The Labeling Lies of Expensive Wines: The labels on more affordable wines can be more trustworthy than their pricey counterparts...
Eight Ways Wine Will Change in 2016: The impact of climate change and new technologies (like the ability to check wine prices on smartphones) are on my vinous radar for 2016...
Napa, Sonoma Struggle with Winery Events Rules: Napa and Sonoma counties are in the midst of reviewing how they handle rural winery projects amid increasingly vigorous opposition...
Wine Premiumization Trend Builds Through Thanksgiving: The latest off-premise report from Nielsen indicates that the premium wine segment continues to perform well with consumers trading up for the holidays...
Gallo to Acquire The Ranch Winery, Tripling Its Production Capacity in the Napa Valley: E.&J. Gallo Winery has agreed to acquire The Ranch Winery, a custom crush winery in St. Helena, California, located...
Is the Napa Valley Vine Trail Compatible with Growing Grapes? Whether the Napa Valley Vine Trail and farming are a good mix is a new question facing the county Board of Supervisors...
FEMA Releases Severe El Nino Disaster Response Plan For California, Arizona, Nevada: The FEMA Region 9 office, in Oakland, CA has established an El Niño task force charged with preparing the regional office...
Gallo Survey Finds That Today's Wine Drinkers Are Diverse with an Appreciation of New Offerings for More Occasions: Whether it's relaxing at home, dining out at a restaurant or celebrating with friends...
Canada and Mexico Given Approval to Implement Over $1 Billion in Damaging Tariffs on American Exports, Including Wine: The World Trade Organization announced today that it is authorizing Canada and Mexico...
North Coast Wineries See Opportunities, Challenges Ahead in 2016: The North Coast wine industry remains in a relatively strong position going into 2016 despite a much lighter grape harvest this year and...
