Are Napa, Sonoma Vineyards Getting too Pricey?
At a wine industry event about 10 years ago, there was a lot of discussion about top Napa Valley vineyards setting new records, with some selling for as...
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Restaurant Tables May Have Turned for Small Family Run Wineries
According to Nation’s Restaurant News, for chain restaurants May 2017 was...
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China’s Wine Imports Continue to Slide
The country’s bottled wine imports grew by 2.99% year-on-year in volume to 148.4 million litres...
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It’s What’s in the Bottle That Counts … Or Is It?
The lab supervisor of a well-known Sonoma County winery approached me recently with a lovely...
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Worker Killed in Fall at Sutter Home Winery in St. Helena
A worker installing refrigeration piping at Sutter Home’s Main Street facility in...
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The Most Searched-For Cabernet Sauvignon
It’s a well-worn axiom that Cabernet is king in California, but the real truth is that when it comes...
Is the US Wine Boom Over?: What if the 40-year-long US wine boom, which increased wine consumption threefold and turned that country into the world's biggest wine market, is over...
Another Outstanding Napa Valley Vintage Inspires Feverish Bidding at Premiere Napa Valley: Wines from the high quality but low yielding 2015 harvest took center stage at today's 21st annual Premiere Napa...
Powerful Friday Storm in Southern California; Warm & Wet Atmospheric River to Affect Oroville Dam Watershed Monday: California is currently experiencing one of its wettest winters on record. Precipitation...
Napa, Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon Winegrape Pricing Pushes North Coast to New Record: While North Coast winegrape tonnage last year came in slightly below average, the value of the regions 2016 crop hit...
