Age and Disease Threaten Burgundy Wine Shortage, Report Warns: Burgundy wines may become even more difficult to find because of vine disease and smaller harvests from ageing vineyards, according to a new...
Financial Crisis Led to 'Winemaker Freedom": The global financial crisis in 2008 was in some ways positive for winemakers as it gave them a sense of freedom according to Ted Lemon of California's Litt...
The biggest disruption to the American wine industry was Prohibition, which shut down some eighty percent of existing wineries in the period 1920-33. After the repeal, it took over 60 years for the number...
Wine Prices Could Go Up After California Wildfires Leave Tons of Grapes Unusable: California vineyards have been forced to throw away tons of grapes after they became unusable following wildfires that...
Details of Sonoma County’s Super Bowl Pledge Shrouded: The Press Democrat could not ascertain exactly how much three Sonoma County groups are spending on their Super Bowl promotional effort and other details...
Your Favorite Beer and Wine Brands May Soon Be Hidden at the Supermarket: If your drink of choice hails from a craft beer label or a small vineyard, you might soon have trouble finding it at the super...
Silicon Valley Bank Predicts 2016 Decline in Wine Consumption After Decades of Growth: Total and per-capita U.S. consumption to see first drop in more than 20 years; Domestic fine wine shows modest sales...
The Labeling Lies of Expensive Wines: The labels on more affordable wines can be more trustworthy than their pricey counterparts...
Eight Ways Wine Will Change in 2016: The impact of climate change and new technologies (like the ability to check wine prices on smartphones) are on my vinous radar for 2016...
Global Warming Creating New Cool Climate Regions: Climate change is widening the limits of the latitude or altitude at which wine grape growing is economically possible and creating new cool climate regions,...
