Wine Institute

Wine Institute, Technical Advisory Committee, San Francisco, Dec. 10, 1965. 

Wine Institute, San Francisco, Sanitation Guide for Wineries, revised,... 

The authors and editor wish to thank the staff of the Wine Institute of San Francisco for their assistance in securing statistical data and illustrations, for preparing the figures and slides, and especially for typing of the manuscript. 

University of California, Davis, CA 95616, and Wine Institute, 165 Post Street,... 

Food and Drug agencies, state and federal, even before World War II began efforts to improve the sanitation practices of the industry. From 1958, the Wine Institute employed a sanitation expert. A sanitation handbook that gave detailed instructions on improving winery practices was published and has been kept up to date. 

The Wine Institute, a nonprofit trade organization, was established in San F rancisco in 1934. It soon became the authoritative voice of the California wine industry. It was especially effective in numerous legislative and regulatory affairs, not only in California but elsewhere. It collected statistical information and worked on economic measures to stabilize the industry. 

One of the extension activities of importance was the regular meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Wine Institute from 1942 to 1973, at which much of the University and other research was first presented. These meetings also provided a mechanism for exchange of ideas for winemakers on a personal basis. 

Sources Figures prior to 1965 compiled by Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics from issues of Wine Institutes Annual Wine Industry Statistical Survey, Part IV. Figures beginning in 1965 compiled by Wine Institute from reports of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, U.S. Treasury Department, and Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. 

In 1938, the Wine Advisory Board was organized under the Department of Agriculture of the State of California. It collected a small tax on each gallon of California wine sold and from these funds supported public relations, advertising, and research for the industry. The research covered a wide field from viticultural and enological research, largely at the University of California, to more than 100 research projects on the possible health values of wine. The Wine Advisory Board was abolished in 1975 and its functions were assumed largely by the Wine Institute. 

Source Frepared by the Wine Institute in November 1979 and updated in February 1980. Prepared from confidential reports obtained from California wineries and reports of the California Board of Equalization ana the B ATF of the U. S. Treasury Department. 

Source Prepared by the Wine Institute from BATF reports. ... 

Figure 1. Grape acreage (% ) red, (OJ white and wine sales (121) red and rosi, ( H ) white. Source California Grape Acreage (1978) and Wine Institute...

Selected from U.N. Statistical Yearbooks [8] and from the Wine Institute (California) [24]. To convert liters to Imperial gallons, divide by 4.55 to U.S. gallons divide by 3.79. A common international unit for wine production volume is the hectoliter, which is 100 L. 

Data selected from the Wine Institute (California) [24]. 

Wine Institute (California) data. Available from http //www.wineinstitute.org/communications. keyfacts worldwineproduction02.htm... 

The subject of alcoholic beverages is fairly well covered in texts. A comprehensive work is that of Herstein and Jacobs, Chemistry and Technology of Wines and Liquors. A recent book is that of Valaer, Wines of the World. There is the well-known book by Cruess, Principles and Practice of Wine Making. Considerable information is issued by the Wine Advisory Board and the Wine Institute with headquarters in California. Several firms issue journals and information relating to yeast, enzymes, hops, and the like, of interest to the fermentation industries—e.g.. Waller stein Laboratories Communications and Yeast (Anheuser-Busch). This industry is well supplied with trade journals. 

Wine Advisory Board, 717 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. 60 East 42 St., New York, N. Y. Wine Institute, 717 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. 60 East 42 St., New York, N. Y. 

D. Cozzolino, Australian Wine Institute in Gian Osmond, Adelade, Australia... 

Fig. W-24. These reat wooden tanks, filled with aging wines, are in a cool winery in a California valley. (Courtesy, Wine Institute, n Francisco, Calif.)...

Fig. W-25. The opening and tasting of a bottie of wine is a pieasant ritual that IS performed in many high ciass restaurants. (Courtesy, Wine Institute. San Francicso, Calif.)...

Wine Institute, 2014. Website visited August 2014. http //www.wineinstitute.org/resources/ pressroom/04242014. 

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