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Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Winemakers Turn to MIT to Save Pinot Noir in Warming Temperatures Biochemical engineer Jean-Francois Hamel has discovered the...

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Corey Beck Named CEO of the Family Coppola The Family Coppola announced today the appointment of Corey Beck...

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Chehalem Winery Acquired by Longtime Partner Bill Stoller and Harry Peterson-Nedry, co-owners of CHEHALEM Winery, are pleased to...

Considering hosting a weed and wine event at your winery? In California, elegant weed and wine dinners are becoming a popular trend and you might think that winery owners would be in an ideal position to host such events. But could these decadent pairings of cannabis and fine wine be ending just as they are beginning to take off?  In an ironic twist, the same regulations that now allow for legal recreational cannabis also restrict this recreational pairing. For event planners, wineries and brands who threw these events or utilized these events for marketing purposes, this presents a huge challenge.

Hospice du Rhône’s bi-annual conference creates the largest gathering of Rhône wines on the planet San Luis Obispo, Calif. USA— Hospice du Rhône®, an international...

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Expect a Rise in Wine Sales and Prices in 2018 According to the Wine Market Council, Nielsen and...

Even if you went to the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium and spent two days visiting the nearly 700 booths on its massive trade...

-- Second Annual “Women Winemakers Dinner” in Solvang, California, Benefitting the Women’s Fund of Northern Santa Barbara County, Expands Offerings with Wine Tasting Tent...

Napa Valley Nonprofit Presents 100% of Funds to Napa Valley Community Foundation and Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department RUTHERFORD, Calif. (Jan. 30, 2017) – The Alpha Omega...

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Artificial Intelligence Changes the Wine World Technology has already changed how we make wine, so what effect will...

VANCOUVER, BC (January 30, 2018) — The Vancouver International Wine Festival is pleased to announce auction highlights of this year’s Bacchanalia Gala Dinner + Auction. The...

In the 40-plus years since Alex and Louisa Hargrave planted and founded Long Island’s first commercial vineyard and winery in 1973, the region has fought hard, vintage by vintage, to earn its reputation for producing some of the best wine in the East, almost exclusively from classic French varieties like Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Napa Valley Tree-Removal Ballot Proposal Brings Wine Business, Environmentalist Clash As new vineyards spread from the crowded Napa...

Thermoflash, known widely in Europe as “flash détente” or flash release, is a process of thermovinification created during the 1990’s in the south of France. This process was created to reduce the time of red grape fermentation and improve wine quality.

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Gina Gallo Opens Up in Public The famously private head of California's biggest family wine company shares some...