Posts Tagged ‘Nevada Wine’
One Year In: Artesian Cellars Thrives in a Chaotic Time, and a Major Strip Property May Want Their Wine
In only a year, Artesian Cellars Winery has become a hot spot in Pahrump. But not without a series of abrupt twists and turns, leading staffers to joke that the winery’s name should be Adaptation Cellars. The winery enters its second year with a robust promotional calendar, 21 employees and compliments from a Las Vegas Strip sommelier.
Read MoreHalloween in August: Grape Expectations Annual Bacchus Awards Draws 400
Grape Expectations School of Winemaking chose a Halloween theme for its 2021 Bacchus Awards, held at the Orleans in Las Vegas. Costumes, dancing, wine, and labels with names like Brigitte Bordeaux, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Opus One, and Quarantine Cuvee’. Photo @GrapeBasinNews: Wine Hogs T-Shirt modeled at the Bacchus Awards on August 7, 2021
Read MoreNevada Winery Law Revised: More Locations and Expanded Alcohol Menu Allowed
A bill boosting Nevada’s wineries passed nearly unanimously on May 21 in the state legislature. Portions of Assembly Bill 375, presumed dead after it failed in its policy committee, found new life inserted into a separate bill that regulates relationships between distributors and alcohol producers. Photo: @GrapeBasinNews
Read MoreSunday Tour of the Dyette Family Vineyard: First in a Summer Series from NGGW
About 20 members of Nevada Grape Growers and Winemakers attended the first in a 2021 series of private Vineyard tours. Some attendees told Grape Basin News it was their first social event after the pandemic year. Photo: @GrapeBasinNews – Adrian Dyette points to vines he transplanted while NGGW members look on on Sunday, May 23, 2021.
Read MoreLegislative Committee Hears Bill to Expand Nevada’s Commercial Winery Business
Assembly Bill 375 would grant some of Nevada wineries’ fondest wishes, doubling the current case limit, allowing other beverages to be served in tasting rooms, and paving the way for custom crush facilities. Photo: Artesian Cellars winemaker and co-owner Tim Burke made a Zoom presentation to state lawmakers on March 29.
Read MoreJoe Goes Virtual! Coronavirus Caution Sends 2020 Wine Academy to Teleconference
The prospect of a dozen or more Wine Academy students mingling in a basement classroom seemed risky in the face of the coronavirus threat, and potentially hazardous to instructor Joe Bernardo. Friends and past students were concerned. Enter the Nevada Grapegrowers and Winemakers, who immediately went to work setting up a remote class via teleconference.
Read MoreForget Stuffed Mushrooms. The Trendy Pairing is Riesling with Girl Scout Cookies
Nevada Sunset Winery hosted is third annual Girl Scout cookie pairing on Thursday, drawing 52 attendees to taste four pairings. Proprietors Allyn Delisle and Mike Steedman share the proceeds. Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada get 50 percent of the door and 20 percent of the evening’s wine sales .
Read More2020 Nevada Vinny Awards: Dates Announced, Show Plans on the Drawing Board
Plans are underway for the 2020 Nevada Vinny Awards. Commercial wines will again be judged separately from homemade wines. Grape Basin News will step back from its 2019 role as producer of the award show, serving only as communication advisor and title sponsor.
Read MoreBasin and Range Partner Prepares to Sell His Stake in the Winery; Asking Price Not Yet Established
After enduring a health scare this fall, Joe Bernardo and his doctor have agreed, it’s time to walk away from some of life’s most demanding activities. Partnership in Basin and Range Cellars tops the list. Photo by Grape Basin News: Joe Bernardo in the tasting room on December 22, 2019
Read MoreGrape Basin News Wants Your 2019 Harvest Results – Help Establish a Record of Nevada’s Grape Crop
Grape Basin News is inviting all Nevada grape producers to contribute harvest results for 2019, as we begin to record the state’s annual grape crop. The reports will establish a baseline to track future expansion of both industrial and hobbyist viticulture in Nevada.
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