September 26, 2024
September 25, 2024 — King Estate’s 2022 Inscription Pinot Noir is the #1 wine on Wine Enthusiast’s just-released (Sept. 25) Top 100 Best Buys list. This is the first time an Oregon Pinot Noir has made...
November 18, 2022
Flooding in South-East Australia Set to Hit Wine Production: Wine producers in south-east Australia have been taking stock of flood damage and some fear significantly reduced yields, although the total...
November 16, 2022
Wine Scientist Remanded in Custody: Australian wine scientist Simon Dillon has appeared in court on child sex charges...
November 16, 2022
November 16th – (Eugene, Ore.) – King Estate Winery in Eugene, Ore., has acquired longtime vineyard partner Pfeiffer Winery and Vineyards, a 70-acre site in nearby Junction City. The two wineries...
January 29, 2020
“It’s the right thing to do.”
With that, King Estate President and CEO Ed King has implemented a living wage policy for the winery’s 150-person staff. The policy for all staff to earn at least $15 an hour...
August 21, 2019
Aug. 21, 2019 (Eugene, OR) – King Estate is launching a new brand of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir called Inscription, created expressly to further showcase Oregon’s unique place among the world’s wines.
“It’s...
February 19, 2019
Oregon wineries band together to launch Rogue Valley wines with 100% of the net proceeds supporting stranded winegrowers; Oregon Governor Kate Brown Shows Support
March 1, 2019,...
July 10, 2018
Does Napa Valley have too much Cabernet? The question informed most of last month's Vineyard Economics Symposium...
May 24, 2017
The Role of Texture in Wine Packaging. The lab supervisor of a well-known Sonoma County winery approached me recently with a lovely bottle of Cote des Roses by producer Gerard Bertrand...
October 11, 2016
First Big Rains of Rain Season Heading Toward Napa: Napa County could soon get a wet wallop, but local grape growers and Safeway Open golf tournament officials expect to weather the blow...
October 7, 2016
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...
October 5, 2016
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,...
July 20, 2016
Thieves Take $55,000 in Wine from California Store: The South Bay's oldest wine seller is reeling after thieves broke in and made off $55,000 worth its priciest vintages...
March 17, 2015
Napa Winery Owner Involved in Suspected Murder-Suicide: A Napa Valley vineyard became a crime scene on Monday, as a business meeting ended with two men dead in an apparent murder-suicide over a loan gone...
February 10, 2015
The Preliminary California Grape Crush Report released today reveals the 2014 winegrape crush was down 7.9% to 3,910,178 from the 2013 record high winegrape crush of 4,245,852 tons...
October 14, 2014
Bulk wine market sluggish as 2014 harvest ends, says Ciatti:
As the 2014 harvest draws to a close, the bulk wine market remains sluggish, with plentiful stocks available in most markets, says the latest...














