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HARVEST REPORTS

Various wine and viticultural associations present reports to the Trade and Media as to the weather conditions experienced during the wine growing season and their members expectations as to the quality of the vintage. This section of our Publishers Notebook offers reprints of these reports:

  • CALIFORNIA 2007
  • NAPA VALLEY 2007
  • DRY CREEK VALLEY Sonoma County 2007
  • KENDALL-JACKSON 2007 Early Report
  • EUROPE 2006
  • NAPA VALLEY 2006
  • SONOMA COUNTY 2006
  • KENDALL-JACKSON 2006 Early Report
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    Directory of Articles & Editorials

  • Wine Marketing Council 2006 Market Overview. The market looks like a boomer!
  • Oregon's Wine Industry is focused on Pinot Noir / If there was ever any doubt, read the Records Set By 2006 Grape Crush. The state's wine production is now over half Pinot Noir!
  • Nine Wine Regions Form Coalition to Protect Geographical Place Names. No longer confident in governmental agreements, wine regions form group to protect their important names.
  • China Beer & Wine Market Growing Fast!. Beer market now tops U.S. and wine market has doubled in past five years.
  • Vine Mealybug Meets its Match at Spring Mountain Vineyard. Progress has been made against one of the most destructive of all insect vineyard pests.
  • 2006 Gives Third Year of Growth for Sales of California Bubbly Winedrinkers are discovering that bubbly goes with everything
  • Ravenswood: Perspective on its Past and Future Those of us worrying about the future of Joel Peterson's Ravenswood winery misplaced our concerns
  • Satellite Maps of 3500 wineries now available at AppellationAmerica: Google map technology utilized to show America's vineyards on your computer screen
  • Harvest Report 2006 Napa Valley: Napa Valley Vintners pleased about the 2006 vintage
  • Harvest Report 2006 Early Report of the California Harvest: Reports from the field take some of the edge off of Global Warming alarms
  • Harvest Report 2006 Europe: See brief reports from various European wine regions.
  • CA Wine has $103 Billion Impact on U.S. Economy. See new MKF report synopsis.
  • Reminiscence Regarding the Late Dr. Harold Olmo, by Gary Eberle (Eberle Winery, Paso Robles)
  • Ridge Vineyards: A Vision Fulfilled! 30th Anniversary tasting of the "Judgement of Paris" deems '71 Ridge Monte Bello "best wine!"
  • Are you a "Bootlegger"? STATE-BY-STATE wine shipping restrictions are presented
  • California's 2005 Grape Crush Set New Record. Chardonnay Is Leading Varietal! Read how other varieties fared
  • Changing Face of California Wine Industry. Cabernet Sauvignons the "King" of the reds in California but read further about the remarkable shifts in the state's grape production during the past decade
  • Tips for Touring California Wine Country Advice from the Wine Institute
  • Wine Institute's Profile on the North Coast AVA. AVA description covers Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake and portions of Marin and Solano counties.
  • Production of Wine Preceded 'History'. Presence of wine during mankind's development is traceable for more than 7000 years
  • War Zone Winemaking. Israeli winemakers encounter special problems accomplishing their jobs
  • Organic Grape Producers in Wine Alliance Our link to the OGWA website.

    • California Harvest Report 2007

    CALIFORNIA VINTNERS PRAISE HIGH QUALITY 2007 WINEGRAPE HARVEST
    Early Harvest, Extended Season, Lighter than Normal Crop
    [Report by the Wine Institute - Nov 2007]

    • one of the better vintages in recent history

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    Wine Marketing Council 2006 Market Overview

  • Demand for table wine in the U.S. is today surging more strongly than any time since the late 1970s
  • Recent consumption gains for table wine have been driven by the continuing assimilation of news relating moderate wine consumption to positive health outcomes
  • The Millennial generation, now entering young adulthood, is exhibiting the same receptivity to wine that leading edge Baby Boomers did more than 30 years ago. ... They offer the wine industry the kind of growth potential not seen in more than thirty years.

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    Kendall-Jackson 2007 Harvest Update

    SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA — September 28, 2007 — There is an old expression in meteorology: “cut-off low, weatherman’s woe.” This phrase is typically put into play by forecasters who are looking for forgiveness after their weather projections go haywire.

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