October 8, 2019
Personalized Information Makes the Wine Marketing Focus Group a Thing of the Past - An age-old marketing need is to identify a consumer base, its preferences, and the strength of a products message and...
August 21, 2019
Napa Valley Preps for Wildfires, Next-Gen Wine Marketing: Calistoga Mayor Chris Canning knows whats it is like when an entire city is pitched into a power blackout, on purpose. In 2018, the Napa Valley...
June 7, 2019
The Inexorable Rise of Wine Prices: The soaring prices of the world's top wines will be no news to anyone who hasn't spent the last five years living under a rock, but you might have missed the relentless...
May 30, 2019
Napa County Vineyard Company Fined $38,000 After Field Worker Killed in Grape-Picking Accident: The U.S. Department of Labor says De Coninck Vineyards in American Canyon should be fined $38,000 in violations...
April 18, 2019
Bordeaux Fire Destroys $13 Million Worth of Wine in France: Fans of Bordeaux have plenty of reason to whine this week. A blaze at a warehouse in the vaunted wine-making region in South West France incinerated...
March 20, 2018
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Robert Haas, Influential American Vintner and Wine Importer, Dies at 90
Robert Haas, one of the leading lights of the American wine industry, died...
January 25, 2018
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2017 Wine Auction Totals Exceed $371 Million
The growing U.S. economy and a surging stock market that seems to be setting new highs every week are...
September 20, 2017
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Sonoma City Considers Moratorium on New Wine Tasting Rooms
Is it possible to have too much wine in Sonoma? On a personal, by-the-glass level, well,...
May 11, 2017
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Stagecoach Vineyard Seller Buys Napa Winery
The family who sold the 600-acre Stagecoach Vineyard in Napa Valley to E&J Gallo, a deal that’s...