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Carriers Trashing Wine Shipments
Some shipments of wine from New York are being confiscated and destroyed...
Natural Wine Faces Legal Definition
A right-wing French politician has filed a motion this month to launch an investigative committee that will seek to legally define the term "natural wine" in Franc...
Radioactive Isotopes in California Wines? Don't Panic
Bordeaux scientists find (harmless) evidence of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Napa Cabernets...
New Wine Shopper Data Solution Helps Wineries Achieve Distribution Success
Label Analytics has a new unique tool for wineries already in the wholesale market, or those just jumping on the bandwagon when...
France’s AXA Millésimes Buys Outpost Winery in Napa Valley
AXA Millésimes, the wine division of the French insurance giant, is expanding to California. The company, which owns wineries in Bordeaux, Burgundy,...
A Gap on the Label – Building an AVA Reputation
Establishing an American Viticultural Area, or AVA, is a slog. The effort it takes to gain recognition for a bit of the earth that allows grapes to grow...
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Wine Marketers Turn to ‘Big Data’ to Uncork More Sales
For an industry steeped in tradition over hundreds of years, the business of...
Fukushima’s Nuclear Signature Found in California Wine
The Japanese nuclear disaster bathed north America in a radioactive cloud. Now pharmacologists have found the telltale signature in California wine...
Napa County Handling of Williamson Act Agricultural Land Contracts Draws Grand Jury Scrutiny
Napa County's grand jury says a decades-old program giving property tax breaks to agriculture land owners suffers...
Napa's Duckhorn Wine Company announced this morning that it is purchasing Sonoma Pinot Noir powerhouse Kosta Browne Winery. Duckhorn will replace Kosta Browne's current stakeholders, the investment fund...
