November 19, 2015
Unauthorized Work at Winery Vexes Planning Commission: Napa County Planning Commissioners again found themselves confronted with a winery asking to have unauthorized work made legal, as well as seeking...
October 29, 2015
French Wine Industry's Love Affair with Pesticides Blamed for Worker Health Problems:
Wenny Tari knows a thing or two about wine. She and her husband Gabriel have been making it since 1982, when they...
September 22, 2015
Bill Leigon Acquires Jamieson Ranch Winery from Madison Vineyard Holdings: Bill Leigon, president of Jamieson Ranch Vineyards since February 2013, has announced his purchase of the Napa winery, finalized...
August 14, 2015
Neither Chinese Nor Americans Are Taking Over French Vineyards: A French study finds that just 2 percent of the nations vines are owned by foreign investors...
August 11, 2015
Summer Heat to Shrivel French Wine Production: A long period of hot weather threatens to hit the wine harvest in France's famous Burgundy and Beaujolais regions, experts said on Tuesday
July 23, 2015
It's critical El Niño hits Northern California. Why experts are growing optimistic: It's the middle of the summer, but it felt a bit like winter in the Sierra this week as a storm dumped four inches of...
June 3, 2015
Massive Wine Fraud Sting Nets Prominent Canadian Industry Figures: Montréal police arrested 12 individuals, many in the wine industry, last month in what authorities are calling "one of the most [significant]...
May 8, 2015
Napa city planners ease up on 75% local-grape rule for wineries in industrial zones: A board member for the Commons, formerly Napa Valley Corporate Park, argued for the change, saying the clash of city...
May 5, 2015
Judge dismisses legal challenge to Paul Hobbs vineyard project: A judge has dismissed a challenge to Sonoma County's approval of the controversial Paul Hobbs Winery vineyard project in Sebastopol, potentially...
April 23, 2015
Rebellious California grape farmers want their confiscated raisins returned: The National Raisin Reserve, which is overseen by the Fresno-based Raisin Administrative Committee, is part of a post-World...