True Consumer Choice Beginning to Impact Alcoholic Beverage Industry: Cheryl Durzy, CEO and founder of Liberation Distribution (LibDib), thinks the time for real consumer choice in the alcoholic beverage...
What Do Winemakers Worry About? In Napa It's Not Wildfires: During a recent visit to Napa Valley I quizzed winemakers on the thing that they worry most about with regard to winemaking -- it's worth noting...
California Winery Blames 'Smoke Taint' from Wildfires in Canceling Rogue Valley Grape Contracts: Dozens of vineyard owners in Southern Oregon's Rogue Valley region opened their mail on Sept. 22 to discover...
Large Wineries Are Rejecting Smoke Exposed Lake and Mendocino County Grapes: Large wineries, most notably Constellation Brands and Treasury Wine Estates, are now exercising the option to skip a vintage...
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Protecting Vineyards in Fire-Ravaged Areas
Some of the blackened hills of the North Bay are sporting a light covering of green as new grasses push...
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E. & J. Gallo Winery Will Contribute $1 Million to Fire Recovery Effort and Will Match Employee Donation Two-for-One
Joseph E. Gallo, chief...
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Sonoma County Harvest Fair 2017 Winning Wines Announced
Sonoma County Harvest Fair is the largest regional wine competition in the United States....
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Pay-to-Play Scandal Exposed
Southern Glazer’s, the largest wine and spirits distributor in the United States, was fined $5 million last month...
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Napa Wine Merchant Accused of Fraud in Client’s Lawsuit
Bond investor Jeffrey Gundlach has filed suit against Soutirage for $1 million, accusing...
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Grapevine Scourge Has Returned to Temecula Valley’s Wine Country
The glassy-winged sharpshooter, a flying menace that devastated the Temecula...
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Red Blotch Rising
A new virus that started spreading across California vineyards – and the nation – in the 2000s is under investigation…
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Napa Kicks Off Another “Classic” Harvest
After nearly five years of drought made every Napa Valley harvest kickoff story complicated,...
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How an Important Central Coast Vineyard Fought Off the Alamo Fire
Two of the current wildfire season’s biggest blazes, the Alamo and Whittier...
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The One Shift in Thinking About Wine That Could Help Professionals Everywhere
It is not our job to drink wine. It is our job to sell wine, or write...
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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Napa County Wineries Face More Permit Scrutiny
After two years of discussion, the Napa County Board of Supervisors is this year developing changes...
