Afternoon Brief, May 2
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The Most Searched-For Cabernet Sauvignon
It's a well-worn axiom that Cabernet is king in California, but the real...
Afternoon Brief, May 1
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2016 California Wine Sales in U.S. Hit New Record: 238 Million Cases with Retail Value of $34.1...
Afternoon Brief, April 28
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Picking Wine Grapes by Machine Means Better Efficiency with No Loss in Quality
The truth of the matter...
Afternoon Brief, April 27
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Michael David Winery Acquires Historic Geyserville Winery, Tasting Room, and Vineyards
Michael David Winery announced today the purchase...
Afternoon Brief, April 26
Napa County: Wine Business Dominates Large Real Estate Deals
A number of the most significant commercial real estate deals in the county in the past 12 months have been at large industrial properties...
Afternoon Brief, April 25
Sex, Love and the $1000 Breakfast Wine
I had a $1000 bottle of wine for breakfast. I'm going to tell you all about the wine: how it was made, what it tastes like, and why it worries me about Napa Valley's most iconic wine...
Afternoon Brief, April 24
Value Wins at Sonoma Wine Auction
Many people told me this off the record so I'm going to lead with it: the Sonoma County Barrel Auction is more fun than Premiere Napa Valley...
Afternoon Brief, April 21
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Silver Oak Owners Purchase Ovid Winery
The owners of the Napa Valley's Silver Oak and Twomey wineries have...
Afternoon Brief, April 20
Marijuana Poised to Steal Market Share From Alcohol Industry
A new study from OutCo and Monocle Research shows 51% of millennials in California will replace alcohol with marijuana...
Afternoon Brief, April 19
California's First 'Wine & Weed Symposium' Arrives in August
California has been a powerful force on the global wine scene for decades. Meanwhile, the state's never been a slouch when it comes to high quality cannabis either...
Afternoon Brief, April 18
French Wine Firm Henriot Buys Majority Stake in Oregon's Beaux Frères
In a dramatic move that marks its first foray into American wine, French company Maisons & Domaines Henriot has acquired a majority ownership stake in Beaux Frères, one of Oregon's most prominent Pinot Noir producers...
Afternoon Brief, April 17
North Coast Wine Challenge Top Winners Announced
For the first time in its five-year history, the 2017 North Coast Wine Challenge yielded a rosé as its top winner: the Taft Street 2016 Russian River Valley Rosé of Pinot Noir, which received 98 out of 100 points and took home Best of the Best as well as Best of Show Rosé and Best of Sonoma County awards...
Afternoon Brief, April 14
Wine Sellers Push to Allow Shipments Across the Border
If a New York connoisseur wants a bottle of wine from a Central California or Oregon vineyard, he or she can have it shipped without any trouble. The same wine enthusiast can also order a bottle to be shipped from an in-state retailer...
Afternoon Brief, April 13
A Foot in Two Industries: How Wine and Weed Cross-Pollinate
Cannabis has long been grown in the shadows, under the canopies of the Emerald Triangle, while wine grapes were grown in the neighboring counties of Sonoma and Napa in the open, under the warm California sun...
Afternoon Brief, April 12
A Woman's Death Sorting Grapes Exposes Italy's "Slavery"
Her husband can still recall how Paola Clemente used to set two alarms to make sure she woke in the middle of the night - 1:50 a.m. - to catch the private bus that would take her and dozens of other women to the vineyards...
