April 21, 2016
California Vintners Grapple with New State Law on Worker Payments: Vintners are still grappling with a new state law that mandates additional pay provisions if they compensate employees by how much they...
March 22, 2016
Four Sonoma County Icons to Be Honored at 2016 Sonoma County Barrel Auction: Today, the Sonoma County Vintners announced the names of four Icons who will be honored at the 2016 Sonoma County Barrel Auction...
January 25, 2016
Direct Wine Shipments to Consumers Grow 4X Faster than Wine Retail Market in 2015: In the United States, 43 out of the 50 states allow direct shipment of wine to consumers, and these consumers continue...
November 20, 2015
Massive El Niño Gains Strength, Likely to Drench Key California Drought Zone: One of the most powerful El Niños on record continues gathering strength and is looking increasingly likely to bring heavy...
November 16, 2015
New Grapevine Virus Detected in California: Grapevine Pinot Gris Virus Discussed at UCD FPS Meeting: A grapevine virus formally recognized in 2012 by Italian researchers as grapevine Pinot Gris virus and...
November 11, 2015
California's Wine Industry Heading for a Fall? The decline in Bordeaux prices means many Californian wines are now at a premium, but how much longer can that last?
November 10, 2015
Auctioneers at Christie's 'Tried to Sell Fake Wine After Ignoring Experts' Warnings That Burgundy and Bordeaux's Were Cheap Copies': One of Britain's best known auction houses has been caught up in a wine...
October 12, 2015
El Niño Now Among Strongest in Modern History; Unusually Warm and Unsettled Conditions Persist in California: Not only is 2015 California's warmest year on record to date (beating the previous record set...
September 28, 2015
Sonoma County Harvest Fair's Sweepstakes Wine Winners Revealed: A sauvignon blanc, a pinot noir and a late harvest semillon won the coveted sweepstakes awards Sunday at the Sonoma County Harvest Awards...
September 25, 2015
Truett-Hurst Reports Sales Increase, but Trouble for New Wine Spritzer Brand: Truett-Hurst Inc. announced Thursday that it is killing off its highly touted wine spritzer brand sold exclusively in Kroger...