Nektar PureVan: The Benchmark for Chips with a Vanilla Signature of Remarkable Purity and Intensity

A pioneer in innovation applied to wood for winemaking, Pronektar is expanding its range with the launch of PureVan, a new type of wood chip specially designed to offer a vanilla aroma of unprece read more

The Forest Effect: How French Forest Origins Shape the Sensory and Chemical Evolution of Wine

IntroductionCoopers have long recognized the importance of forest origin in shaping the sensory qualities of wine, yet relatively little research has been conducted to understand the underlying factor read more

Barrel Donations from Cooperages 1912 Benefit Washington State University Viticulture & Enology Department Research and Education

NAPA, CA (Sept. 12, 2024) In an ongoing partnership with Washington State University (WSU), Cooperages 1912 recently donated 18 oak wine barrels to the Viticulture and Enology (V&E) Department. T read more

Keeping a Cool Head in a Warming Climate

The Australian ‘Black Summer’ of 2019/20, which saw bushfires destroy swathes of vineyard land across the country was a dramatic reminder of the growing challenges facing winemakers around read more

Sparkling Wine Industry Fizzing with Promise

While associated with fun and frivolity, sparkling wine is a complex wine of many moving parts that requires serious skill to make. We catch up with some of the leading lights in the fizz industry, fr read more

Providing an Array of Technical Services to the Viticulture Industry Throughout California

The Coastal Viticultural Consultants booth will display grape powdery mildew spore traps, soil mapping using soil resistivity, and irrigation / vine water use monitoring using real-time (vine) leaf te read more

Boisé’s Oak Portfolio Offers Winemakers Consistent Precision Tools for Winemaking

The impact of climate change has increased the challenges winemakers face when growing grapes and making wine in what is already a complex system. When dealing with any change, whether a new tool, a p read more

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New Gusmer Partnership Brings Chemical Analysis Consistency to Winemakers

Automation in the winemaking lab has become a mainstay in our busy times. Big wineries have teams of enologists and banks of automated measurement tools, while small wineries often send testing out to read more

Chemical-free Carbon Analysis Holds a Rich Promise for Soil Testing

As a convenient push-button source of measurement data, near infrared (NIR) analysis has significant potential to supplement chemical analysis solutions for testing, particularly for key parameters su read more

Testing for Wine Smoke ‘Taint’ Drives California Lab Expansion, New Entrants into Market

ETS Laboratories, a go-to tester for the wine business in the region, has made significant upgrades to its main St. Helena laboratory since the testing crunch of the 2020 season, according to Gordon B read more