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John Pedroncelli, prominent Dry Creek winemaker, dies at 89
John Pedroncelli, a second-generation vintner who was instrumental in building Sonoma County’s wine industry, particularly in the Dry Creek Valley that he called home for almost all of his life, died Sunday at home after a monthslong battle with cancer…
Resveratrol: Not for heart health but to preserve wine in cans!
Australia’s Barokes Wines has applied to patent a process whereby beverage containers are coated with a layer including resveratrol, not to boost heart health but to better preserve wine…
Legislators race to sign new Massachusetts beverage law
Changes to the language in a bill allowing Massachusetts wine and hard cider producers to sell directly to stores and restaurants held up the measure for another day Monday…
Chile’s Casillero signs major deal with Sky Movies
Chilean wine brand Casillero del Diablo has announced a major marketing campaign for 2015, signing a multi-channel sponsorship deal with Sky Movies in the UK…
Berger: Millennials bring diversity to the wine world
Oliver Zhou’s personal tips on how to enter the Chinese wine market
Binge drinking hits immune system, study shows
Bank of the West Announces Finalists for Vintage Report Innovation Award
Opportunities for wine in the second-tier cities in China
Paso Robles grape growers host seminar on pruning
Demand surges for bigger bottles of wine in United Kingdom
Sonoma’s BR Cohn Fest seeks move to Field of Dreams
Goa to host four-day wine festival: India Tourism ministry
Best Wines shakes up the retail world with purchase of Wine Exchange
Kosher Food & Wine Experience 2015 Comes to NYC
How Professor Ann Noble Inspired a Generation of Female Winemakers
Musician Raliegh Neal Joins Ca’ Momi Winery as the New California Sales Manager
Marimar Torres: A life in wine
The Gallos Poured A New Wine Culture For America
Napa Marks the Death of Volker Eisele
Wine Industry Mourns Passing of Arthur “Jay” Fritz, Jr.
Finger Lakes Region Mourns the Loss of Top Grape Grower Sam Argetsinger
Washington Wine’s Warner has every reason to smile
Wilcox Chamber of Commerce Honors Arizona Vintners
Washington grape industry honors members
San Francisco Chronicle’s Winemakers of the Year Connect California’s Past and Future
Wine Spectator: Memorial tributes to wine industry leaders who died in 2014
Illinois wine trade group has new director
Serge Hochar of Chateau Musar Dies in Accident
Scholarships open to California grape workers
