December 16, 2025
Trinchero Family Wine & Spirits Acquires Mumm Napa: Trinchero Family Wine & Spirits announces its agreement to acquire Mumm Napa, a renowned California sparkling wine house, from Pernod Ricard...
December 16, 2025
Acclaimed industry leader brings three decades of technical expertise, brand‐building experience, and consumer-focused innovation to strengthen winemaking leadership in the California wine industry
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July 31, 2025
In this episode of the WIN Insider Series, George Christie sits down with Dominic “Dom” Engels, the newly appointed CEO of Bronco Wine Company, one of the largest family-owned wineries in the U.S. Dom...
November 13, 2024
Wine's Trumps Cheese in Tariff War: A US-France trade war next year seems likely, thanks to two recent events. One, you probably noticed: Donald Trump was elected US President. The other, you might not...
September 16, 2022
Price Hikes Turn Off Wine Country Visitors: Tasting room visits to West Coast wineries, after rebounding in 2021, are way down this summer compared to pre-pandemic numbers, according to a survey of 400...
September 13, 2022
Fred Franzia Has Died: Fred died early this morning at his Redwood home in Denair, California, with family by his side. He was 79 years old...
April 25, 2022
Livermore, Calif. (April 22, 2022)—Celebrating two decades of advocacy for diversity and inclusion in the wine industry is the focus of a full weekend of events presented by the Association of African...
December 18, 2017
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Local wineries, breweries and distilleries are big winners in the GOP...
January 6, 2017
Napa Valley Vintner Debbie Lewis Dies at 72: Debbie Lewis was a perfect fit for wine. She grew up on a farm in California's Central Valley and worked in wine retail at one point. Later she married race-car...
January 3, 2017
Napa’s Waugh Family Wines Sues Bronco Wine Co. for ‘Six Degrees’ Trademark Separation: Napa-based Waugh Family Wines on Friday said it has sued Bronco Wine Co., which has a large south Napa Valley bottling...









