Starting A Step Ahead It’s not often that we start a new legislative season a step ahead, but that’s exactly where we are on a key issue: a national vineyard survey by NASS, the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. WineAmerica’s economic impact studies in 2017 and 2022 spotlighted the … Read more
WASHINGTON, DC–WineAmerica, the National Association of American Wineries, is pleased to report major early progress on one of its top 2023 policy priorities: A national vineyard acreage survey covering all 50 states. The breakthrough came as part of the massive $1.7 trillion Omnibus spending bill passed by Congress on December 23 and signed into law … Read more
Since Congress is leaving today and most people will be ignoring email to focus on celebrating, I won’t be sending an email next Friday, so I want to wish you an early Happy New Year! For WineAmerica, 2022 has been busy and good, and we expect more of the same in 2023. We are fortunate to … Read more
This is the time of year when people begin abandoning their computers to spend time with friends and family, so before you go I want to wish you a wonderful holiday season regardless of what you may celebrate–Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or simply the end of one year seguing into the next. How time flies! This … Read more
That’s the title of a talk I gave Monday as the opening speaker at the VitiNord 2022 conference in Burlington, VT, which drew well over 200 very enthusiastic people from lots of cold places. What brought them together is cold (not cool) climate grapes and wines from around the world, including the United States. Previous VitiNords have … Read more