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PRESS RELEASE/ San Francisco, California, May 2014 — Casey Flat Ranch, the Capay Valley’s leading producer of artisan Bordeaux and Rhone style wines, announced the spring unveiling of an updated label design today. “The classic new look not only evokes the winery’s heritage but also reflects the quality of the wines,” explains managing partner, Alison Morey Garrett. As the wines have received more national recognition, the brand aesthetic has evolved from its inaugural design to speak more to its roots…

Pressdemocrat.com.-/ After months of delay, Healdsburg finally has approval to use reclaimed water from its sewer treatment plant to irrigate vineyards in a wide swath beyond the city. The program, intended to offset the use of potable water during the drought, will allow for the irrigation of up to 25,000 acres in the Alexander, Dry Creek and upper Russian River valleys. “There will be trucks ready to take the water beginning Tuesday, at 10 a.m.,” said Mayor Jim Wood. The near-drinkable…

Westernfarmpress.com./-  In his 25 years as a California wine grape buyer and broker, Brian Clements has yet to see three big crops in row. That may change this year. “Most observers suspect average to higher production in most areas of California and across most varieties,” says Clements, vice president of Turrentine Brokerage, Novato, Calif. At least that’s what cluster counts may be indicating. If the main cordons are producing shoots with two clusters each, this is generally considered to signify…

Cesonoma.ucanr.edu.- / Agriculture has been and is increasingly scrutinized for the amount of water used for irrigation and frost protection. North coast growers in many frost prone areas utilize overhead sprinklers to protect vineyards from spring frosts; however, increasingly growers are contemplating purchasing conventional wind machines to reduce the reliance on water for frost protection. Wind machines provide frost protection only when a temperature inversion exists, thus local inversion conditions need to be quantified in order for growers to make…