The American Vineyard Foundation (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). Justin Meyer was head of the foundation in the 1990s. Jim Frisinger has been chairman of the AVF since 2010. 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; however, in the past they have often failed to make $1 million annually. In recent years they have invested in research into wine production in the states of Washington, Oregon, Texas and Virginia.
References
- 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.
- "American Vineyard Foundation". Wines and Vines. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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