Global Wine Output Subdued by Climate Shocks: Global wine production rose slightly in 2025, but output remained below average for a third consecutive year as vineyards faced extreme and volatile weather,...
The falcon fright kite is a proven performer in repelling pest birds from vineyards. Replicating a true falcon in almost every way, birds see the kite from a long way off and divert their flight path....
Pickett Fire May Have Ignited During Set-Up of Unauthorized Wedding at Napa Winery: Cal Fire is investigating whether the 6,800-acre Pickett Fire was caused by an outdoor fireplace at Hundred Acre Wines...
Paris Cafés Caught Cheating Tourists with Cheap Wine: Restaurants and bistros in the French capital are serving lower-quality wine by the glass while charging for premium labels, an investigation has...
Raising Glass' Ceiling: Drinks Brands Look Again as Emissions Targets Bite: As drinks brands work to cut emissions, glass has felt the heat, with interest rising in alternatives. But proponents argue glass,...
Could a Pink Powder Sabotage California Wine's Organic Goals? Firefighters battling the Los Angeles blaze are dropping a pink, powdered flame-retardant from planes in a bid to contain the disaster. But...
Large California Wine Producer Files for Bankruptcy, to Sell Assets: Vintage Wine Estates (VWE.O), one of the largest U.S. wine producers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, citing overexpansion,...
Why 'Regenerative Viticulture' Is Gaining Ground Among Major Wine Producers: Moët Hennessy, Jackson Family Wines and Torres are adopting a ‘regenerative’ approach to viticulture – but what does it involve,...
Redefining the Definition of Balanced Wine: Talking about “balanced wine” used to be perfectly acceptable—until about ten years ago, when the term suddenly became politicized...
Every year in California alone, vintners and farmers lose millions of dollars to birds feeding on their grapes, seeds, and crops. Veraison is a particularly difficult time for vineyards. Grapes are at...
Why X Marks the Spot for Selling Wine - Generation X, the most infamously pilloried and self-deprecating population cohort the world has known since it started naming generations, may finally get its due...
One of a vineyard manager’s worst early morning sights is walking among their vineyard and finding fruit damaged by birds. To combat this force of nature, growers have traditionally tried expensive and...
Sitting with friends in Healdsburg in 2015, Roger Snow had an epiphany. Birds were all over the area, when suddenly two red-tailed hawks flew over. Birds darted away, heading for safety. The seed was sown...
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2016 Bordeaux: Wine Futures Prices and Analysis
Bordeaux’s en primeur campaign is officially under way. Now that the wines have been presented...
The practice of controlling nuisance birds in vineyards or other open spaces where they can wreak havoc to business is nothing new. In fact, companies have been attempting to address the problem for decades...
Sonoma’s ‘Worst Road’ Gets a Winery: It took a four-and-a-half-hour meeting, over 20 public speakers and sometimes testy exchanges between county officials, but on Tuesday the Board of Supervisors voted...
