April 5, 2019
How Jackson Family Wines’ Top Brass in Oregon Is Shaping the Willamette Valley’s Future: With Eugenia Keegan at the helm in Oregon, JFW is guiding the valley's evolution into an elite, luxury region. In...
March 14, 2019
It’s Snowing in California Vineyards, and Winemakers Are Loving it - Whether or not you're a skier or snowboarder, you know the adage. If it's raining in San Francisco, it must be snowing in Tahoe ...
February 20, 2019
An Entire California Wine Appellation Is on the Market for $3.3 Million: You may have dreamed of owning your own vineyard. Well, here's a chance to own an entire wine appellation...
January 25, 2019
Direct Sales Alters US Wine Market: In 2018, wineries shipped more than 6 million cases of wine, a nine percent increase over the previous year, according to Larry Cormier's presentation at the annual...
January 16, 2019
Millennials Still Missing as Fine-Wine Core Consumers, Says Silicon Valley Bank Report: Sales growth for U.S. wine is expected to remain in positive territory this year - better, for premium producers...
January 10, 2019
Important Crush Report May Be Impacted by Government Shutdown: The ongoing federal government shutdown, which began Dec. 22, may soon affect a key program of great importance to winegrape growers. Thursday,...
November 27, 2018
California Winery Should Lose Oregon Licenses for Label Violations, Says OLCC: California winery Copper Cane should lose its licenses to distribute wine or do retail business within the state of Oregon,...
September 25, 2018
Oregon Moves to Protect Wine From False Labels: Oregon pinot noir is so popular that some winemakers elsewhere are making false links to the states viticultural areas for their own wines, and might be...
July 13, 2018
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The World’s Most Wanted Wines
It’s the usual suspects for our most searched-for wines, but there’s a surprise among the most-improved...
May 22, 2018
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Direct-to-Consumer Wine Shipping: Zinfandel and Rosé on the Rise, While Red Blends Underperform Their Peers
In January, we released the 2018 Direct-to-Consumer...
March 30, 2018
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Napa, Sonoma Wines Caught in U.S.-China Trade Tiff, but Opportunity Rises
As trade talks progress between Washington and Beijing over U.S. tariffs...
February 5, 2018
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Winemakers Turn to MIT to Save Pinot Noir in Warming Temperatures
Biochemical engineer Jean-Francois Hamel has discovered the secrets to how natural...
January 3, 2018
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California Allows Drinks Producers to Pay for Taxi Rides Home
California has unanimously passed a bill that will allow drinks producers to offer...
December 21, 2017
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New York State Fines Southern Glazer’s in ‘Pay to Play’ Scheme
A giant wine and liquor wholesaler whose employees engaged in “pay...
September 12, 2017
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Vinexpo to Go to Sonoma in 2018
The news was revealed this morning to press at the Orangerie in Vienna’s Schloss Schönbrunn, the location...
July 24, 2017
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Are Flying Vineyard Drones Creating Better Wine?
California’s Bennett Valley is a portrait of pastoral perfection. Near Santa Rosa in southern...















