by Jo Diaz | Dec 8, 2017 | Juicy Tale, Legislation, Wine, Wine Blogger
On December 5, 2005, I took that first step as the first female wine publicist blogger in the world, I didn’t know where it would go. How could I? I’ve written about everything I’ve learned in the last 25 years of being in the wine business. That was...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 24, 2017 | Law, Legislation, Wine, Winery
Having been in radio, and knowing that if you’re playing someone’s music in your tasting room, you need to be paying for it. I’m going to share what I just got from Jim Trezise of WineAmerica.org. Next Step on Music Licensing: A Bill Just...
by Jo Diaz | Apr 18, 2013 | History, Legislation, Petite Sirah, Vineyards, Viticulture, Zinfandel
On this past Monday, the California Assembly voted to approve HR 9, a resolution that recognizes the contribution that living historic vineyards have made, and continue to make to the agricultural and social history of California. HR 9 was introduced by Assemblymember...
by Jo Diaz | Mar 18, 2010 | Event, Legislation, Wine, Wine Business
As I read Wine Business’s daily news link email to me, I was struck by one listing after another of wholesaler lobbyist spending. At first I thought, “Whatever.” Then I thought… “Wait a minute. That’s a lot of spending.”...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 29, 2006 | Legislation
Commentary: Saturday, July 29, 2006 U.S. judge backs ban on wine shipments, by the Associated Press… ME: My sister Merry’s view in Georgetown I just read that Maine judges have decided the following: “A federal magistrate judge is recommending that...
by Jo Diaz | Feb 14, 2006 | Legislation
While Senator Carol Migden has come up with a novel idea to have the California legislature recognize a vitis vinifera as a state grape, it leaves other grapes that have been grown in the state since the days of Mission grapes in the dust. Zinfandel has been...
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