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Napa Winemakers Argue Over the Valley’s Visual Image
If you’ve never heard the term “viewshed” – like “watershed” – welcome to Napa Valley. The essence is that Napa’s bucolic look is an asset that can’t be messed with…
Sonoma County halts events at Bella Vineyards
Sonoma County planning commissioners on Thursday voted unanimously to ban all events at Bella Vineyards north of Healdsburg and to halt wine tasting in the winery’s popular storage cave…
2014 Vintage Report: Italy Wine Harvest
For the men and women who make wine, perhaps no word is more packed with nervous anticipation than “harvest.” After months of spending time, sweat and money in their vineyards, it’s the moment to see what nature delivered…
The Carneros Wine Alliance Looks Towards their 30th Anniversary in 2015 by Highlighting Carneros Chardonnay
In preparation for their 30th anniversary in 2015 and to continue the discussion of the Year of Chardonnay, the Carneros Wine Alliance, a non-profit association of wineries and grape-growers in the Carneros American Viticultural Area, hosted an intimate Carneros Chardonnay tasting and discussion…
Napa County Planning Commission Approves Angwin Winery Expansion
How Do You Say Sommelier in Mandarin or Cantonese?
Red Blotch Gene Discovered in the Dried Leaf Sample of Early Burgundy from 1940
Wine businesses slow to change and connect with consumers, says business guru
Is Betting on Bordeaux Pushing Your Luck?
The Worlds Super-Rich Spend $8 Billion on Booze
How climate change will end wine as we know it
Burgundy split over new Cote d’Or appellation plan
Empire Wine ‘will continue to fight’ New York State Liquor Authority
Moderate Drinker or Alcoholic? Many Americans Fall in Between
5 Wine Industry Innovators Honored with WINnovation Award
Comparing the same wine sealed with cork and screwcap
Meteorologists Say Adios to Wet, El Nino Winter for Drought-Plagued California
Winemaker Without Vines in View as Treasury Emulates Coke
Genesis: An Evolution in Wine Preservation Technology
Domaine Carneros Sued Over Vineyard Name
California drought puts water thievery on rise
Stop Evaporative Losses from Your Wine Barrel
Premox: has the crisis moved to red wine?
Viticulturalist sounds the alarm on international vine disease
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Issues Call for Entries
World ‘mother’ grape saved from brink of extinction
WineGavel Founder Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Top 10 Bizarre U.S. Drinking Laws
Where Have the Flash Sale Wine Sites Gone?
