The weather is shifting, trip-planning season is underway, and tasting room traffic is about to pick up. This is the good news. The bad news? If you're reading this and thinking "we'll get to our spring marketing when spring gets here," you're behind. The tasting rooms that stay full from April...

California has generated considerable excitement in the industry by offering a DTC permit allowing craft distillers across the country to ship their products directly to consumers in California, one of the country's largest retail markets. Since COVID, California craft distillers have had a...

I don't like it but... it's true. I might have missed on a prediction that I made. Starting in January of this year, I began predicting that overall wine demand would grow through and into at least 2022. As the days passed, the better-than-expected situation with COVID vaccinations became clearer,...

Santa Rosa, Calif., August 27, 2024 – Lumo, the precision irrigation company that helps growers achieve and maintain precision irrigation quickly and efficiently, announced today the release of a new 4" smart valve. The new Lumo 4” valves are ideal for 5-20 acre blocks and come with the same great...

Within the 2022 SVB State of the Wine Industry Survey run last October, we asked how 2022 went and got the following response. Forty-percent of respondents said that the year was one of their better years or their best year ever. Fully sixty-five percent said it was a good year, and those results...

We have the honor to announce 10 new winners at the 9th annual KEGGY Awards, recognizing the exceptional impacts these partners have made in reducing waste from the landfill and CO2 emissions. The KEGGY Awards were created in 2014 to recognize winery partners for their commitment to sustainability...

Excess crush space available for this 2020 Harvest! Contact us via email: robert@grandcrucustomcrush.com to see how we can help with your production needs. Equipment Lineup Crush Pad and Sorting system from Burgstahler Machine Works RotoVibe Destemmer with internal berry-sorting technology 42Hl &...

Imagine: An intimate tasting room setting that exquisitely showcases your brand. Handing your guests a glass of wine then taking them on a private tour of the high tech production facility where you craft your wines. Walking them through a superb tasting experience that profiles your best...