After losing a major contract, Premier Pacific Vineyards, a Napa-based vineyard portfolio manager, laid off 57 of its employees at the end of 2011. The layoff was effective Dec. 31, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice. Premier Pacific and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) had managed its vineyard properties. ...
The California Grocers Association today filed a petition for writ of mandate to stay a California Alcoholic Beverage Control Industry Advisory that attempts to provide guidance in complying with a new state law to regulate alcoholic beverage sales at assisted self-checkout terminals. CGA claims the Advisory is inconsistent with the statute, unenforceable, and in violation ...
San Luis Obispo Vintners Executive Director, Becky Gray has resigned to fulfill a passion with a start up non-profit organization in the North County. Her resignation is effective January 30, 2012 and the search for a new Executive Director is actively underway. Founded in 1989, SLO Vintners has grown significantly in recent years, currently with ...
Beginning February 2, 2012 Wine Entrepreneurship will commence its weekly meetings, covering a broad array of topics focused on creating and managing businesses in the wine industry. Seasoned professor Anisya Thomas Fritz, who has taught strategic management and entrepreneurship at other well-known universities, brings her first-hand experience of running the operations at Lynmar Estate ...
The Paso Robles wine industry came together in 2011, raising a record amount of dollars during the Wine Country Auctions featured at Zinfandel Festival and Wine Festival. The Zin Tasting & Wine Country Auction showcased “bottles, bottles and more bottles” for enthusiastic wine collectors. The Wine Country Auction & Dinner hosted 271 guests for ...
The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA) participated in an unprecedented international Joint Session on Sustainability on Oct. 19 with other member countries of the World Wine Trade Group (WWTG) and FIVS, an international wine industry trade association, to discuss their national and regional sustainability programs. The goal of the session was to continue the leadership ...
Paso Garagiste announced today that Victor Abascal of Vines on the Marycrest has won the first annual “Spirit of Garagiste” Award presented as part of the inaugural Paso Garagiste Festival on November 12th. The award is dedicated to a winemaker who best exemplifies the do-whatever-it-takes spirit of the small-lot winemaker (or garagiste*), while also ...
Carolyn Wente, CEO and Fourth Generation Winegrower of America’s oldest continuously owned and operated winery, is pleased to announce that her family business has received the 2011 American Winery of the Year award from Wine Enthusiast magazine. Wente Family Estates is comprised of Wente Vineyards, Murrieta’s Well and Tamás Estates as well as ...
The Sonoma Valley Vintners and Growers Alliance (SVVGA) announced that Tracey Woodward has joined the team in the role of marketing director for the non-profit trade association representing 500 member wineries, growers and associates in the Sonoma Valley. Woodward, started on October 18. “We welcome Tracey with her strength and diverse background in ...
Sonoma County Vintners, the premier marketing organization for Sonoma County’s wine and wineries, will be issuing a series of monthly updates on the 2011 harvest season from the perspectives of wineries in each of Sonoma County’s largest regions. After last week’s rains, we wanted to check with winemakers and their vineyard teams to ...
The Beverly Hills Wine Festival™ 2012 is the most prestigious wine festival in all of the united states....
On 2/18/12, meet the winemakers and taste Alsace-style white wines from around the world, including Riesling, Gewurztraminer,...
