Late last year, NGWI refreshed our research focus areas to better reflect current research needs and more tightly align with researchers and funding sources like ARS and NIFA. At the Mid-Year Board Meeting on June 8 in Sacramento, Research Chair Nick Dokoozlian shared the structure for the four Theme Committees, and announced the people who […]
NGWI Research Committees Staffed & Starting
NGWI Welcomes New President, Donnell Brown
Donnell Brown has been hired as the new NGWI President, effective April 3, 2017. Brown succeeds Camron King as President of the organization. Brown has worked within the wine industry since 2009, operating a private consulting firm, Between the Vines, LLC; served as marketing director for Wolffer Estate Vineyard, Sagaponack, NY; and as marketing director […]
NGWI Elects New Officers
In January 2017, NGWI elected new officers, including: Craig Bardwell, National Grape Cooperative, Chair Rick Stark, Sun-Maid Growers of California, Vice Chair Dan Martinez, Martinez Orchards, Secretary/Treasurer John Aguirre, California Association of Winegrape Growers, now serves as Past Chair. Click to see the complete list of board members.
First Richard R. Smith Perpetual Award Presented to John Martini
SACRAMENTO, CA, January 25, 2017—The first-ever Richard R. Smith Perpetual Award for major contributions to the American grape and wine industry, and to research, was presented today to John Martini, co-owner of Martini Vineyards and Anthony Road Winery in New York’s Finger Lakes region. The presentation was made by the Smith family at the annual […]