March 8, 2022
Is Your Company Missing Out on a Billion-Dollar Opportunity in Cannabis?
—Kathleen Willcox
Business is booming in cannabis country. Sales of legal cannabis in the U.S. grew 40 percent in 2021 to $25 billion,...
August 17, 2021
The public is greatly encouraged to be a part of the planning for the future of weed cultivation in the County over the next three years
Sonoma County has been actively addressing the cannabis business...
August 6, 2021
Terry Wheatley, president of Vintage Wine Estates, delivers message of risk and success at Wine & Weed 2021
Terry Wheatley
“At the end of the day … Weed is not a threat.”
As the first woman to take...
August 4, 2021
UC Berkeley study shows limited risk from permitted cannabis farms, questions illegal growths
Legal cannabis grow farms represent just about 20 to 25 percent of total weed farms in California, according...
July 22, 2021
Barbara Barrielle
Three years ago, at the 2019 Wine Industry Network Wine & Weed Symposium, Clare Tooley, MW, found inspiration for her Masters of Wine final paper entitled, “An investigation into...
February 22, 2021
What Is Terroir?
As a wine-grape grower, winemaker and Humboldt born native, I have a more than passing interest in the idea of terroir. For me, it is the Holy Grail of the art and science of winemaking...
October 29, 2020
Cannabis-infused beverages are one of the most innovative and fastest-growing market segments within the cannabis industry. The segment shares the most in common with the wine industry consumption occasions,...
July 1, 2020
In 2019, the Santa Rosa Junior College initiated a hemp cultivation project at Shone Farm to specifically identify the best agronomic practices for cultivating hemp and understand the potential terpene...
November 27, 2019
Thanksgiving ‘Biggest Opportunity’ for Wine in US On-Trade Nielsen Shows: According to the Nielsen CGA Channel Strategy Report 2019 and Nielsen CGA On-Premise User Survey (OPUS) 2019, wine sales outperforms...
November 25, 2019
A Historic Harvest and a Changing Market: Napa's Growers Navigate Grape Glut: They're the classic drivers of any market: supply and demand. Experts say that unfavorable conditions in both have presented...
October 1, 2019
Located in the Petaluma Gap, Sonoma Hills Farm will usher in a new era by pioneering regulated craft cannabis cultivation in some of the world’s finest terroir
Petaluma, CA (October 1, 2019) – Marking...
September 4, 2019
Phylloxera Strikes Walla Walla Vineyards: The most feared grapevine pest phylloxera has been found for the first time in Washington's Walla Walla Valley. "It's here for sure, just like it's probably throughout...
August 26, 2019
Napa, CA – The Napa County Farm Bureau announced today their opposition to the Napa County Cannabis Regulation Initiative, slated to appear on the March 2020 primary ballot. Earlier this week, the...
August 15, 2019
Last week’s Third Annual Wine and Weed Symposium attracted a huge group of wine and cannabis professionals to the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country in Santa Rosa to learn about emerging trends in consumer...
August 14, 2019
While the 3rd Annual Wine & Weed Symposium offered ideas to both camps on how to work together, utilizing marketing strategies, and integrating more women into the ranks, the critical piece of information...
August 9, 2019
North Coast Wine Industry Finds Potential Cannabis Business Ventures Appealing: Last year when Francis Ford Coppola unveiled a cannabis product line to go with his wine and hospitality empire, the famed...















