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Farella Vineyard elevates Ryan Pass to title of Winemaker

November 15, 2018   For Immediate Release:   ESTATE WINES COOMBSVILLE – NAPA VALLEY   Farella Vineyard elevates Ryan Pass to title of “Winemaker”   Ryan Pass, who has worked at Farella vineyard since the 2015 harvest has been elevated to Winemaker after 3 years as Assistant Winemaker. Tom Farella will take the title of […]

November 19, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Lake County Winegrape Growers Focus Post-Fire Relief Efforts On Research

NEWS RELEASE   Growers Collaborate with Experts to Minimize Wildfire Impact in Future Years   Kelseyville, Calif. November 15, 2018 – With an increase in the number and duration of large wildfires, the California wine industry is working together to explore ways to combat the effect of smoke exposure and fire damage on winegrapes and […]

November 16, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Still showing nicely after all these years

My wine and thriller: still showing nicely after all these years — The wine and the book, inspired by fact, created by imagination, and caught in a web of reality and fantasy.   The web spun by Castello Da Vinci and Xantaeus leads through Perfect Killer and this web of links:   The Institute for […]

November 14, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

California Association of Winegrape Growers Letter to Congress

November 11, 2018   Representative Mike Thompson U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515   Dear Representative Thompson:   We, the undersigned, are writing to you on behalf of the many winegrape growers in Northern California who were adversely affected by wildfires this past summer.   We understand Congress may take up a disaster assistance […]

November 14, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

California Winegrape Growers Affected by Wildfires Seek Support from Congress

SACRAMENTO, November 13, 2018 – Leaders of five California agricultural organizations have joined together to request Congress include the state’s winegrape growers in a disaster assistance bill.   Congress is expected to soon take up a disaster assistance bill to help agricultural producers in the Southeast United States devasted by the 2018 hurricanes. Five grower […]

November 14, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Wine Bloggers Conference rebrands as Wine Media Conference

–NEWS RELEASE–   We have have changed our name to Wine Media Conference!   A More Accurate and Inclusive Name Blogging is simply one form of communication and the reality is almost all blogger attendees at the conference also engage in social media. Many also do other forms of wine writing, either for print magazines, […]

November 12, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Toby Halkovich Named VP of Operations, Heitz Cellar

Respected Viticulturist Joins Historic Napa Valley Winery   St. Helena, Napa Valley, Nov. 5, 2018 — Heitz Cellar is pleased to announce that Toby Halkovich has been named as the new Vice President of Operations. Robert Boyd, President & CEO at Heitz Cellar stated, “We look forward to Toby’s contributions to our winery today and […]

November 7, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Lapis Luna Wines’ New Wholesaler Partners

NEWS RELEASE   Date: October 31, 2018 Contact: Andrew Nelson Andrew@LapisLunaWines.com   Lapis Luna Wines Partners with J&L and Phenix for California Distribution   (SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.) — Lapis Luna, the recently acquired 20 year old wine brand, announced distributor partnerships with J&L Wines on California’s Central Coast and Phenix Distributing in the balance […]

November 1, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

St. Francis Winery & Vineyards Announces Acquisition of Russian River Valley Vineyard

–NEWS RELEASE– SANTA ROSA, CA (October 30, 2018) – St. Francis Winery & Vineyards is pleased to announce the acquisition of an 80 acre vineyard in the northeast region of the famed Russian River Valley appellation of Sonoma County.   The vineyard, known as River East, is currently planted to Chardonnay. Located near Eastside Road […]

October 31, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Giampiero Bertolini appointed CEO of Biondi-Santi

Montalcino/Paris, October 30th, 2018   EPI is pleased to announce the arrival of Giampiero Bertolini as CEO of Biondi-Santi, one of the most prestigious Italian Estates and the originator of, among others, the “Brunello di Montalcino” appellation.   This appointment marks a new chapter and exemplifies the will of EPI to expand Biondi-Santi’s international influence. […]

October 30, 2018 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More