Press Releases

2023

November 9 - CAWG Elects New Board Officers and Directors
October 9 - CAWG Sponsored Legislation Signed into Law
September 14 - CAWG Sponsored Legislation Sent to Governor
September 5 - CAWG Announces 2024 Awards of Excellence Recipients
August 29 - CAWG Congratulates Incoming Senate Leader
April 26 - CAWG Sponsored COVID-19 Finacial Relief Legislation Advances
April 11 - Call for Applications - CAWG 2024 Awards of Excellence
April 4 - CAWG Mourns the Passing of Founding-Member Al Scheid
February 15 - CAWG Announces COVID-19 Financial Relief Legislation
January 12 - CAWG Announces Mindy DeRohan as Communications Manager

2022

December 20 - CAWG Announces Natalie Collins as President
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December 6 - CAWG Announces 2023 Awards of Excellence Recipients
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July 27 - CAWG Announces Natalie Collins as Interim President
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July 6 - PD/GWSS Assessment Rate 2022 Harvest
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May 16 - USDA Announces Availability of Disaster Assistance for 2020 and 2021 Losses
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Jan 12 - CAWG Announces 2022 Awards of Excellence Recipients
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January 6 - CAWG President John Aguirre to Step Down After 12 Years
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2021

Oct 6 - California’s Wine Community Recognizes October’s Farmer and Farmworker Month
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October 4 - CAWG Statement on Reauthorization of Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus
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July 8 - Allied Grape Growers, CAWG Release Legal Analysis of 2020 Winegrape Rejections
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2020

November 23 - 2020 Crush Report Survey
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Sept 21 - Wine Industry Affected by Wildfires Seeks Extension of Disaster Payment Program
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Sept 18 - CAWG PR-Winegrapes added to CFAP 2 list
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Sept 3 - Statement on Wildfires, Winegrapes and Wineries
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July 7 - California Congressional Delegation Asks USDA to Make Winegrape Growers Eligible for Direct
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June 25 - California Winegrape Growers Expected to Suffer $437 Million in Lost Sales this Fall Due
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April 29 - USDA ARS Allocates Smoke Exposure Research Funds
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February 27 - CAWG Foundation Gala · Sacramento
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January 8 - CAWG Mourns the Passing of Founding Chair Richard Keehn
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2019

November 20 - CAWG Elects New Officers and Director
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Sept 11 - Winegrape Growers Affected by Wildfire Can Apply for Assistance Through WHIP Plus
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June 28 - CAWG Seeks State Support for Wine and Viticulture Research at Legislative Hearing
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June 4 - CAWG Applauds Federal Funding for Smoke Exposure
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June 4 - Passing of $19.1 Billion Disaster Assistance Bill
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May 22 - CAWG Summer Conference
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May 16 - 2019 CAWG Grower and Leader of the Year
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March 28 - Update on Produce Safety Rule Exemption for Winegrape GrowersNew ContentFile
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January 9 - Crush Report may be Impacted by Government Shutdown
2018

November 13 - Disaster Assistance Support
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September 17 - CAWG Comments on US Trade Subsidy Program
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July 2 - CAWG 2018 Summer Conference Speaker Program
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June 26 - UPDATE - CAWG Advocates for Ag Guestworker Legislation
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June 26 - CAWG Advocates for Ag Guestworker Legislation
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June 21 - CAWG Statement on Immigration Legislation
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June 14 - CAWG Announces 2018 Awards of Excellence Recipients
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May 25 - CAWG Foundation Awards $30,000 in Scholarships
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April 9 - CAWG Foundation Wine Judging Results
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April 3 - CAWG Foundation Gala Media Advisory
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March 28 - 2018 Foundation Wine Gala - April 4
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March 23 - CAWG Statement on Tariffs
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2017

November 30 - CAWG Elects New Board Officers and Members
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October 10 - Wine Country Fires
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July 21 - Progress on Winegrape Exemption from FSMA's Produce Safety Rule
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June 20 - CAWG Seeks Winegrape Exemption from FDA's Produce Safety Rule
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June 8 - CAWG 2017 Awards of Excellence Recipients
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March 17 - CAWG Foundation Gala Wine Results
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February 27 - CAWG Foundation Gala
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January 18 - New Director of Govt Relations
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2016

November 17 - CAWG Elects New Board Members
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August 4 - California Wine Shows Strengh in Challenging Economy
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June 15 - CAWG Announces 2016 Awards of Excellence Recipients
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March 16 - Five Wines Earn Gold From Government Leaders in Wine Judging Competition
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February 23 - CWGGF to Host Reception and Wine Judging Event to Raise Funds for Scholarships
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