Tag: Bricoleur Vineyards
For the Time Ever in the USA: Sur La Table Partners...
August 14th - For the first time ever in the country, Sur La Table is partnering with a winery for the specialty retailer’s popular...
Afternoon Brief, July 26th
Breakthru Beverage Founder Rocky Wirtz Dies: Rocky Wirtz, co-chairman and founder of US distributor Breakthru Beverage Group and owner of ice hockey team Chicago Blackhawks, has died at the age of 70...
Afternoon Brief, February 1st
How a California Premium Winery Quickly Flipped Its Boomer-Dominated Consumer Base to Younger Generations: Amid more sobering reports this month that wine is becoming an increasingly tougher sell to younger, diverse generations came two surprising signs that the industry can quickly and successfully change course...
Legendary Winemaker Bob Cabral Joins Bricoleur Vineyards
Cabral, who previously led Williams Selyem and Three Sticks, will serve as Bricoleur Vineyards’ Co-Winemaker - collaborating with current Winemaker Cary Gott and Assistant...
Afternoon Brief, August 1st
Scorching Heat and Wildfires Worry European Winemakers: In wine regions across the continent, spring was dry and summer has brought record temperatures, shrinking the potential harvest and sparking wildfires...
Bricoleur Vineyards Honored as One of the Country’s Best New Wineries...
WINDSOR, California (August 1, 2022) – Mark Hanson, Co-Founder & CEO of Bricoleur Vineyards, is pleased to announce that Bricoleur Vineyards is a winner in the...
Afternoon Brief, July 13th
Iconic Italian Wineries Partner on Wine in Space Project: Three iconic Italian wine producers, Gaja, Biondi-Santi and Feudi di San Gregorio, have announced they will partner with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) on a ‘wine in space’ project...
Bricoleur Vineyards Significantly Expands Its Management Team to Set the Stage...
WINDSOR, California (July 13, 2022) – Mark Hanson, Co-Founder & CEO of Bricoleur Vineyards, is pleased to announce that the winery’s management team has been expanded....
Afternoon Brief, January 13th
Wine Spectator's Kim Marcus, 1959–2022: Longtime senior editor helped shape the magazine's global coverage of wine for more than three decades...
Afternoon Brief, November 9th
As Restaurants Reopen, Sommeliers Re-Envision Wine Lists: Restaurants closed throughout much of 2020 when the novel coronavirus caused a series of lockdowns. To cover the costs of lost sales and in order to continue to pay employees, the monthly rent, and attempt to stay in business, some restaurants resorted to selling much—in some cases all—of their wine inventories...
Afternoon Brief, October 26th
Sebastopol Vintner Facing DUI Manslaughter Case from May Crash: Ulises Valdez Jr., 27, of Sebastopol, the son of the late Valdez Family Winery founder who manages the wine-growing portion of the business, will return to Sonoma County Superior Court Dec. 22 after a brief hearing Monday...
Afternoon Brief, October 20th
UCI Researcher Gets NSF-Backed Grant to Study Wildfires’ Effects on Farmworkers: One particular concern stems from the experiences of farmworkers asked to safeguard crops – wine grapes – from smoke and ash during wildfires...
New “Rooted” Wine & Food Pairing, Created by James Beard Award-Winning...
Six-course tasting leads with Bricoleur Vineyards’ wines, while showcasing fresh produce, edible flowers and herbs from the winery’s culinary garden
WINDSOR, California (October 20, 2021)...
Community Celebration Overcomes Covid Concerns in Russian River Valley
—Kim Badenfort
Health authorities have given the green light for a return to large events provided Covid precautions are taken (Sonoma County Health Orders). While...
Afternoon Brief, August 19th
Fires Finally Reach California Wine Country: Until last weekend, California wine country had – knock on hardwood, preferably fire-resistant maple – so far largely avoided fires in 2021, even as the largest wildfire in state history continues to rage nearly uncontrolled in the northeast part of the state. That changed over the weekend...
