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  • Jackson to close grapevine nursery

    April 12th, 2010

    SANTA ROSA — Jackson Family Wines plans to close its 17-year-old grapevine nursery near Madera, one of the largest in the country, early this summer because of limited demand from inside and outside the company.

  • Growers relieved by rainfall as they face new frost rules

    April 12th, 2010

    NORTH BAY – Rainfall near long-term averages has some North Coast winegrape experts expecting a “normal” season in timing for maturation and crop size.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Wine: Vintage buys minority stake in Kunde

    February 22nd, 2010

    Foster’s reports ‘premiumization’ showing some gains

  • 2009 harvest swelled by chardonnay

    February 10th, 2010

    NORTH COAST — The North Coast winegrape crop, swelled by the second-largest chardonnay harvest ever, bounced back after the devastating frost damage of 2008 to make the 2009 crop the third largest on record, according to state estimates released today.

  • Growers prepare for watershed moment at frost meeting

    November 16th, 2009

    SANTA ROSA – A coalition of farming trade groups and major winegrape growers in Mendocino and Sonoma counties plans to demonstrate the state water regulators at a meeting Wednesday that growers have made significant recent progress toward protecting fish while protecting their vines from frost, despite a new letter from federal fish wardens to the contrary.

  • Rain adds drama to tough economy

    October 19th, 2009

    North Coast winegrape growers late last week were looking forward to a few warm, breezy days to dry out the remaining grapes on the vine and close out what has been a surprising, challenging season in terms of weather and economics.

  • County and cities facing tough water-supply choices

    August 31st, 2009

    The future of urban growth and agriculture in Napa County will depend on managing existing surface and underground water as well as developing new resources to meet rising demands for endangered-species protection, according to a water-supply expert.

  • North Coast grape crop appears average-sized as ’09 harvest begins

    August 24th, 2009

    NORTH COAST – As the 2009 North Coast winegrape harvest begins, growers are estimating the size of the crop will be in line with multiyear averages or up to 10 percent below average because of mild weather throughout the season, though yields for some major varieties appear to be lower.

  • Wine: Feds pump $5.7 million into reservoirs

    July 27th, 2009

    Winegrape growers facing severe restrictions on how much frost-protection water they can tap from waterways key to spawning protected fish will have some federal funds to help build ponds to store winter rains or install water-saving equipment.

  • Grape crop now seen as smaller than once feared

    July 24th, 2009

    NORTH COAST – The 2009 winegrape crop in the region now is thought to be not as big as had been feared earlier in the growing season, but it is big enough for grapes still awaiting a home.

  • More firms address hidden wine value

    February 23rd, 2009

    NAPA & SONOMA – Amid a tighter market for credit and shocks to revenues from weather and the economy, growers and vintners looking for additional sources of capital may find them on their own books, provided they and their lender know where to look.

  • Guest contributor: Species issues tested in the vineyards

    October 20th, 2008

    The Northern California wine industry has become a key laboratory for significant nationwide trends in endangered-species regulation. The prominent national and California species issues that have developed recently — the continuing decline of many endangered species, the incremental impacts of global climate change and the evolving endangered species regulatory framework — are beginning to have dramatic effects on wine growers and the wine industry in general.

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