March 10, 2025
Central Coast’s Ultimate Pink Party Showcases the Acclaimed Wine Region’s Premier Rosés, April 13, 2025
March 10, 2025 (San Luis Obispo, CA) — Hotel San Luis Obispo will host the fourth annual Rosé...
July 2, 2024
[Benicia, CA] – [July, 2024] – Cork Supply, a leading provider of high-quality corks and closures for the wine industry, proudly announces the successful conclusion of its Cork Harvesting events...
November 16, 2021
(Rutherford, Calif.—November 16, 2021) – Andy Beckstoffer of Beckstoffer Vineyards today announced that he and his wife, Betty, have donated $1 million to the Cal Poly JUSTIN and J. LOHR Center for Wine...
September 4, 2020
ABC Agents Will Be Out Labor Day Weekend: The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) today announced it will have agents out working to keep the public safe through enforcement of alcoholic...
August 31, 2020
Wineries Need to Prep to Sustain Rise in Online Sales Beyond the Coronavirus Pandemic: In April and May, as the state was tossed into shutdown mode triggered by the coronavirus, the mandate may have provided...
August 31, 2020
Paso Robles’s economy could lose up to $458 million annually and 3,300 jobs.
Aug. 31, 2020 (Paso Robles, Calif.) – The proposed blanket cuts in groundwater use for farming, as outlined in San Luis...
January 9, 2020
Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2020: Leading with the Future in Mind: As a third-generation descendant of an iconic Napa Valley wine family and the owner of the oldest winery in Napa Valley, Peter Mondavi,...
September 20, 2019
North Coast Grape Growers Fear Tons of Fruit Will Be Left on the Vine Unsold: As he hustled around a flatbed trailer parked along the road earlier this week, Will Ivancovich was abuzz during the first...
September 16, 2019
As Harvest Season Ramps Up, Napa Wineries Mindful of Carbon Dioxide Poisoning: Harvest season isn't just a hectic time for winemakers in the Napa Valley. It's also a busy stretch for wine country safety...
June 3, 2019
NAPA, Calif. (June 3, 2019) – Cooperages 1912 and the Boswell Family recently announced a $250,000 donation to Cal Poly’s new JUSTIN and J. LOHR Center for Wine and Viticulture.
“We have historically supported...
July 17, 2018
Napa's Duckhorn Wine Company announced this morning that it is purchasing Sonoma Pinot Noir powerhouse Kosta Browne Winery. Duckhorn will replace Kosta Browne's current stakeholders, the investment fund...
July 11, 2018
Hybrid grapes don't get much love. France bans them in classified wines, except for Baco Noir in Armagnac distillation. Austria permits their use in the making and selling Uhudler wines in Sudburgenland...
May 7, 2018
Concern over Accurate Labeling Grows
Despite decades in which California wine producers have sadly, yet legally and profitably labeled their products as "Champagne," and "Port," advocates of what a geographical...
January 4, 2018
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December 12, 2017
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