October 24, 2017
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Amazon to Close Its Amazon Wine Marketplace
Amazon has built its reputation as the place to find everything. But when it comes to the highly government-regulated...
October 28, 2016
Bordeaux Court Deliberates on Fraud Case Involving More Than 1 Million Bottles of Wine: A Bordeaux judicial tribunal is weighing the fates of eight men accused of trying to pass off more than 1 million...
October 25, 2016
Delicato Family Vineyards Announce Bota Box Grows to 4 Million Cases: Delicato Family Vineyards announced today that Bota Box, the consumer-favorite eco-friendly wine producer of premium 3 and 1.5 liter...
September 14, 2016
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,...
July 6, 2016
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...
June 10, 2016
Wine Industry Is Changing; Joe Wagner Is the Face of Transformation: From 13,000 feet in the air, Joe Wagner looks out of a chartered jet and over the Pacific Coast...
June 7, 2016
Due to La Niña, Drought Could Get Worse This Winter: Last month, state water officials eased conservation mandates in response to slightly above-average winter rain and snow in much of California, leading...
May 6, 2016
Napa Locals Take Back a Winery: It seems that we are always hearing about small wineries being bought by larger wineries or companies...
April 22, 2016
California Drought Update; April Showers in NorCal; and La Niña Looms: With the formerly powerful El Niño event now fading in the tropical Pacific and most of California's traditional rainy season now...
April 20, 2016
Here Comes La Niña, Meteorologists Say: In the midst of a major El Nino, federal meteorologists say it's flip side, La Nina, is around the corner...