
Who couldn’t use a little fun these days? Yountville, Napa Valley, October 2020 —- Silver Trident Winery is adding a new tasting experience – The Potato Chip Extravaganza. It features five different artisanal potato chips paired with five Silver Trident wines. Winery founder Bob Binder came up with...
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Wildlife Challenges Don’t End at the Vineyard Edge When vineyard managers think about wildlife threats, the focus is almost always on protecting grapes from browsing deer, hungry birds, or burrowing rabbits. But the reality is, animals can—and often do—cause problems well beyond the vines...
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For vineyard owners, harvest season brings both excitement and anxiety. As grapes ripen and sugar levels climb, they become an irresistible target for birds, deer, raccoons, and other hungry visitors. A single flock of starlings or a few persistent deer can cause significant crop loss — not just in...
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AI-Powered Winery Concierge Delivers 24/7 Hospitality to Sell More Wine Boost your DTC sales with the AI-Powered Winery Concierge—a 24/7 digital assistant that engages website visitors, answers questions, recommends wines, assists with orders, and captures leads in real time. Fully customizable and...
Read MoreAfternoon Brief: Premiere Napa Valley Celebrates the 2023 Vintage and the Spirit of Unity in the Wine Industry

The 2025 Premiere Napa Valley wine auction came to a celebratory conclusion on Saturday, marking the end of a truly memorable week in Napa Valley. This years auction raised a total of $3.3 million, underscoring the wine trades optimism for the future and reaffirming that demand for Napas finest and most innovative wines remains strong...
Afternoon Brief, May 2nd

Electronic Nose Determines the Quality of Wine: An electronic nose consists of some sensors, a signal processing system and an analysis system. "The e-nose can identify substances using a method similar to the human sense of smell..."

Twenty-One Women Told The New York Times That They Have Been Sexually Harassed, Manipulated or Assaulted by Male Master Sommeliers: The Court of Master Sommeliers confers high honors, but many women candidates say they've paid a steep price... The post Afternoon Brief, October 29 appeared first on...
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