Wine Industry – North San Francisco Bay Area, Sonoma, Marin, Napa counties

Boisset to keynote April 22 wine conference

March 19th, 2010

NORTH BAY — The North Bay Business Journal’s 2010 Wine Conference the morning of April 22 will focus on how to succeed in today’s market including sales strategies and ownership options.
American Canyon’s Amcor screw-cap sees surging demand

March 15th, 2010

AMERICAN CANYON — The North Coast impact of a recent multibillion-dollar divestiture of various divisions of Alcan Packaging, which makes the Stelvin line of aluminum screw cap wine closures, is expected to be more production capacity soon at the southern Napa Valley plant.
European grapevine moth quarantine declared for parts of Napa, Sonoma, Solano counties

March 9th, 2010

NAPA VALLEY — The state Department of Food and Agriculture today declared 162 square miles in two portions of Napa Valley and tiny portions of Sonoma and Solano counties under quarantine to control what’s being called the first infestation of the European grapevine moth in the U.S.
Permanent farm market proposed for Sonoma County Fairgrounds

March 8th, 2010

SANTA ROSA – Members of the Sonoma County Fair board will hold a public meeting March 16 on plans to create a permanent public market year-round at the fairgrounds.
Options expand for lighter, exotic bottles

March 8th, 2010

Vintners now have more options for lighter-weight glass to save money on purchasing and bottling and exotic bottle shapes for attention-grabbing packaging.
Growers, regulators craft methods to manage frost water

March 8th, 2010

GEYSERVILLE — Winegrape growers that depend on water in the Russian River Basin to protect their vines from frost assert they have a better idea of how much water they’re using and how to limit such use, while wildlife regulators say they’re getting more precise information of water overuse and tools to curtail it.
Tiger salamander gets state ‘threatened’ status

March 5th, 2010

CALIFORNIA — The California Fish and Game Commission voted 3-2 to designate the California tiger salamander as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act.
Inertia names new CEO

March 5th, 2010

NAPA — Wine direct-to-consumer and direct-to-trade conduit Inertia Beverage Group named Joseph Waechter as its new chief executive officer, effective March 4. Mr. Waechter is the former president and CEO of DHL Worldwide Express and worked most recently as managing director of California Pacific Capital.
Wine: Offices proposed for old Healdsburg winery

March 5th, 2010

Also: Auction set for Manchester Ridge vineyards
Tiny Novato winery wins trademark case against Trek Bicycle

March 2nd, 2010

NOVATO — A federal judge in Wisconsin today tossed out a trademark-infringement case against tiny Novato-based Trek Winery LLC brought by Trek Bicycle Corp., one of the largest bike manufacturers in North America.