2026 Coombsville Cabernet from Flying A Vineyard Flying A Vineyard brings an established Cabernet history to this month’s Round Up. Its 2026 Coombsville Cabernet Sauvignon comes from Clone 169 vines on 110R rootstock and is listed as organically farmed. Harvest timing is mid-September, with Grand Crew Vineyard Management overseeing the site. Previous buyers include Amici Cellars, Favia, and Far Niente—a useful piece of history for wineries evaluating the source. Price per ton is negotiable, leaving room for a direct conversation with the seller. If Coombsville Cabernet is already on your sourcing list—or this listing just put it there—the full vineyard details are ready on the Marketplace. View the Coombsville Cabernet listing → Have grapes, bulk wine, or shiners to move? Reach wine industry buyers by posting on the WIN Marketplace. Use promo code MARKETPLACE for 100% off your next listing. Explore the Marketplace Grapes Bu

Flying A Vineyard Cabernet Comes to Market Flying A Vineyard has supplied Cabernet Sauvignon to Amici Cellars, Favia, and Far Niente in previous vintages. Its 2026 Coombsville fruit is now available. The vineyard is planted to Clone 169 on 110R rootstock. The organically farmed site is managed by Grand Crew Vineyard Management. Fruit is offered at $5,000 per ton, with room to discuss pricing. View Listing Varietal and AVA may start the search. Clone, rootstock, farming, vineyard management, and buyer history often decide which calls get made. WIN Marketplace gives growers space to put that context in front of the trade, helping specific grape opportunities reach buyers beyond the usual network. 💡 Still have 2026 grapes available? Use promo code MARKETPLACE for a FREE 90-day listing on WIN Marketplace. Explore by Category Grapes Bulk Wine Shiners Production Vineyard Real Estate Professional Services

During their research, the Perrys found out that the Oakland Coliseum - home of Major League Baseball's Oakland A's - launched two of their own FrightKitesTM last year to solve their rampant seagull problem. Viral videos show birds brazenly attacking fans and stealing food right out of their hands. That's now a thing of the past. Not only were the FrightKites effective, "Falcon Mcfalconface" became so popular with fans that it has its own Twitter account:https://twitter.com/mcfalconface "They said that the kites reduced the number of seagulls from a thousand to eight," Stephanie Perry said during the news report. Stewart and Stephanie Perry are just two of a growing number of vineyard owners who have found out how effective and inexpensive the Falcon Crop Protection FrightKiteTM can be. They are silent, portable (so they can be moved from section to section easily), self-launching and self-flying, and totally harmless to the birds for the greenest possible solution to bird co

Whether you're launching a new label or scaling an established brand, Grand Cru Custom Crush in Windsor, California offers the production space, equipment, and expertise to bring your vision to life. State-of-the-Art Winemaking Facilities Our custom crush facility provides everything you need under one roof. We've built a modern, fully equipped production space designed to handle projects of any size—from boutique first releases to growing brands ready to scale. Our state-of-the-art winemaking equipment allows you to maintain full control over your process while benefiting from professional-grade tools and infrastructure. Temperature and Humidity Controlled Barrel Storage Proper barrel aging is essential to crafting exceptional wine, and our temperature-controlled barrel storage ensures your wine develops exactly as intended. Consistent conditions mean consistent quality, vintage after vintage. Your barrels are monitored and maintained in an

Two years ago, I wrote an article on AI in the vineyard for WBM. Feel free to read that article here…if you want. Otherwise, my basic argument was that although AI will eventually play a role in how we farm grapes, it’s a long way off compared to other industries and even other crops. We who grow grapes are the last ones to see such innovation. And since then, AI has grown exponentially. If two years ago you were playing around with Chat GPT to create bizarrely distorted images and learn about tax loopholes, you can now go onto the likes of Claude and have it just create a website for you from a single prompt. Chatbots like this have essentially eliminated the need for entry-level coders. However Claude is a computer, so it makes sense that it’s gotten very good at writing code for other computers. Similarly Chat GPT has digested the entire internet, and curates any answer for you by plucking it from its vast network of information. Sometimes its correct, and other t

Enhanced Bird Deterrent Technology for Vineyards Takes Flight with New Identity When the grapes are ripe and the birds are hungry, there’s no better vineyard protection than a sharp-eyed peregrine falcon soaring above the vines. Just a glimpse of this bird of prey sends starlings and other destructive flocks fleeing. Historically, wineries have installed netting to try to protect their crops, especially their most prized grapes. While effective, netting is also expensive, and installation and removal are labor-intensive. Other safeguards, such as cannons, broadcast distress calls, streamers or stationary decoys, offer fleeting results and can be intrusive.  Ten years ago, Falcon Crop Protection developed an innovative and cost-effective solution: realistic kites that mimic the shape and predatory movements of a peregrine falcon as it soars from a tall fiberglass pole. With just a slight breeze, the kite takes flight and patrols all day, triggering birds’ natural f

X-ray vision into volumes. A spidey-sense for leaks. The ability to teleport from ranch to ranch. Lumo gives irrigators superpowers. Or, more practically, it’s a tool they can use to irrigate with efficiency and precision. It saves them time turning valves and walking the lines looking for leaks, and it gives them a more complete picture of their irrigation system’s health and performance. With Lumo’s block-level data and accountable automation, irrigators can better protect their crops and critical infrastructure from damage, and achieve higher levels of irrigation precision across more acres. Lumo does not replace irrigators. It makes them better. It gives them the ability to do more with less and deliver better results. Five ways Lumo helps irrigators drive irrigation system performance and precision 1. Catch leaks as soon as they happen, not hours or days later. Leaks are often only visible after the water’s been running for a few hours. And even then, an

The ninth annual Rich Smith Award of Excellence for outstanding contributions to the American grape and wine industry was presented today to Emily Hodson, the winemaker at Veritas Vineyards and Winery, a co-owner of Flying Fox Vineyards and Winery, and an active leader in the Virginia wine industry. Members of the Smith family and sponsoring organizations present the Rich Smith award to Emily Hodson (third from left). The prestigious award annually reflects the spirit and accomplishments of the late Richard (Rich) Smith, founder of Valley Farm Management and Smith Family Wines in California’s Santa Lucia Highlands wine region in Monterey County. Rich was first and foremost a family man, but also a successful grape grower and winery owner, and a highly respected colleague known for the combination of passion, commitment and collaboration which helped advance the American grape and wine industry. Ever since Rich passed away in December 2015, three organizations—WineAmerica, N

Silent, cost-effective, and eco-friendly, the FrightKite™ is helping vineyard owners protect their crops while increasing yields—one quiet vineyard at a time. Viewers of Good Morning Sacramento were treated to some footage of the Falcon Crop Protection FrightKite™ in action - although "action" may not be quite the right word. As you'll see from the clip (linked below), a section of grapes nearing harvest at Fawnridge Winery and Vineyards in Auburn, Calif. looked particularly quiet and absolutely idyllic during the report, filmed one Tuesday morning in late August 2018. But of course, quiet was the whole point - what was missing from the picture were the hundreds of squawking birds that normally flock to the vineyard looking for a free meal of ripening berries. "We were faced with spreading some nets over the top of the canopy of these vineyards. That's a big job," said Stewart Perry during the news report. Perry, who owns Fawnridge with his

Clark Pest Control will be offering information related to pest management in and around your winery. We offer structural pest control solutions as well as burrowing rodent control and weed abatement solutions to your property. We’re here to discuss all of your pest-related questions and hope to provide you with the solutions to keep your business pest free. Stop by our booth and schedule a free site evaluation with us. We hope to see you there! Clark Pest Control Unified Symposium Booth: 804 Clark Pest Control is celebrating 75 years in business in 2025! We offer pest control solutions to fit your facility needs. Our services include flying insect management, stinging insect services, bird/bat/rodent exclusion and clean-up, burrowing rodent control in and around your property, fire breaks and weed control, just to name a few. Stop by our booth to see what we may be able to offer you!