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Direct to Consumer Sales Fails to Lift the Wine Industry
The DTC movement is a wonderful idea, and there is no doubt that as regulations soften and technological efficiencies prevail, it will be a sustainable revenue stream going forward. That day is not today…
Changing colors in Sonoma County vineyards signal approach of harvest
The countdown to the annual grape crush has begun as clusters of fruit slowly change texture and color in pockets throughout Sonoma County, heralding the approach of a harvest season expected to come earlier while yielding a crop less bountiful than in previous record-breaking years…
It’s your genes, not the wine
A new international study is pouring cold water on suggestions non-drinkers might enjoy even greater health benefits if they tried a few glasses of red wine…
Climate change signals the end of Australian shiraz as we know it
Young Australian vintner Nick Glaetzer’s winemaking-steeped family thought he was crazy when he abandoned the Barossa Valley – the hot, dry region that is home to the country’s world-famous big, brassy shiraz…
Nothing New In San Joaquin County Ag Commissioner’s Pesticide Drift Press Release
PD/GWSS Board Votes on 2014 Winegrape Assessment Rate
Unusual water deals struck in drought-stricken Central Valley ag country
Sonoma County Viticulture Briefs
2014 Canadian Wine Industry Awards
Raymond winery proposal returns to county planners Wednesday
Hickey wants making, selling wine legal in Washoe, Nevada
Who drinks more wine – the Chinese or the Japanese?
Penfolds owner fighting trademark battle in China
Game of Thrones beer, 50 Shades of Grey wine and 8 other pop-culture inspired drinks
What we really taste when we drink wine
Best Practices for Distributors: Hidden Costs
Beyond 1,000 Cases: How To Guarantee Repeat Sales
Veraison two weeks early suggests a late-August beginning to harvest
Cover crops and vineyard floor temperature
Is wine on tap the future of wine?
Out in the Fields Drinking Old Vine Zinfandel
Congratulations to the 2014 Wine Blog Award WINNERS!
Things Heimoff told the wine bloggers conference about writing that got retweeted
These 12 Wine Ads Show How America Learned to Love Wine
5 Glasses Every Wine Lover Should Own
Delectable or Vivino: A wine critic compares
5 Ways to Avoid Being a Bad Email Marketer
First Cigarettes, Now Alcohol: Toward “Plain Packaging” For All
