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San Juan.- La Asociación de Viñateros y Fruticultores independientes de San Juan mostro su descontento por la fecha de liberación de vino para comercialización dado a conocer por el Instituto Nacional de Vitivinicultura el viernes pasado donde la fecha establecida es el primero de junio. La asociación local emitió un comunicado donde expresó su malestar por la medida dada a conocer y por la ausencia del Ministro de la Producción en esa reunión. “No hubo ningún representante gubernamental que manifestara…

A French winemaker has a novel way to save part of France’s viticultural history. A Languedoc wine producer hopes to use crowdfunding to revive 10 traditional varieties in the region that have fallen into obscurity. Frantz Venes, whose family’s Minervois wine – Domus Maximus – was named the best French red wine by the International Wine Challenge in 2005, aims to plant traditional varieties in the region, including Grand Noir, Calmette and Picpoul Noir on an eight-hectare (19.7-acre) plot. The vines…

Winesandvines.com/.- Napa, Calif.—The Michael Mondavi family’s wine company has sold its winery facility, vineyard and tasting room in the Carneros district of Napa Valley to Kieu Hoang Winery Napa Valley, owned by Vietnamese-born American businessman Kieu Hoang. The deal includes 13 acres of vineyard adjacent to the winery. It does not include brands or other family-owned vineyard property. (The family owns a number of vineyards including Animo Vineyard in the Atlas Peak AVA and Oso Vineyard in Pope Valley.) Financial…

Pressdemocrat.com/.- Artesa Vineyards and Winery of Napa has shelved its hotly disputed plans to plant a vineyard on forest land near Annapolis and has put the 324-acre property on the market for $1.5 million, the company announced Tuesday. The decision was hailed by environmentalists, who last year persuaded a Sonoma County judge to rule that the vineyard project’s environmental studies were flawed. “For us and the forest, it’s great news,” Friends of the Gualala River President Chris Poehlmann said of…