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CAWG Advocates for Agricultural Guestworker Legislation

UPDATE:  CAWG learned late today that House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte’s AG Act amendment will not be offered for consideration during Wednesday’s vote on H.R. 6136. Earlier in the day, Goodlatte’s amendment was posted on the House Rules Committee website, but House Republican leaders determined that the amendment would not attract additional votes for H.R. 6136 […]

June 27, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

CAWG Statement on Immigration Legislation

SACRAMENTO, June 21, 2018 – California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) President John Aguirre has issued the following statement:   “I am deeply disappointed by the apparent inability of the House of Representatives to resolve some of our nation’s most pressing immigration issues. California winegrape growers and farmworkers face a crisis of uncertainty due to […]

June 22, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Volcanic Wines – Magic Behind Napa’s Atlas Peak Mountain

  “Wine is one of the most civilized and natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, offering a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.” — Ernest Hemingway   Only three percent of the wine grapes grown in California are grown at altitudes above 1,000 […]

June 21, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Drinks design agency Denomination opens for business in San Francisco and appoints Meghan Read as Business Director

June 18, 2018 San Francisco   Award-winning drinks design agency Denomination expands into the USA with a new office opening in San Francisco – a stone’s throw from the world-famous Napa Valley wine region. The US office will be led by newly-appointed Business Director Meghan Read.   Since establishing Denomination in 2002 in Australia, co-founders […]

June 18, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

ProWein 2019 Specialist Article No. 1: China’s Wine Future

While certainly few of us missed China’s rise to the position of a major economic power, that newly established prowess continues to fight the biased western preconception of wine and China. On the one hand we have the image of the Chinese wine drinker pouring cola in her Chilean Cabernet or ice cubes in his […]

June 11, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Petaluma Gap Winegrowers Alliance Celebrates Designation As American Viticultural Area

Petaluma, California, June 4, 2018—The Petaluma Gap Winegrowers Alliance (PGWA) celebrated its recent approval as the newest American Viticultural Area (AVA) by the U.S. Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) at a ceremony and wine tasting held at Gap’s Crown Vineyard in Penngrove, CA on Tuesday, May 29. The ceremony was held on a hilltop […]

June 5, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Sonoma Co. Winegrowers Names New Director of Sustainability

Sonoma County Winegrowers Add Sustainability Expertise   Dana Cappelloni Named Director of Sustainability and Grower Education   SANTA ROSA, Calif. (May 30, 2018) – As Sonoma County Winegrowers move closer to their goal of becoming the nation’s first 100% sustainable wine region in 2019, it is adding an experienced sustainable veteran to its team with […]

May 31, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

The American Vineyard Foundation Funds $1.4 MM for Wine and Grape Industry Research in 2018

Napa, CA (May 21, 2018) – The American Vineyard Foundation (AVF) is pleased to announce new funding for twenty-four projects addressing critical viticulture and enology research needs.   The AVF relies on voluntary contributions to support ongoing projects and to provide funding for new high priority projects.   “Thanks to the generosity of nearly one-thousand grower […]

May 22, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Powerful Line-up of Keynote Speakers Announced for Women of the Vine & Spirits International Summit – London

Industry leaders gather for day devoted to fostering women’s leadership in the alcohol beverage industry.   May 10, 2018 (New York, NY) – Women of the Vine & Spirits, the world’s leading women’s organization dedicating to advancing and empowering women in the alcohol beverage industry has announced its lineup of keynote speakers for first-of-its-kind gathering […]

May 14, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

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May 11, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More