Napa Valley's Trinchero Family Estates donates $1M to UC Davis
News | sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com | Nov 17, 2009
Trinchero Family Estates has donated $1 million to the University of California Davis’s grapevine program. The huge Napa Valley wine producer made the donation to support a program to provide disease-free rootstock in the state, according to a Nov. 16 statement.
Willamette Valley Vineyards increases sales, income
News | portland.bizjournals.com | Nov 16, 2009
Turner-based Willamette (NASDAQ: WVVI), a leading producer of pinot noir, in the quarter ending Sept. 30 had sales of $4.3 million, with earnings of $258,000, or 5 cents per share, compared with earnings of $244,000, or 5 cents per share, on sales of $4 million in the third quarter of 2008.
English winemakers get help from space
News | www.countrylife.co.uk | Nov 5, 2009
English vineyards owners are using satellite technology to boost their harvests English vineyards owners are using satellite technology to boost their harvests
http://www.countrylife.co.uk/news/article/429403/English+winemakers+get+help+from+space.html
Easy being green at Valhalla - Weekly Times Now
News | www.weeklytimesnow.com.au | Nov 4, 2009
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http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/11/04/128421_on-farm.html
Madison Valley Montana Community Wind Opportunity Workshop
Press Release | www.prlog.org | Nov 3, 2009
Madison Valley Montana Community Wind Opportunity Workshop. The Montana Farmers Union (MFU) and Agri Energy LLC, a Montana based company, in conjunction with a group of wind enthusiasts from the Madison Valley, will host an information meeting regarding the development of landowner community wind
http://www.prlog.org/10398839-madison-valley-montana-community-wind-opportunity-workshop.html
2009 Highlands' Pinot Noir Crush Wraps Up - Zibb.com
Press Release | www.zibb.com | Oct 21, 2009
The 2009 Pinot Noir harvest is wrapping up in the Santa Lucia Highlands appellation, with winegrowers reporting potentially very high quality and normal yields. Some of California's finest vineyards call the S.L.H. home, with more than thirty winegrowers cultivating over 2,500 acres of Pinot Noir
http://www.zibb.com/article/5605973/Highlands+Pinot+Noir+Crush+Wraps+Up
Another moth threatens valley vineyards (The Weekly Calistogan)
News | www.weeklycalistogan.com | Oct 19, 2009
A new pest has landed in the Napa Valley. A single European grapevine moth, along with larvae, has been detected in Oakville, according to local agricultural officials.
http://www.weeklycalistogan.com/articles/2009/10/19/news/local/doc4ad6336268804308476493.txt
NYS grape harvest plummets 22%
News | buffalo.bizjournals.com | Oct 12, 2009
New York's total projected tonnage is 135,000, down 4 percent from the August forecast and down 22 percent from last year's 172,000 tons, the New York Wine & Grape Foundation newsletter reports, quoting new crop estimates from the New York Agricultural Statistics Service.
http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2009/10/12/daily6.html?ana=from_rss
CSR cane train accident sparks ban: AUS
News | www.foodweek.com.au | Sep 21, 2009
The Australian Workers\' Union (AWU) has placed indefinite bans on single-driver cane trains at seven Queensland sugar mills following a serious accident.
http://www.foodweek.com.au/main-features-page.aspx?articleType=ArticleView&articleId=5158
Table grape harvest shows promise
News | westernfarmpress.com | Sep 3, 2009
Bigger is often better, it seems, in the world of table grapes; at least in the eyes of shoppers.
http://westernfarmpress.com/grapes/table-grape-harvest-0907/
