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Science Delivers a Stunning Innovation in Winemaking
Recent technological advances make it possible to accelerate the breeding process to help wine grapes adapt to climate change, increase disease resistance or cluster size, reduce sugar content, improv read more
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Attention Winemakers: GreenVenus to Unveil Non-Browning Colombard, Elevating Your Craft to New Heights!
In an electrifying development bound to stir the imaginations of winemakers across California, GreenVenus is on the brink of introducing non-browning Colombard varieties! This revolutionary advancemen
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Ciatti California Market Report, September 2023
With the growing season continuing to run approximately two to four weeks behind a normal timetable, the 2023 harvest is fully underway in the southern Central Valley but just getting started or not y
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Aromatic Expression: What Is the Influence of Yeast?
By Nathan WisniewskiHow would you define varietal / fermentative aromas?Varietal aromas, sometimes called primary aromas, come from aromatic compounds present in the grapes. These aromas are generally read more
The Impact of Yeast on a Wine's Profile
During fermentation, thousands of different identifiable flavors are created in wine. Understanding how to choose and use yeast to manage this process can give winemakers an impressive amount of contr read more
Preliminary 2022 Winegrape Crush Report at 3.35 Million Tons, Lightest Crop Since 2011
Novato, CA – The California Department of Food and Agriculture Preliminary Grape Crush Report, containing tons crushed and prices of wine grapes sold during the 2022 harvest, has been released. read more
Turrentine Market Update, January 2023
50 Years of Serviceby Steve Fredricks This year marks the 50th anniversary of Turrentine Brokerage—the golden anniversary, if you will. Dan Turrentine founded the company in 1973 after a lo read more
Preventing Pinking during Harvest
Pinking, or the appearance of abnormal pink color in white wine, is a common fault in varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay and Colombard. The potential risk of this defect appea read more
2021 California Winegrape Crushed 3,613,009 Tons
(February 10, 2022, Novato, CA) – The California Department of Food and Agriculture Preliminary Grape Crush Report for 2021 was released today. This harvest was larger than last year but still b read more
The global impact of yeast on your wine's aromatic profile (Yeast Impact - chapter I)
Wine is the result of the fermentative activity of yeasts and bacteria. The microbiota of grape juice fermentation can vary significantly as over 40 genera and 100 different species of yeast have been read more
