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Wine Institute Applauds United States’ WTO Challenge to British Columbia Wine...
Washington DC—Wine Institute, the public policy advocacy group for California wineries, applauds today's announcement by the U.S. government requesting formal World Trade Organization (WTO) consultations...
Afternoon Brief, January 17
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Trending Story:
Meritage - Death of a Marketing Label
As searches for the term enter a terminal tailspin, W. Blake...
Francis Ford Coppola Winery Rings in 2017 as the Go-To Wine...
Legendary Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola Announces Two Dynamic Partners, with Sundance Institute and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Winery to Serve as Sponsor...
Afternoon Brief, January 16
Sustainable Sonoma Wine Could Fetch $7-a-Bottle More, Survey Says: U.S. wine consumers are willing to pay more for wine - up to several dollars more per bottle - produced using "sustainable" practices, according to new research presented at a Sonoma County grapegrower seminar in Santa Rosa on Thursday...
Afternoon Brief, January 13
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Trending Story:
Sonoma County Winegrowers Double Down on Sustainability Goal
The Sonoma County Winegrowers trade group will be getting some...
Afternoon Brief, January 12
Wine & Weed Symposium Announced: The Wine Industry Network today announced the launch of the Wine & Weed Symposium, a one-day intensive educational conference that will focus on the legalization of cannabis in California and the expected impact and opportunities that this presents to the wine industry...
Afternoon Brief, January 11
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Draws 6,850 Entries: This week's San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition won't break last year's record, but the 6,850 entries still makes it the largest in the United States...
Tickets Now Available for Flavor! Napa Valley March 22 – 26,...
A Five Day Festival of Food and Wine Benefiting the CIA
January 10, 2017 -- Napa, CA – Individual tickets for Flavor! Napa Valley, March...
Afternoon Brief, January 10
This will be a brief update, but given the widespread significant storm impacts expected later today I felt a quick post was in order…
Afternoon Brief, January 9
Russian River Rising, More Rain on the Way: A driver in a Hummer became trapped in flood waters on a rural road west of Santa Rosa early Monday afternoon, generating a large emergency response including the Sonoma County sheriff's helicopter, a swift-water rescue team and a boat of firefighters...
Afternoon Brief, January 6
Napa Valley Vintner Debbie Lewis Dies at 72: Debbie Lewis was a perfect fit for wine. She grew up on a farm in California's Central Valley and worked in wine retail at one point. Later she married race-car driver Randy Lewis and managed his career for more than a decade...
Afternoon Brief, January 5
Series of Atmospheric River Storms to Bring Risk of Significant California Flooding: The Pacific Northwest has been shivering through another unusually extended wave of subfreezing temperatures and snoweven along the immediate coast...
Explore Southern California on a California Wines Road Trip
Wine Institute Offers Tips on How to Sip, Stay and Play in Wine Country, from Temecula and San Diego to Los Angeles
SAN FRANCISCO—California’s many...
Afternoon Brief, January 4
Silicon Valley Bank 2017 State of the Industry Report: Most of the wine business has already developed their strategic plans for 2017 and is starting to execute. The plans had to be put together using history as a guide, laced with a hint of a best guess. That's just the way this family owned industry has to roll...
Afternoon Brief, January 3
Napa’s Waugh Family Wines Sues Bronco Wine Co. for ‘Six Degrees’ Trademark Separation: Napa-based Waugh Family Wines on Friday said it has sued Bronco Wine Co., which has a large south Napa Valley bottling operation, claiming trademark infringement on Waugh's Six Degrees Wine brand...
