Hail damage at Callaghan Vineyards
Growing Pains: Winemakers Reflect on a Changing Climate
As temperatures creep up (or down), winemakers make plans and prepare for what’s to come. By Laura Ness How is climate change impacting grape growing in the United States? It’s complicated. Some areas...
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Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2023: Warren Winiarski — Viticulturist, Preservationist, Philanthropist
By Laura Ness It’s hard to imagine what the wine world would be like if not for Warren Winiarski, the visionary who saw something special in an old prune orchard in Napa, which he converted to a vineyard...
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Expert Editorial: How Automation Is Transforming Our 8,000-Year-Old Industry
New technology is helping wineries prepare for the unexpected, from preventable human error to wildfires, droughts and beyond. By Keith Chambers  For generations, winemakers around the world have...
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Agrology Partners with Google Cloud to Help Farmers Combat Climate Change and Achieve Sustainability Goals
Google Cloud technology helps Agrology accomplish its work to bring sustainability-driven business transformation to farming Alexandria, VA, September 7, 2022 — Agrology, a leading Predictive Agriculture...
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Under Pressure: Behind the Battle to Lighten Champagne’s Bottle Weights
The standard Champagne bottle — 1,250 grams at the beginning of the 20th century, has lightened considerably. The industry as a whole is continuing to experiment with climate friendly solutions. By Kathleen...
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Using Yeast to Combat Climate Change and Improve Flavor
Yeast is to winemaking what faith is to religion. Without that one essential element, the rest collapses. Today, tech innovations are letting vintners use yeast not as an essential ingredient but, rather,...
Marselan—one of the newly INAO-approved Bordeaux grape varieties
Hot Grapes for a Hot (Cold, Hailing, Rainy) World
The climate is changing, and overall is trending warmer. That trend is “unequivocally” tied to human activity, and is “proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented over millennia,” according to NASA. The...
Hybrids growing at Milea Estate Vineyard in New York's Hudson Valley AVA / Courtesy Milea Estate Vineyard
Hudson Valley Wine Project Aims to Help Whole US Wine Industry
We’ve all seen the headlines and read the stark reports: climate change, and the unexpected frosts, hailstorms, droughts, floods, and fires that come along with it threaten to shrink the regions suitable...
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PET Bottles—The Future of Wine Packaging
Between supply chain issues, sustainability initiatives, and an increase in the DtC market space, producers are investing in the light-weight alternative wine bottle. —Jeff Siegel The bottle from Oregon’s...
Rootdown Cellars built there brand on lesser-known varieties, like Trousseau
Old & Obscure Is New & Cool in Wine Country
As climate change charts new, unpredictable temperature and weather patterns, the pursuit of outstanding wine means turning to lesser-known grape varieties.  —Kathleen Willcox Old, rare grape varieties...
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