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LATEST WINE INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES 08.28.2008
Vintage Trust Continues Liquidation
 
08.27.2008
 
West Coast assets are moving and investors receiving payoff
 
Weibel Hopland Winery, Mendocino County
 
Weibel Hopland Winery, Mendocino County
Napa, Calif. -- The sale of its Cameron wine storage facility in south Napa on July 17 represents the latest development as Vintage Wine Trust continues its orderly liquidation. The firm announced in May that it was liquidating the properties it had acquired on behalf of investors.
 
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Vinifera Organization Renames Itself
 
08.26.2008
 
Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association has new officers and name, but retains its goals
 
East Coast Vinifera Wine
Leesburg, Va. -- Thirty-five years ago, in 1973, Robert de Treville Lawrence, Sr., started an organization called the Vinifera Wine Growers Association, to promote the planting of vinifera grapevines and the production of quality vinifera wines in the eastern United States. On Sunday, Aug. 24, the association's current president, Gordon W. Murchie, announced that the Vinifera Wine Growers Association (VWGA) will become the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association (ASWA) on Sept. 2, 2008.
 
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Emerging tool reduces berry size, moderates sugar accumulation
 
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Peter Fraser introduced a sacrificial caning technique at Barham Vineyard in Santa Barbara County, Calif., in hopes of producing smaller berries that have more concentrated flavors.
 
Put 10 winemakers in a room, and you'll hear 100 conflicting opinions on everything from trellising techniques to the best meat pies. As a group we have strong, shifting opinions, and we're not afraid to unload them on the nearest ear. That said, there is one thing that most of us vignerons agree upon--we all want full physical maturity in our grapes at lower sugar levels.
 
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Tim Patterson
 

Inquiring Winemaker

by Tim Patterson
 
Winemakers' Views On Why Wines Age
 
 
What makes wine age
 
Although winemaker Peter McCrea of Stony Hill claims not to know what makes certain wines age well, the winery's Napa Valley Chardonnay is known to be drinkable for up to 30 to 40 years.
 
As every enology graduate knows, there's science, and then there's winemaking.
 
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Marketing Matters

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Finger Lakes Makes Match With Riesling
 
 
Finger Lakes Wine
 
Dr. Konstantin Frank, an immigrant from Ukraine, is credited with bringing Riesling to the Finger Lakes region of New York in the 1950s. Convinced the cold-resistant vinifera would thrive when grafted to native rootstock, he planted Riesling in his vineyard (above) in Hammondsport, N.Y.
 
Stags Leap Cabernet. Oregon Pinot Noir. New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Will Finger Lakes Riesling be the next wine marketed as a geo-grape?
 
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Jim Gordon
 

Editor's Letter

by Jim Gordon
 
The Irony of a Corked Bottle
 
 
It was another party marred by another bottle of corked wine. But it wasn't just any party. It was a reception for the 2008 Merit Award winner of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture. A couple of dozen ASEV members, friends and family members gathered in a hotel suite in Portland, Ore., to celebrate Bob Steinhauer's acceptance of the award, and his memorable address at the ASEV annual meeting(see "Robert Steinhauer Reflects").
 
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Jeff Morgan & Daniel Moore
 

Morgan & Moore

by Jeff Morgan & Daniel Moore
 
Borrowing a Cellar To Make Your Wine
 
 
Custom Crush Winery
 
Expense leads many winemakers to use the machinery and expertise offered by custom crush facilities such as Yokayo Wine Co. (left) and Napa Wine Co. (right). Being honest about what you are looking for, and getting appropriate insurance coverage, can help mitigate any problems down the road.
 
In Northern California, the number of wine labels in circulation today dwarfs the actual number of winery buildings. Obviously, a whole lot of us are making wine in someone else's cellar, and the person who came up with the name "custom crush" is a marketing genius. The phrase implies that the recipient of this "custom crush" automatically receives some kind of very special attention. Sometimes this is the case, but often it's not.
 
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