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Afternoon Brief, October 27
Dr. Laura Catena and Felicity Carter Uncork the Wine and Health Conversation at the 2026 Unified Symposium: The Unified Wine & Grape Symposium will tackle one of the industry’s most pressing topics:...
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Afternoon Brief, August 27
When Wine Stores Become Bars: In a time of challenging sales, brick-and-mortar wine stores are trying their hand at something new...
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Lava Cap Winery: Three Generations of Land-Driven Winemaking
Unearthing Lava Cap’s Tectonic Series August 27, 2025 (Placerville, CA) — In the El Dorado AVA, at the highest vineyard elevations of the Sierra Nevada foothills, the Jones family has built...
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Wines That Touch the Sky!
Taste New Heights In Wine with El Dorado’s Mountain Winemakers Sunday, June 1st from 1p.m. to 4 p.m. at the top of Sacramento’s Citizen Hotel, where the city meets the sky, take part in a next-level...
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El Dorado Passport Celebrates Its Mountain-Grown Wines on April 26-27
2025 Event To Feature 20+ El Dorado County Wineries on a Single Ticket March 4, 2025 (Placerville, CA) — The El Dorado Winery Association’s (EDWA) Passport returns for its 34th year on...
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Harvest Is Underway in the Mountain Vineyards of the El Dorado AVA
Weather coddled the vineyards in 2023; natural disasters are at bay. Placerville, El Dorado County, CA (September 14, 2023) – The harvest in El Dorado’s mountain terroir, with elevations from 1,100...
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Afternoon Brief, July 17th
Vino Farms Vineyard Management Company to Pay $1.4 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Worker Pay, Breaks: One of Sonoma County’s largest vineyard management companies has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle...
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Afternoon Brief, October 31st
The Lawrence Family and Carlton McCoy, Jr. Announce Acquisition of Bordeaux’s Château Lascombes to Portfolio Inbox: The Lawrence Family, owners of Napa Valley’s iconic Heitz Cellar and Managing Partner...
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El Dorado AVA 2022 Harvest - Expressive!
El Dorado County, Sierra Foothills, CA. (October 31, 2022) — While 2022 harvest reports are a thing of the recent past by North Coast and Central Coast standards, El Dorado AVA in the Sierra Foothills...
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Afternoon Brief, April 23
While Napa Cabernet Grapes Still in Demand, Sales Stall Elsewhere in California North Coast: Midway through spring, grape grower Andy Beckstoffer’s crews are on the watch for frost among the 4,000-plus...