While everyone else is talking about what’s broken in the wine industry, I’m going to show you what’s working. The 2025 vintage brought immediate breakthroughs for DGW Clients who made small strategic shifts. With some winemakers we solved problems they’d been fighting for years, and for others we saved entire crops by making quick-thinking decisions. […]
Winemaking Transformations in 2026: You Can Start Today!
The routine is comfortable: making the same wines, following the same processes, year after year. But what if you could elevate your winemaking without spending a dime and instead, just spend a little of your focused time? The secret? Strategic planning. I know the year-end rush is real. You’re getting wine’s settled and stabilized, preparing […]
Crush It: Game-Changing Access to Modern Winemaking Solutions
In winemaking, as in wine itself, the best results come from the perfect blend of tradition, innovation, and expert guidance. The 2025 vintage has shown me that winemaking tradition is colliding with technological innovation and marketing trends… and it’s not a moment too soon. Regardless of location, today’s winemakers face unprecedented challenges every vintage: The […]
The Numbers Don’t Lie: Solving Wineries’ Analytical Challenges
The winemaking world is buzzing with shiny new analytical gadgets that promise to revolutionize how we understand our wines—but do they actually deliver, or are they just expensive lab toys? I’ve been tracking analytical feedback from winemakers who’ve actually invested in some of these new tools, and the real-world feedback might surprise you. Some of […]
Inside Vintage 2025: What Every Winemaker Needs to Know
Spoiler: Every Winemaking Operation Can Do These Things The 2025 vintage is shattering assumptions and rewrote the rules – giving some regions a reminder what a good harvest feels like, and other regions struggled under accelerated conditions. While some producers clung to outdated practices (yes, that means you if you still think 65°F counts as […]
From Hope to Despair: Recouping Soured Vintages
It may take one moment – one large rainstorm, a hurricane, a few hours of gusty wind – to complete turn a crop from hopeful to despair. Let’s review a few tactics that have high impact value in saving the wine’s quality from lower quality fruit. For All Ferments: Harvest Actions For any variety, red […]
