What We're Reading --

Everything about this N.J. winery, from the name to the awards, says top of the line

Heritage Vineyards, a South Jersey producer, was doing quite well.  So well that a wine writer from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate told them they were likely one vintage away from receiving the first 90 -point rating ever for a New Jersey winery.  Then they learned the Heritage name had been trademarked by one of the nation's largest producers on the West Coast.  So they rebranded to William Heritage Winery, just in time to receive the 90-point rating.  They've been riding high ever since.  (York Patriot-News)

Farmworkers, Napa-Sonoma trade groups react to new California unionization law

Advocates for farmworker rights in the North Coast are cheering a newly inked compromise in Sacramento that could make it easier for vineyard and other California agricultural workers to unionize. (North Bay Business Journal)