Wines & Vines back issues from May 2009:
Who owns your label? Core issue of EU terminology flap is intellectual property.(EDITOR'S LETTER)
May 01, 2009; ... Wines & Vines reported online in March that dozens if not hundreds of U.S. wineries could lose their ability to market their products in Europe if they continue to use certain common wine terms on their labels. A deadline set by the European Union years ago arrived, and EU officials now ...
Going private.(Feedback)
May 01, 2009; ... Re: "Private Labeling is a Promising Option," by Peter Mitham (winesandvines.com Headlines, March 4). Right in your own backyard! I've been buying from Windsor-Sonoma for over a year, having my photo art put on the labels. Great product, good value and excellent people to deal with. ...
School daze.(Feedback)
May 01, 2009; ... Regarding "Northwest Schools in Session" in the February 2009 issue: I was thrilled to read the coverage on Chemeketa Community College. This was timely and fitting in consideration of stellar Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris vintages in the Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills, Chehalem and Ribbon ...
Missing collaborator.(Feedback)(malolactic fermentation)
May 01, 2009; ... I enjoyed your very interesting article, "Wines that Changed the Industry," in the January issue. I was particularly pleased by your tribute to Brad Webb, which he so richly deserves. Sadly, however, Brad's indispensable collaborator ML34 was not treated quite as well. Somewhere along the ...
Renaming: when your brand is banned.(Head lines)
May 01, 2009; ... Livermore, Calif. -- Strengthening protections of place names and wine terminology are forcing U.S. producers to find new identities for products traditionally labeled "port" or similar Old World-based names. California producers agreed to continue their search for an alternative term for ...
Numbers: newsmaking names.(Head lines)
May 01, 2009 ... <Pre> NUMBERS: Newsmaking Names Several of this month's Headlines involve names in dispute. According to Wines & Vines' 2009 Annual Directory, the following numbers of North American winery names include these problematic terms: Chateau66 brands from 52 ...
Canda drops barrel tariff.(News bytes)
May 01, 2009 ... Canada has removed a 3% tariff on oak barrel imports, a move that will reduce costs to wineries by approximately CAD$30 per barrel (US$24). The import of barrels and barrel parts from France totaled CAD$5.9 million last year, approximately one-fourth of Canada's ...
Napa has new advisor.(News bytes)(Monica Cooper has been appointed)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Pest expert Dr. Monica Cooper is the new viticulture farm advisor at the Napa County Cooperative Extension office. She started April 1, succeeding Mike Anderson, interim advisor since the death of Ed Weber on Dec. 31, 2007. An expert in vine mealybug and grapevine leafroll virus, Cooper ...
Scholarships to Burgundy.(News bytes)
May 01, 2009 ... James McCleney, 28, and Dan Person, 26, both in the viticulture and enology program at the University of California, Davis, were awarded four-month internships at top Burgundian wineries, supported by the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin Foundation and made possible by a ...
'Clos' to go--what about 'chateau? European Community challenges U.S. wine labels.(MAY NEWS)
May 01, 2009; ... Washington, D.C. -- In the 37 years since French winemaker Bernard Portet planted vines in Napa Valley's Stag's Leap District, Clos du Val has built an international reputation, exporting to nearly every country in the European Union. That came to a halt March 10, when the European ...
TTB approves Haw River Valley.(MAY NEWS)
May 01, 2009; ... Washington, D.C. -- Applications to establish a Calistoga AVA in Napa Valley and enlarge Sonoma County's Russian River Valley appellation remain mired in legal wrangling, but the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) continues to approve new American Viticultural Appellations, ...
Who'll take the cake? California wine producers in trademark food-fight.(MAY NEWS)
May 01, 2009; ... San Francisco, Calif. -- A dispute over a sweet subject is creating a sour taste. One True Vine, owner of the Layer Cake wine brand, is suing The Wine Group for trademark infringement over its Cupcake brand. One True Vine is owned by Jayson Woodbridge and Chris Ramonski, who ...
Custom crush for Lake County.(MAY NEWS)
May 01, 2009; ... Kelseyville, Calif. -- Lake County now has a much-needed custom crush facility. Kelseyville Wine Company moved into its new building in February, providing the only such service in the county. The new facility has a permit for annual production of 15,000 cases (220 tons), a ...
Mexican wine tariff jumps: fee is now 20%, but market still beckons.(MAY NEWS)
May 01, 2009; ... Mexico, D.F., Mexico--Since 2006, U.S. wine has entered Mexico tariff-free, but on March 19 a fee of 20% was imposed. In 2008, the United States wine industry sold $23 million in Mexico, its 10(th) largest market, about 90% by volume from California. Some 100 California wineries were ...
Get your grants here.(CALIFORNIA)
May 01, 2009 ... The California Department of Food and Agriculture has asked for proposals for a grant program designed to enhance the competitiveness of the state's specialty crops. As much as $15 million will be available for grants between $75,000 and $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
Bennett lane's NASCAR entry.(CALIFORNIA)
May 01, 2009 ... Bennett Lane Winery, Calistoga, Napa Valley, returned to its fifth year on the NASCAR circuit with its No. 2 ...
Carmenet now a Bronco brand.(CALIFORNIA)
May 01, 2009 ... Carmenet Vineyards, a Sonoma Valley brand founded in 1982 by the Chalone Wine Group, was ...
Meet the winemakers at St. Francis.(CALIFORNIA)
May 01, 2009 ... St. Francis Winery, Sonoma Valley, invites visitors to meet the winemakers in its tasting room every Saturday through August. The program features guest appearances by the winemaking team of Dennis Borrel, Heather Munden, ...
Return of Chamisal.(CALIFORNIA)
May 01, 2009 ... Domaine Alfred, a San Luis Obsipo winery acquired last year by Crimson Wine Group, has reverted to its original name, Chamisal Vineyards. Planted in 1973, and mostly replanted in the ...
New execs at Cameron Hughes.(CALIFORNIA)
May 01, 2009 ... Cameron Hughes Wine. San Francisco negociant wine company, appointed Brent Smith its chief financial officer; Dan Ebrey, director of sales Midwest; and Ken Schuller, ...
Reduce growing risks.(CALIFORNIA)
May 01, 2009 ... The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance published a free grower guide, Reducing Risks Through Sustainable Winegrowing: A Growers' Guide ....
Foursight tasting room opens in Mendocino.(CALIFORNIA)
May 01, 2009 ... Foursight Wines, owned by the Charles family, will open its new tasting room south of Boonville in ...
600 and counting in Washington.(NORTHWEST)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Already the second-largest wine-producing state, Washington's tally of wineries recently topped 600. The state Liquor Control Board awarded the 600(th) license to Bridge Press Cellars in Spokane in February, and since then it has issued two more ...
Tour firm launches wine store, registry.(NORTHWEST)
May 01, 2009 ... Luxury Wine Tours, Portland, Ore., recently launched the Lux Wines online store at lux-wine.com, and with it, the Lux Wines bridal registry. Betrothed couples can complete their wine ...
Jones is vintner of the year.(NORTHWEST)(Earl Jones has been awarded)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Earl Jones, founder and proprietor of Abacela Winery, Roseburg, Ore., was honored as Oregon Vintner of the Year at the state's 25(th) anniversary Classic Wines Auction in March. The annual award is given to individuals who have demonstrated significant achievements in building the state's ...
Cougars choose a label.(NORTHWEST)
May 01, 2009 ... A painting by Heather Losey McGeachy, a fine arts graduate student from Grand Ledge, Mich., was selected to adorn the Artist Expression 2009 release of the Wine-By-Cougars created by Washington State University alumni. This ...
Justin Morris is Hall of Famer.(CENTRAL)
May 01, 2009 ... Dr. Justin Morris was inducted into the Arkansas Agricultural Hall of Fame in March. Morris, distinguished professor at the University of Arkansas and director of the university's Institute of Food Science and Engineering, is perhaps best known as ...
No foolin' in Michigan.(CENTRAL)(wine law)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... On April 1, Michigan began enforcing a new law preventing state residents from having wine shipped to them from wine stores both within and outside of Michigan. The new law, HB6644, bars any wine store from ...
Wine will benefit land conservancy.(CENTRAL)
May 01, 2009 ... Sandhill Crane Vineyards, Jackson, Mich., released a limited edition wine to benefit the Legacy Land Conservancy. The conservancy is dedicated to protecting the forests, fields, ...
Leelanau Vintner Bruce Simpson dies.(CENTRAL)(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... The man who founded Good Harbor Vineyards in 1980, Bruce Simpson, died March 11 in an Ann Arbor hospital. He was 56. His was the fourth winery established in Leelanau County, and he was one of the first to plant Pinot Grigio there. A graduate of Michigan State University, he later ...
Epicurean Excursions tours Finger Lakes.(EAST)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... A new business, Epicurean Excursions, is leading five-day, four-night guided visits to Finger Lakes wineries and restaurants. Tours are limited to groups of 10 and will ...
N.Y. College adds marketing program.(EAST)(wine marketing program )(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden, N.Y., has added a new, two-year wine marketing program to its fall 2009 class schedule. Students enrolled in the Associate in Applied Science degree ...
Chaddsford offers technical tours.(EAST)
May 01, 2009 ... Chaddsford Winery, Chadds Ford, Pa., now offers technical tours with the winemaking team. Visitors tour the cellars and production area, taste from barrels ...
Florida Viticulture news.(EAST)(Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University )(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... The Center for Viticulture at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), Tallahassee, was awarded a $102,500 federal grant through the Specialty Crop Block program. The money will go to preventing crop problems ....
Adirondack Winery is growing.(EAST)
May 01, 2009 ... Adirondack Winery & Tasting Room in Lake George, N.Y., opened in April 2008, and almost immediately the owners realized it would soon sell out of its own wines. The self-styled "micro-winery" produces fewer than ...
Tennessee firm adds CA wineries.(EAST)
May 01, 2009 ... Sapphire Wines, Franklin, Tenn., owner of Eos Estate Winery in Paso Robles, Calif., completed the purchase of two more California brands in March. Sapphire purchased the Carneros Creek and Wildhurst labels from Briarcliff Wine Group LLC of Danville, Calif. Carneros Creek is a Pinot Noir ...
Laffort creates U.S. subsidiary.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... Laffort, a worldwide supplier of enology products, has created Laffort USA to serve the U.S. industry. Charlotte Gourraud, a French enologist and engineer, and ...
Gusmer turns 85 with new products.(SUPPLIERS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Gusmer Enterprises Inc., Fresno, celebrates 85 years of operation this year. The company is now the U.S. distributor for the OenoFoss from FOSS, a compact, easy-to-use analytical instrument ...
Hanna's new digital refractometer.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... Hanna lnstruments, Woonsocket, R.I., supplier of lab instruments, introduced the HI 96801 digital refractometer, a rugged, portable, water-resistant optical ...
HR firm holds anti-harassment workshops.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... The Personnel Perspective, Santa Rosa, Calif., wine industry management, HR consulting and executive search firm, will present a harassment-prevention workshop for ...
Lallemand makes changes.(SUPPLIERS)(contract with Scott Laboratories)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Lallemand, a Canadian-based supplier of yeasts, bacteria and enzymes, named Scott Laboratories of Ontario, Canada, and Petaluma, Calif., the sole distributor of the majority of its enological products in North America, including all of its Proenol encapsulated yeast ...
Mettler Toledo has a new tool.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... Mettler Toledo, the Ohio-based supplier of measurement products, introduced version 2.0 of its LiQC multi-parameter system for ...
TricorBraun tweets.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... The St. Louis, Mo.-based producer of rigid packaging has opened a Twitter account, ...
Videojet offers flexible financing.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... The Wood Dale, Ill.-based supplier of commercial printers, converters and co-packers is offering ...
New sales manager joins Seguin Moreau.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... Seguin Moreau Napa Cooperage has hired Chris Hansen as Napa sales manager. Hansen has more ...
Jeffries joins Portocork.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... Portocork America, producer of premium natural cork wine closures, added Pat Jeffries as account manager for ...
Ben Franklin exec earns green certificate.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... Kristi Herold of Ben Franklin Press & label Co., Napa, Calif., recently graduated from the six-month Sustainable Enterprise Executive Certificate Program at Dominican University in San Rafael. The ...
ShipCompliant to host seminar.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... ShipCompliant's fourth annual Direct Shipping Seminar & Users Conference is scheduled for June 11 in Napa, Calif. The morning session will feature a panel of ...
Pall brings out final filter.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... The Oenopure II filter cartridge from Pall Corp., East Hills, N.Y., is constructed from a newly developed Polyethersul-fone (PES) ...
Cork Supply has new lab and cooperage.(SUPPLIERS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Packaging Supplier Cork Supply USA, Benicia, Calif., quadrupled its lab space to 2,600 square feet, divided into Sensory Sciences, headed by Lesa Gonzalez, and instrumentation, led by Len Kirch. Dr. Carlos Macku is director of ...
Modular takes over club support.(SUPPLIERS)
May 01, 2009 ... Modular Information Systems, San Ramon, Calif., provider of winery management software, has assumed support for all Just My Wine wine club software customers, ...
Correction.(Correction notice)
May 01, 2009 ... An article in our March 2009 issue, "How Good Are Wine Labs?" incorrectly stated that Vinquiry's Napa ...
Rhone rangers mix taste, trade: experts discuss blending and cool-climate Syrah.(Faces & Forums)
May 01, 2009; ... San Francisco, Calif. -- More than 125 wineries gathered at Fort Mason's Festival Pavilion to pour Rhone favorites Syrah, Grenache and Viognier, as an eager public also sampled blends and lesser-known varietals such as Mourvedre, Roussanne and Marsanne. But the highlights of the ...
How light can you get? Economy dictates that bottles decrease in weight and price.(COVER STORY)
May 01, 2009; ... In response to a collective clamor from wineries for more competitively priced bottles with greater environmental sensitivity, several glass manufacturers are "light-weighting"--introducing bottles that weigh (and cost) less, without sacrificing style. "Light-weighting is ...
Innovations in packaging: is wine catching up to other beverages?(PACKAGING)
May 01, 2009; ... Recession, global warming and a new consumer willingness to experiment seem to be conspiring to make wine packages more varied, less expensive, lighter weight and higher tech than ever before. In this regard, wine packaging lags behind packaging for other beverage and food industries ....
The label option maze: printing choices make a big difference in a competitive market.(PACKAGING)(Company overview)
May 01, 2009; ... Singers from Bo Diddley to Stevie Wonder to Tim Hardin have drummed in the same piece of sage advice: Don't judge a book by its cover. There was even an episode of "Desperate Housewives" with that title. Meantime, wine consumers continue to judge--and purchase--wines by their labels ....
Label makeovers: how four wineries brightened their looks.(PACKAGING)
May 01, 2009; ... Many years ago, when I was working for an importer of Italian wines, we lost our top-selling Chianti brand to a competing importer and marketer. Suddenly we found ourselves in the midst of a mad scramble to replace tens of thousands of cases worth of business overnight. The ...
From the ground up: new soil ripper also disks, fertilizes and shapes.(GRAPE GROWING)
May 01, 2009; ... It is springtime in the Salinas Valley, and a half-dozen vineyard managers have gathered around a soil ripper the size of a freighter. They watch as a brightly painted tractor lumbers across a broccoli field, grappling the earth with two 30-foot-long tread belts that are as tall as a grown ...
Clarksburg seeks consumer awareness: inland winegrowers discuss marketing, costs and contracts.(GRAPE GROWING)
May 01, 2009; ... The Clarksburg American Viticultural Area (AVA) covers 57,000 acres in Sacramento and Yolo Counties with 17,000 acres of vineyards planted between levees lining the rivers and sloughs of this California Delta region. With warm days and cool nights, the Delta's cooling influence enables ...
The Wilson collection: northern Sonoma couple has modest plans for growing portfolio.(MANAGEMENT)
May 01, 2009; ... With the recent acquisition of Jepson Winery in California's Mendocino County, Ken and Diane Wilson of Sonoma County have expanded their mini wine empire to include about 400 acres of vineyard, five operating wineries and the production of nearly 30,000 cases of wine. Their ...
Added value for tasting rooms: play to your strengths to make your tasting room a destination.(MARKETING)
May 01, 2009; ... In this era of stay-cations, agri-tourism and locavore appetites, forward-thinking wineries are transforming their tasting rooms into leisure attractions. No longer content with the long-established model: a bar topped with bottles and staffed by friendly attendants; a gift shop stocked ...
Afton Mountain changes hands: wine world newcomers purchase popular virginia operation.(Wine East)
May 01, 2009; ... Afton, Va. -- Shinko and Tom Corpora, owner/operators of Afton Mountain Vineyards for nearly 20 years, have sold their 52-acre farm, winery and residence to Elizabeth and Tony Smith. The sale closed March 31, and both Smiths were working at the winery on April 1. The operation ...
Two auctions benefit ASEV Eastern Section.(WineEast)
May 01, 2009; ... King of Prussia, Pa. -- The American Society for Enology and Viticulture's (ASEV) Eastern Section scholarship program was the beneficiary of $14,075 raised through live and silent auctions at the Wineries Unlimited Conference and Trade Show in King of Prussia on March 11. Members of the ...
Virginia wineries join with allied interests: Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail meets with tourism, business and government to build business.(Wine East News)
May 01, 2009; ... Warsaw, Va. -- Ninety-five people gathered at Belle Mount Winery on March 4, when seven wineries on the Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail (logo shown at right) met for the first time with tourism officials, local businesses including a major wine industry supplier, owners of bed and breakfasts, ...
'The Big Ugly' passes in N.Y.: state budget increases wine tax, continues grocery store ban.(Wine East News)
May 01, 2009; ... Albany, N.Y. -- "The Big Ugly," a.k.a. the New York state budget for 2009, passed the state's legislature in early April, ending debate that gave the bill its nickname. Gov. David Paterson warned that the budget may be reopened later this year because of declining state tax revenues. ...