Posted in Industry News, NVG News on Oct 12, 2017
by Kathy Steinmetz
Napa winemaker Clayton Kirchhoff drove down a winding road this week, past singed power lines swinging in the air and houses that had been reduced to little more than rubble beside a swimming pool. Farmers on one property counted their sheep to see how many were left, as big silver tankers carted wine out of the area, one of many in California that had been ravaged by fire since Sunday night. Kirchhoff, who lost his home in the flames, was headed for White Rock Vineyards, an estate where grapes have been grown since before Prohibition — and where, on Wednesday morning, flames were still licking smoldering tree stumps. Right now it "feels like everything is in slow motion," he says.
Posted in Industry News, NVG News, Press Releases on Oct 10, 2017
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 (Napa, CA) – On the night of October 8, the Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) began receiving reports of fires spreading throughout the county, stoked by high winds, ample dry fuel loads, and low humidity. Growers have halted harvest activities at this time and are focusing efforts on safety and providing support to the greater Napa community.
Posted in Growing Season, NVG News on Oct 01, 2017
by Jean Saylor Doppenberg
There's no argument that the wine in your glass showcases the skill of the winemaker. Yet it was Mother Nature who engineered the growing season that made it all possible. Rain at the right time and in the right amount, the absence of damaging frost, the welcome colling from the marine layer after a string of hot days - these fluctuations of the weather all contrinuted to the flavors in the bottle.
Posted in Growing Season, Industry News, NVG News, Press Conferences on Sep 26, 2017
On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, the Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) hosted the 2017 Napa Valley Harvest Press Conference, which provided a comprehensive discussion of the growing season and issues affecting Napa Valley vineyards.
Speaker panel included:
Meaghan Becker, General Manager at Quintessa;
Rory Williams, Assistant Vineyard Manager & Assistant Winemaker at Frog’s Leap Winery;
Oscar Renteria, CEO and Owner at Renteria Vineyard Management and Renteria Family Wines;
and moderated by Jennifer Putnam, CEO and Executive Director at NVG
Click here to view a recording of the 2017 Harvest Press Conference.
Posted in NVG News, Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation, Press Releases on Aug 31, 2017
NAPA, CA (August 31, 2017) – On Saturday, August 26, the Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) celebrated its 10th annual Harvest STOMP with a sold-out crowd of 610 guests, who raised a record-breaking $1.98 million dollars net, a 2,131% increase over the first STOMP. This year’s event was hosted by Round Pond proprietors Ryan and Miles MacDonnell, at their historic red barn in the middle of cabernet sauvignon vineyards in Rutherford.