American Vineyard Foundation

The American Vineyard Foundation (Abbreviation: AVF) is an American non-profit public charity which aims to improve the American wine industry through research. It was founded by Zelma Long to help finance research in enology and viticulture; Long also founded the American Viticulture and Enology Research Network (AVERN).[1] Justin Meyer was head of the foundation in the 1990s. Jim Frisinger has been chairman of the AVF since 2010.[2] It has its headquarters in Napa, California. The foundation relies on private donors, mainly from winemakers; in 2003 they managed to get 808 competing grapegrowers and vintners to contribute $1,178,652.97 to fund cooperative research;[3] however, in the past they have often failed to make $1 million annually.[4] In recent years they have invested in research into wine production in the states of Washington, Oregon, Texas and Virginia.[5]

References
  1. Matasar, Ann B. (2006). Women of Wine: The Rise of Women in the Global Wine Industry. University of California Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-520-93070-4. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. "American Vineyard Foundation". Wines and Vines. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Patchell, Jerry (28 November 2012). The Territorial Organization of Variety: Cooperation and Competition in Bordeaux Napa and Chianti Classico. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-4094-9004-3. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  4. Perdue, Lewis (1 June 1999). The Wrath of Grapes: The Coming Wine Industry Shakeout And How To Take Advantage Of It. Lewis Perdue. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-380-80151-0. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  5. Pinney, Thomas (7 May 2012). The Makers of American Wine: A Record of Two Hundred Years. University of California Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-520-26953-8. Retrieved 19 March 2013.


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