Smokey Summers a Winner for Wine Critics: California's ongoing worst wildfires ever will not affect the 2018 vintage, which is now in tanks and barrels. In fact, California's wines are better off than...
DTC Channel Goes Mainstream: Direct shipping of wine is now mainstream in much of the United States. Last year, volume of direct-shipped wine was up 15.3% to 5.78 million cases, with consumer spending...
10 Timeless Lessons About Business from the Founders of the Biggest Wine Brand in America: Last month I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, the founders of the world's...
Jackson Family Wines Partners with Breakthru Beverage Canada: Jackson Family Wines is establishing a new sales partnership with Breakthru Beverage Canada, transitioning part of its sales operation to the...
Napa Vineyard Worker Killed After Being Crushed by Forklift: A Napa vineyard worker was killed Monday afternoon after he was ejected from the forklift he was driving and the machine fell on top of him,...
Running Winery Associations from the East Coast to the West Coast: Meet Morgen McLaughlin: Running a wine association takes a tireless multi-tasker. The job is a combination of strategy, business development,...
Paul Hobbs Solidifies Position in the Sonoma Coast Acquiring Goldrock Ridge Vineyard: Winemaker Paul Hobbs has acquired the 42 acre Goldrock Ridge Vineyard, located in the northwest corner of the "true"...
El Niño or La Niña: California Unprepared for Both: With El Niño we were told California's drought would be washed away. That didn't happen...
Two Buck Chuck Is Being Discontinued, and You Can Blame That Fake Huffpo Viral Story: Things haven't always gone well for Charles Shaw, the man behind the bargain booze known as Two Buck Chuck ...
Unimpressive El Niño Leaves California in Water Limbo: The rain storms and blizzards that were supposed to come with El Niño were conspicuously non-biblical in California this winter, leaving the state...
El Niño’s Long-Awaited Grand Performance Is on Its Way to California
: After a crushingly dry February, it looks as if early to mid-March is likely to bring California some of the serious moisture it needs...
El Niño Heads Back to California This Week After Hiatus: El Niño storms could blanket central and northern California this week following a mostly February dry spell, according to meteorologist Terry Snow...
Direct Wine Shipments to Consumers Grow 4X Faster than Wine Retail Market in 2015: In the United States, 43 out of the 50 states allow direct shipment of wine to consumers, and these consumers continue...
Enhanced El Niño Storm Track Has Finally Emerged; Active Pattern Likely Throughout California Next 2-3 Months: Over the past two weeks, a series of strong and moist storm systems have brought wet and occasionally...
Kendall-Jackson Wine Maker Buys Former Evergreen International Headquarters: The company behind Kendall-Jackson wines is buying more property in Oregon wine country after winning an auction for the former...
Could Drinking Red Wine Lead to Better Sex? Good news, wine-loving dudes a new study out of Harvard University and the University of East Anglia found that consuming foods and drinks rich in flavonoids,...
