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Diamond Creek Owner Adelle ‘Boots’ Brounstein Dies at 92
Adelle Boots Brounstein, who cofounded Napa Valley’s legendary Diamond Creek winery with her husband, Al, and helped guide the winery for more than half a century, died July 31 following a brief illness. She was 92 …
Silicon Valley’s Rhys Vineyards to Pay $3.7M to Settle Regulatory Action on Mendocino County Irrigation Ponds
Rhys Vineyards LLC, based on the California Central Coast but with vines in Mendocino County’s prime pinot noir region of Anderson Valley, has agreed to pay $3.76 million to settle enforcement actions brought by state wildlife and water regulators for unpermitted diversion of rainwater runoff on property of a planned small vineyard in a northern part of the county …
Smartphone Apps and Voice Tech to Drive Future of Online Wine Sales
Speaking to db recently Humphrey Serjeantson, IWSRs Western Europe research director said there was no question that ecommerce as a channel was growing and would continue to grow, as the organization looks to publish its second annual Ecommerce report …
Meadowood Resort Transforms Each Year for Auction Napa Valley
Setting up for the live auction, always held the first Saturday of June, begins at 2 p.m. the previous Monday. This year, it fell on Memorial Day. First, the large auction tent is laid out, staked and heavy equipment is used to raise the 80-foot-high tent poles …
Courtwatch: Vinebox Versus Vinobox
Gallo Condemns Proposed ‘Straight Pride Parade’
TTB Laboratories Successfully Achieve ISO 17025 Re-Accreditation
This Voracious, Unstoppable Bug Is Killing Off Vineyards
Majestic Wine Sold to Fortress for £95m
Majestic Wine ‘Desperately Needs to Get Its Mojo Back’
Errazuriz Looks to Burnish Its Image in the U.S. Market
Frost, Grape Disease, Drought: Luxembourg’s Wine Harvest to Be High Quality but Not High Quantity
The Rise of Japanese Wine Made from Koshu Grapes
Science Finds Drinking Wine at Night Can Help You Lose Weight
Fountaingrove Day IV
August 3, 2019 – Santa Rosa, USA
3rd Annual Wine & Weed Symposium
August 8, 2019 – Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Impact Napa Conference
August 20, 2019 – Napa, CA, USA
How to: Painlessly Calculate ROI
August 21 – Webinar
Duarte Clonal Field Day
September 20, 2019 – Greenwood, CA, USA
Wine Taster
Treasury Wine Estates – Napa, CA, USA
Sales & Outreach Coordinator
Amista Vineyards – Healdsburg, CA, USA
Designer of Moments—A Wine Sales Specialist with Heart
Passalacqua Winery – Healdsburg, CA, USA
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Sonoma Wine Auction Co-Chairs Gina Gallo and Chris Jackson Spill the Beans
Pushing Back Against “Burgundian” Wine
Wine in Cans Could Be 10% of Category Says Free Flow Wines
How Napa County Seeks to Streamline the Winery Permit Process
The Winery Wedding Industrial Complex Doesn’t Care if You Have Objections
Wineries Heed Cautionary Lessons After Surviving Nuns Fire
Sonoma County Vineyard Managers Spend Millions to Build On-Site Housing for Pickers
Gary Vaynerchuk Launches Disruptive New Wine Co.
Why Napa Valley Needs to Start Talking About Climate Change
Santa Rosa Lab Pioneers Way to Remove Smoke Taint from Wine
Separating Acidity and Freshness in Wine
When Wine Clubs Work Well: The Importance of Being Proactive in the Direct-to-Consumer Space
California’s Most Expensive Wines
Six Things to Do with Surplus Cabernet Sauvignon Grapes
Rookie Mistakes Made by Winery Masters
