charles Smith Unleashes Legacy Pinot Noir Project in Washington State •
ASEV-NGRA Precision Viticulture Demo Day: Data-driven Farming and Vineyard Automation •
Insight & Opinion: An Elegy for Terroir
Sales & Marketing:
2022 PACK Design Awards •
Package & Design Spotlight: Utah Label Goes Head to Head with World's Most Luxurious Wines •
Retail Sales Analysis: Retail Wine Sales Fall 4 Percent in June
Winemaking:
Oak Aging Cool-Climate Red Wines •
Winemaker Trial: Trialing Modern Cooperage Barrels to ensure brand style consistency •
Managing Free Sulfur Dioxide in Barrels •
CloudSpec Hazy Spectrophotometer Gives Winemakers Data Without Centrifuging or Filtering
Grape Growing:
Unboxing Owl Boxes •
Insight & Opinion: The Climate Crisis, Carbon Neutrality and the Wines of America
Sales & Marketing:
2022 Packaging Survey Report: Winery Logistics Maintain Resilience Despite Continuing Supply Constrictions and Price Increases •
Reducing the Use of Plastics in Wine Production and Sales •
Market Divergence Seen in Sales by Packaging •
Packaging & Design Spotlight: Redesign Celebrates Polo Culture While Bringing Label into the Modern Era •
Retail Sales Analysis: Retail Wine Sales Fall Nearly 6 Percent in May
Business & Technology:
Wineries Struggle to Find Fire Insurance •
Oregon Family Wineries: Planning for the Future
Departments:
Month In Review •
Jake Lorenzo: Be What You Are •
Winemaker of the Month •
People News •
News
Winemaking:
Ultra-Premium Winemaking: Barrel Regimens End Up Just as Nuanced as the Wine Inside •
Understanding the Complex Relationship of Smoke, Grapes and Wine: An Update
Grape Growing:
Automating Plant Stress Measurement •
Heatwave Damage in Vineyards •
Spray Drift Impacts Vineyards from Pennsylvania to Texas •
Drone Tanker System Brings Labor Savings of 90 Percent Over Spraying
Sales & Marketing:
Tasting Room Study Report: Wineries Fare Well in 2021, See Gains in Wine Clubs, Digital Space •
DTC Spotlight: Jordan Vineyard & Winery Celebrates 50 Years of Hospitality •
DTC Packaging is Costly Yet Valuable Marketing •
Pack Showcase: optik
Business & Technology:
Finding Ideal Tasting Room Employees Means Looking at More Than a Résumé
Winemaking:
What's Cool: The Business of Water Storage •
Did Wildfires Fuel a Long-term Shift Toward Smaller Fermentation Vessels? •
Winemaker Trial: Canning Barrel-aged Chardonnay •
Modern Amphorae and New Oak Barrels
Grape Growing:
The State of Water in California •
Managed Correctly, Recycled Water has a Place in Vineyards •
Viticulture in New York: Past, Present and Going Forward
Sales & Marketing:
Catching the Eye of an E-Commerce Shopper
Business & Technology:
M&A Market Remains Strong Though Inflation, Conflicts Create Questions •
Vineyard Values Reflect Water Realities
Departments:
Month in Review •
Jake Lorenzo: Celebrity •
People •
Winemaker of the Month: Joe Bechard
Winemaking:
Oregon Sauvignon Blanc Enters the Flagship Fray •
Sulfur Dioxide: Understanding its Past, Present and a View into the Future •
Vara: A Collaborative Vision
Grape Growing:
Old Vines Begin to Capture the Wine World's Attention •
Mineral Nutrient Management Methods: •
Continued Labor Woes Push Growers Toward More Mechanization •
Winemaker Trial: Optimizing Irrigation Efficiency with Satellite Technology
Sales & Marketing:
Glass Producers Pursue Sustainability Despite Persistent Headwinds •
Redesign Adds More Brand Details
Business & Technology:
Private Labels Expected to Carve Bigger Slice of Market •
Sustainability Meets Finance:
Winemaking:
Technical Review: Radiant Sparkling Wine Company •
What's Cool at the Unified Symposium in 2022 •
Winemaker Trial: Research: The Carbon Footprint Study of Cork •
Buyer's Guide: Select Closure Vendors •
ASEV 2021 Keynote Lecture: New Insights into Bound SO2 and Wine Oxidation
Grape Growing:
Sensing and Automation for Vineyards •
Resistant Varieties: The Next Step Toward Sustainability •
Terroir Winemaking at a Virginia Winery
Sales & Marketing:
Wineries Find Success in Omni-Channel Marketing •
Pack Design Showcase: Simplified Sparkling Format for Direct Sales •
Retail Wine Sales Down 7 Percent in January
Winemaking:
Hot Brands of 2021 •
Partial Carbonic Maceration in Merlot •
Product Review: Digital Wine and Grape Production Software
Sales & Marketing:
Sales Call •
Pack Design Showcase: Small Format Delivers Big Impression •
Retail Sales Analysis: Retail Wine Sales Down 5 Percent in December
Business & Technology:
The New Collective: How a Refreshed Approach to Collaboration is Supporting Small Wine Brands •
Eastern Winery Growth Outpaces U.S. •
Buyer's Guide Select Technology & Industry Data Vendors
Departments:
Adapting in the Vineyard •
News •
People •
Cold and Rainy •
Winemaker of the Month: Euan Parker
Winemaking:
Review of the Industry: Outlook and Trends •
Review of the Industry: WBM 50 Largest Wineries •
Review of the Industry: WBM 50 Winery Profiles •
Review of the Industry: State of Distribution •
Review of the Industry: 11,300 Wineries •
Winemaker Trial: Saccharomyces Versus Non-Saccharomyces Inoculations in Red Wine Fermentation •
Analytical Services for the Grape and Wine Industry
Grape Growing:
Tillage is Dirty: Modern Vineyard Floor Management •
The Best Vineyard Strategies to Implement After a Freeze •
Leaf Nutrient Analysis
Sales & Marketing:
PACK Design Showcase: Imprint of History and Design •
Retail Sales Analysis: Retail Wine Sales Down 5 Percent in November
Business & Technology:
Winery Pop-Ups in Restaurants, Traveling Vans Help Build Brand Awareness
Winemaking:
Unified Guide 2022 •
SPECIAL FEATURE: The Elephant in the Cellar: The Unspoken Challenges for Mothers in Wine •
Technical Review: Magnolia Wine Services •
The Data Driven Winery
Grape Growing:
Mini-Head-Training: A Curiosity for Most, a Necessity for Some •
Viticulture Trial: Using Soil Moisture Data to Save Water, Eliminate Tilling •
Grapevine Latent Bud Dormancy in Changing Climates
Sales & Marketing:
COVID Accelerator Drives E-Commerce •
The Pandemic Domino Effect: Shipping Backups, Packaging Unavailability and Cost Increases •
A One-Finger Salute from Napa's Tank Garage •
Retail Sales Analysis: Retail Wine Sales Down 9 Percent in October
Business & Technology:
Accounting Challenges in a Post-COVID World