Tag: Mondavi
Afternoon Brief, February 19
Fire gutted a vineyard barn in southern Napa on Tuesday night, destroying 11 vehicles, Cal Fire reported. The blaze at Hyde Vineyards on Old Sonoma Road destroyed a pickup, two cars, two tractors, one forklift and five ATVs...
Afternoon Brief, November 18
Winemaker Without Vines in View as Treasury Emulates Coke:
Many vintners would love to own enough wine country to cover Manhattan twice over. Not Treasury Wine Estates, maker of $850-a-bottle Penfolds Grange...
Afternoon Brief, October 30
World Champion San Francisco Giants Take the 2014 World Series, Celebrate With Mumm Napa Sparkling Wine:
The San Francisco Giants have won the 110th World Series and once again have celebrated in the club house with Mumm Napa as they did during the 2010 and 2012 World Series Championships...
Afternoon Brief, October 10
California aquifers contaminated with billions of gallons of fracking wastewater:
Industry illegally injected about 3 billion gallons of fracking wastewater into central California drinking-water and farm-irrigation aquifers, the state found after the US Environmental Protection Agency ordered a review of possible contamination...
Afternoon Brief, October 6
Ancient Grape ‘Solution’ to Climate Change:
Wine cooperative Plaimont may have found a solution to a demand for less alcoholic reds from hot wine regions - an ancient grape currently known as Pedebernade 5...
Afternoon Brief, October 3
Harvey Posert Jr., the Man Behind Robert Mondavi’s Message, Dies at 84:
Harvey Posert Jr., a career professional in public relations who was one of the leading figures behind the scenes in California wine's success over the past 40 years, died early on Oct. 3 at St. Helena Hospital...
Afternoon Brief, October 2
Winery Worker Killed in Vineyard Accident:
A French winery worker has died after being run over by a harvesting machine. The 54 year-old male died instantly yesterday morning at Le Flaudrie in the municipality of Réparsac in Frances south-west...
Afternoon Brief, August 25
Scientists: Napa quake should be a ‘wake-up call’:
The earthquake that struck Napa County early Sunday could have been much larger, scientists said, given the track record of the fault that most likely caused the shaking...
Charles Krug Winery teams with Morton’s and Mastro’s Restaurant groups Raises $500,000...
Celebrating its 12th anniversary, the annual Make-A-Wish® Foundation fundraising dinners hosted by Morton’s and Mastro’s Restaurant groups and Charles Krug’s Peter Mondavi Jr. have...
Afternoon Brief, June 19
Economics driving California wineries to Pacific NorthWest:
Speculation creeps into the conversation every time a large California winery snaps up a smaller operation and sets up shop in Oregon or Washington: The big outfits figure climate change eventually will make California too hot and dry to grow premium wine grapes, so they are moving to better conditions in the Pacific Northwest...
Afternoon Brief, April 4
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Silverado Premium Properties & Winegrowers Sold to TIAA-CREF
Only the best of corporate transitions can go so smoothly that no...
Afternoon Brief, April 3
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Truett-Hurst inks $750,000 gift-basket deal
Truett-Hurst Inc. (Nasdaq: THST), wrapped up a wine-supply agreement with a Fullerton company that has...
Afternoon Brief, Dec. 12
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North Coast Wine Industry Expo Welcomes Over 3000 Attendees in Second Year
The Wine Industry Network (WIN) today announced that the 2nd annual North Coast...
Afternoon Brief, Nov. 7
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Rotting Grapes From Bordeaux to Burgundy Cut French Wine Outlook
France cut its outlook for wine production for a fourth time after botrytis rot...
Afternoon Brief, Nov. 5
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America's Most-Searched-For Grape Varieties
New Wine-Searcher analysis reveals which varieties are most popular. Red Bordeaux blends are the most searched-for wines in the U.S., accounting...
