September 22, 2025
Boutique Craft Meets Scalable Innovation
September 22, 2025 (Monterey County, CA) — Scheid Family Wines, a leader in Monterey County winegrowing, has expanded its Custom Crush and Winemaking Services,...
September 12, 2025
First Place and People’s Choice accolades highlight eco-friendly Frugal Bottle design
September 12, 2025 (Monterey County, CA) — Scheid Family Wines is proud to announce that one of its latest...
March 5, 2020
Finger Lakes, Livermore Valley, Monterey County and Seneca Lake join global coalition to protect wine place names and eliminate all barriers to trade in wine
WASHINGTON – The Wine Origins Alliance...
October 9, 2018
'Smoke Taint' Worries Rile Northern California Growers as Wine Grapes Rejected After Summer Wildfires: Major Lake County wine grape grower and vintner Clay Shannon plans to crush about 6,000 tons of grapes...
August 30, 2017
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Digging Deeper in Pay-for-Play Scandal
In going through the 2014 Pennsylvania Ethics Commission report that sparked a federal investigation, I got...
June 29, 2017
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Wine Executive Charles Banks Sentenced to Four Years for Fraud
Wine executive Charles Banks was sentenced to four years in federal prison yesterday...
November 1, 2016
Winery Association Leaders Converge in Washington, D.C. for Inaugural Conference: "You can't find a successful wine region that doesn't have a strong winery association tied to it." So proclaims George...
August 24, 2016
Deeper Irrigation Method Showing Promise for Vineyards: A new subsurface irrigation system is showing promise for slashing water usage in vineyards...
August 1, 2016
Unfair Competition in the Wine Industry: California counties are increasingly using California's Unfair Competition Law to bring government enforcement actions against local businesses for myriad reas...
July 29, 2016
Innovative Wine Industry Veteran Phil Hurst Announces Changes at Truett-Hurst, Inc.: Phil Hurst, Co-Founder and President and CEO of Truett-Hurst, Inc., announced today that the VML tasting room and ultra-premium...









