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Toftejorg Owners Invited to Take Advantage of Gamajet’s Best-In-Class Service and Repair Program

As part of the Alfa Laval acquisition, the Toftejorg brand of tank ... Read More

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Talking About Tanks: Exploring the Variety and Versatility of Vineyard Containers

Out in the vineyards, and from the crush pads to the cellars, tanks are vital to the winemaking process and play a multitude of critical roles in shaping the final creation. Tanks and containers are typically classified by the material they are made of and the purpose they serve. The commonly used materials for tanks and containers in the wine industry are wood, plastic, stainless steel and concrete and the functionality of these containers can be specialized, such as rotary fermenters and tanks for mixing or bottling, general for storage, or multipurpose.

Wine Marketing Guide: Social Media For Vineyards & Wineries

Whether you are opening a new tasting room, replanting, or expanding your wine portfolio, you will face more marketing choices than your budget will allow you to make. (You do have a marketing budget, right?) I work with winery and vineyard owners to help them think critically about the choices they face, and to think differently about the "demand side" of the business.

It is often said that wine is made in the vineyard. Mother Nature oversees grape berry development throughout the growing season and then delivers a healthy harvest perfect for making great wine. But harvest to the winemaker is the beginning of a challenging road in managing oxidative effects towards that lustful bottle of wine.

The use of nitrogen in the fine art of wine making is as crucial as the type of grapes used. It has low solubility in wine, and is an elemental warrior in the constant battle during the production phase to win the war to eliminate oxygen in the final product.

Steam is one of the most widely used methods of sanitizing a bottling line and cartridge filter prior to bottling. If done properly a "sterile bottling" can be secured at each bottling run. Steam, for safety reasons, is a nuisance, yet most wineries still find it the bottling sanitation measure of choice.

Steve Borra of award-winning Borra Vineyards in Lodi, CA. is a modest farmer with a big ambition: to produce quality wines that display the best characteristics of the Lodi Appellation. To accomplish that goal, Borra practices an old-world style of viticulture.

When it comes to fracking and its impacts on vineyards, many questions remain unanswered. According to Heather Cooley, co-director of the water program at the Oakland, CA-based Pacific Institute, fracking could increase tensions among water stakeholders.

If vineyards were naturally perfect and climate conditions always cooperated, there would be absolutely no need for vineyard intervention or manipulation. But because of factors like fungus, disease and sometimes unforgiving sunlight, it's simply an industry given that growers must guide their vines.

This article will focus on the management and control of leafroll disease spread in the vineyard by the application of strategic disease diagnostic methods.

Sogevinus Fine Wines is proud to declare Vintage 2011 for its four houses - KOPKE, BURMESTER, CÁLEM AND BARROS - presenting the first classical Vintage of the decade. Vila Nova de Gaia, April 17th, 2013 - Produced in only years of exceptional quality, a rare event that only occurs two or three times a decade, these Vintage Ports embody the alliance between the weather conditions, the rich terroir and the enology