July 6, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Constellation Paid $60 Million for Napa Cabernet Star Schrader Cellars Wine Spectator has learned that Constellation Brands paid approximately $60...
June 30, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Another Oregon Winery Plucked by a California Estate A boutique, family-owned California winery has acquired an Oregon counterpart, the latest deal...
June 28, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Researchers Working to Manage Grapevine Virus Grapevines in the WSU Prosser vineyard have been infected with a virus that causes grapes and grape...
June 27, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: 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...
June 26, 2017
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 much...
June 22, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Increased Competition for Labor Leaves Wine Hanging The numbers don’t lie: there has been a steady loss off immigrant labor back across the...
June 20, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: No Simple Solutions for Sonoma’s Glut of Downtown Wine-Tasting Rooms As summer heats up and more tourists come to Sonoma for wine-tasting, among...
June 20, 2017
When one brings up the concept of terroir—a French wine term used to describe a wine's "sense of place"—you realize the importance that extraordinary vineyard soils have on producing truly exceptional...
June 19, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Constellation Buys Napa Cabernet Star Schrader Cellars Drinks giant Constellation Brands has purchased Napa Valley cult winery Schrader Cellars,...
June 16, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Here’s How Big Wine Gets to Avoid Environmental Rules in Napa In 2006, Napa County officials issued a permit for The Caves at Soda Canyon,...