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August 18, 2022
Unshackled Wines to Pay $75,000 to One Person Ready to Unshackle from the Status Quo: Unshackled, a wine brand founded with the purpose of challenging the conventions of luxury wine, is offering $75,000...
August 17, 2022
Plans to Rebuild After Wildfire Damages Rare Vines in Crete: Growers in Crete who saw old, pre-phylloxera vines severely damaged by wildfire are determined to rebuild and have been offered support from...
August 16, 2022
A Major Figure in the Alsatian Wine World, André Hugel, Has Passed Away at the Age of 92: It is with great sadness that Famille Hugel announces the death of André Hugel on Monday, August 15, at the age...
August 15, 2022
Smoke Threatens to Choke Bordeaux: Earlier this summer on July 12, Bordeaux faced down its first fire which went on to consume over 14,000 hectares in 12 days. Fast-forward a month and Bordeaux is back...
August 12, 2022
More North Coast Winery Website Lawsuits End Without Settlements: More than half the dozens of recent federal lawsuits brought by one Florida man against North Coast wineries over accessibility of their...
August 11, 2022
Hitler-Themed Wine for Sale in Supermarkets Sparks Outrage: Wine bottles featuring an image of Adolf Hitler on their labels have sparked outrage, after it was reported that they were being sold in sup...
August 10, 2022
Wine Direct Shipping Ebbs but Remains Above Pre-Pandemic Levels, Report Says: Consumers who moved to getting wine shipped directly to their homes when they couldn’t or were reluctant to visit the vintners...
August 9, 2022
Sonoma Valley’s 2022 Grape Harvest Begins: The Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance (SVVGA), a non-profit trade association representing more than 100 wineries and 140 grape growers in the Sonoma...
August 8, 2022
Just when the Napa Valley tourism industry seems to be recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic, the city of Napa has been hit with an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease…
August 5, 2022
Zero-Dollar Napa Valley Vineyard Deal Highlights Ups, Downs of Handshake Wine Business Deals: It seems easy and cordial: Notable figures and friends in the North Coast wine world agree to a changing of...