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PG&E CEO Apologizes After Employees Went Wine Tasting Just Before California Blackouts: ‘Insensitive, Inappropriate, Tone Deaf’
The CEO of PG&E has apologized after it was revealed several of its employees mingled with some of its top customers at a wine tasting event paid for by the company while hundreds of thousands of people in California were facing an unprecedented power outage …
How a Mega Supermarket Drives Wine Sales
On the Fourth of July weekend this summer, the rise of White Claw became one of the five major events to impact retail wine sales in 35 years, according to the man in charge of beverage alcohol for the mega supermarket chain of Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions (AVP) …
Eastern Connecticut Highlands AVA Established
On Friday, October 11, 2019, we published T.D. TTB157 in the Federal Register to establish the approximately 1,246-square mile “Eastern Connecticut Highlands” American viticultural area in all or portions of Hartford, New Haven, Tolland, Windham, New London, and Middlesex Counties in Connecticut …
Trump Says US Has Come to a Substantial Phase One Deal with China
The current incarnation of the deal will address intellectual property and financial services concerns, along with purchases of about $40 to $50 billion worth of agricultural products by China…
PG&E: Power Restored to Three-Quarters of Napa Valley Residents Who Lost Power
Wine Grape Harvest in the Finger Lakes: What Will 2019 Vintage Bring?
Let the Wine Flow at Napa’s ‘Synagogue of the Vintners’
Keeping Fake Bordeaux Out of a 6-Million-Bottle Wine Cellar
Charles Krug Remains Open Despite PG&E Power Shutdown
Wine Spectator Hosts 39th Annual New York Wine Experience
Fladgate: Changes Inspired by Labour Shortage ‘as Significant as Phylloxera’
How Top End Prosecco Can Stay Relevant in the Face of Ever Changing Consumer Demands
Number of Italian Wines Traded Rises 1,500% in 10 Years
New Zealand Needs to Face Up to Demand Issues as Wine Exports Grow
America’s Favorite Wine Grapes
Virtual Sales Training: Building Connections to Increase Wine Sales & Club Memberships
October 15, 2019 – Webinar
Wine Women 2019 Conference
November 5, 2019 – Sonoma, CA , USA
SommCon® San Diego
November 13 , 2019 – San Diego, CA, USA
Rootstock
November 14, 2019 – Napa, CA, USA
8th Annual North Coast Wine Industry Expo
December 5, 2019 – Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Head Chef/Kitchen Manager
Coyote Sonoma – Healdsburg, California, USA
Tasting Room Associate
Carr Winery Inc. – Santa Barbara, California, USA
Hospitality & Private Party Specialist
von Strasser Family of Wine – Calistoga, California, USA
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Turning the Tables on Karen MacNeil
California Wineries, Fearing Recession, Cut Grape Output. Farmers Are Worried
Sonoma County Wineries Continue the Grape Harvest Using Backup Power
Personalized Information Makes the Wine Marketing Focus Group a Thing of the Past
California Pot Growers Clashing with Vineyards
Winery Websites at the Heart of Lawsuits Over ADA Compliance Online
With No El Nino, How Does California’s Winter Shape Up?
Faced with Power Outages, Napa Wineries Do Their Resourceful Best
Gary’s Napa Valley Is Now Open in St. Helena
California Wineries Plan Price Hikes
Wine Grapes Thriving Through Overnight Frost
A Winemaker Was Sentenced to Five Months in Prison in the College Admissions Scam
Italian Wine Escapes US Tariff Hike
Rombauer Vineyards Wins Big Wine Production Increase – and Praise
Wondering What Makes a “Cult Classic” Wine? Wonder No More.
