Category Archives: News
Threat of severe weather April 21 and 22
From Tony Wolf: I’ll continue to pass along weekly (more or less) regional weather forecasts that might be of interest to grape producers and others. The forecasts go into somewhat more detail than most other weather forecasting services, and will typically reach out 7 to 10 days, and in some cases further. With the exception of SW Virginia, the spring thus far has been generally benign with respect to frosts. There were some vineyards that dropped below freezing in the … Continue reading
Virginia Wine Destination signs unveiled
On April 19th, Virginia is launching a wine region sign program being implemented as a partnership between the Transportation and Agriculture & Forestry secretariats and the Virginia Wine Board. The first phase of this program consists of 17 signs in 5 of Virginia’s wine regions. These signs will announce to travelers on selected primary and secondary roads that they have entered a particular Virginia AVA or wine region. The signs will draw attention to the various and diverse wine regions … Continue reading
VWC Newsletter 13 April, 2012
The latest Virginia Wine Council newsletter discusses the results of a recent meeting with ABC to clarify regulations concerning on-line and 3rd party offers, as well as how to comply regarding the sale of sangria and mulled wines. Please Click here to read the newsletter.
VWC Special Update 9 April, 2012
The VVA would like to thank Katie Frazer on behalf of the entire membership for all of her hard work with the Virginia Wine Council and wish her the best of luck in her new role! Here is the announcement from the VWC: Message from Philip Carter Strother, Chairman, VWC Late last week, I was notified by Rob Jones that Katie will be leaving The Alliance Group/Virginia Wine Council effective May 4th. She does this to assume the position of … Continue reading
Update on the Potential Frost Weather Statement from WX Risk
WxRisk.com – Windsong Forecasts This morning statement is being issued at 0015 EDT APRIL 9 *** If you are unfamiliar with WXRISK.COM, Click HERE to learn more about it**** This alert is going out because of the POTENTIAL for a significant frost and a possible freeze during the mornings of April 12, April 13 and 14. The weather model data on Sunday afternoon and early Monday morning continues to show a high % for a significant frost over large portions … Continue reading
Newsletter from Penn State
Follow this link to read the latest viticulture e-newsletter from Penn State Cooperative Extension. There is a lot of great information here as always from Mark Chien and he provides numerous links to other resources. There is a discussion about frost and cold injury with links to additional material including the article from Dr. Tony Wolf at Va Tech which was posted here last week. We highly recommend taking some time to read this news letter.
VWC Legislative Update 3/5/12
Please Click here to read the latest Virginia Wine Council update. It contains information on the legislative agenda already voted on and recaps issues still on the docket. Also a brief article on the use of on-line coupons and promotions.
