New website, expanded membership program, and refreshed brand identity mark the next chapter for the family-owned winery
September 15, 2026 (Melba, ID) — Rock Spur, a family-owned winery producing...
Twelve years of celebrating the NW cider community
June 27, 2025 (Portland, OR) — The Northwest Cider Association announces the winners of the 2025 Northwest Cider Cup Awards, the most prestigious...
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...
The Ups and Downs of the 2019 Global Bulk Wine Market: In anticipation of the World Bulk Wine Exhibition (WBWE) in Amsterdam this coming December 2-3, the California-based global wine and grape broker,...
Sonoma County Wineries Continue the Grape Harvest Using Backup Power: Regional wineries have ramped up emergency plans for PG&E's scheduled power outage Wednesday by securing generators and electricians...
Ancient Grape DNA Tells the Prolific History of Wine: Grape seeds dating back to medieval and Roman periods share many similarities with the wine grapes we enjoy today...
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Gallo’s Premium Business Now 30% of Turnover
Speaking to Drinks Business in California, Edouard Baijot MW, E & J Gallo’s regional fine...
Important Crush Report May Be Impacted by Government Shutdown: The ongoing federal government shutdown, which began Dec. 22, may soon affect a key program of great importance to winegrape growers. Thursday,...
Are Napa Valley Growers Smart to Rely so Heavily on Cabernet Sauvignon? : A panel of grape growing pundits held court last week during the Napa Valley Grapegrowers Rootstock trade show on the wisdom of...
Local Experts Weigh in on the State of the North Coast Wine Industry: What's been happening in the North Coast wine industry? Specifically developed to for wineries in Sonoma, Napa, Lake, and Mendocino...
Vineyard Worker Killed in Sonoma Valley Tractor Accident
A vineyard worker died Tuesday morning after being crushed while cleaning mower equipment in a Sonoma Valley vineyard, authorities said...
Fast-Rising Napa, Sonoma Winegrape Prices Spill Over into Central Coast, Oregon Vineyards
Sales figures that show a significant slowdown in U.S. wine sales and warnings about prices for higher-end wine...
Stay or Go?: Dilemma of Winery Founders in Mergers and Acquisitions
Whether a founder or owner of a wine brand stays on after an acquisition can depend on what has been sold...
Dan Berger: Red Wines Lean Heavily on Oak for Top-Scoring Flavors
Quiz question: What grape delivers wine aromas described as vanilla bean, cedar, smoke, bacon, chocolate, pipe tobacco, mocha and toa...
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Alcohol Will ‘Disappear’ Within a Generation, Claims Scientist
A neuropsycho pharmacologist, and the UK’s former chief drugs officer,...
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Four Ways to Make 2018 Better Than 2017 with Planning and Selling
Calendar says early December. Calendar says that there are two weeks before the...
