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Napa, Sonoma wineries examine safety of barrel rooms after quake
Though 14 years ago, Bob Torres still vividly remembers the day he and other wine industry officials saw a demonstration at UC Berkeleys earthquake simulator on the effects of a magnitude 7.4 temblor on a rack of wine barrels stacked six high…
A Venture Capitalist Walks Into a Winery…
Jay Levy and Greg Scheinfeld didnt have a famous winemaker. They didnt have a winery. They didnt even have a vineyard….
Popular Castro Valley Winery May Close Due to Little-Known Law
A pair of Castro Valley business owners say they will have to close the doors of their boutique winery after being hit with a heavy fine by the Department of Labor for a violation they had no idea existed…
Why Major League Baseball Got Into…The Wine Business?
The tasting notes come from Major League Baseball, which sees team wine as a new, blossoming seven-figure business. But the product is also a creative solution to a market challenge…
Wine-tasting rooms give downtown Lodi a new flavor
Is New Zealand the world’s most sustainable wine producing country?
The Petaluma Gap Winegrowers to apply for AVA recognition
Pernod Eyes Up Billion Euro Acquisition
Maker of fine wines wants to see more expansive labeling of additives
Parents serving alcohol to children likely to have adverse impact in teens
Napa Sanitation District to study winery wastewater disposal
Bordeaux 2014: Cautious optimism as whites harvest begins
Australian winemakers’ views towards oak barrel alternatives matures
Ontario wine makers urge Vintners Quality Alliance to reformulate certification process
2014 Wine Spectator Video Contest Finalists
Wine Spectator, Advocate can now legally sell a 90-point rating
‘Sideways’ 10th anniversary: Does merlot still have pinot envy?
Harvest 2014 slowed with a cool second half of August, but is picking up speed
Behold…The Rational Wine Consumer
8 Tips on How to Maximize Your Tasting Room Profits
Are we Wasting Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Wine Glasses Every Year?
Looking at the Statistics That Matter to Wineries
What we lose in the quest for profits
Is there a “glass ceiling” when it comes to scoring certain wines?
Steve Heimoff: Tales from Content City, or How I Learned to be a Storyteller
Some common misconceptions about wine blogs + reality checks
Why mainstream media always wrongly assumes wine prices will go up
Anne Krebiehl: Why biodynamic wines need to change their communication
