California Vintners Grapple with New State Law on Worker Payments: Vintners are still grappling with a new state law that mandates additional pay provisions if they compensate employees by how much they...
Here Comes La Niña, Meteorologists Say: In the midst of a major El Nino, federal meteorologists say it's flip side, La Nina, is around the corner...
North Coast Grape Acreage Losing Ground: Vineyard acreage declined slightly across much of the North Coast in 2015 for the second consecutive year, with dips in Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino counties offset...
Best North Coast Wines Determined at North Coast Wine Challenge: The judges of the North Coast Wine Challenge sipped their way through more than 1,050 wines at the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country Hotel in Santa...
Marin County Man Charged with Embezzling From Napa Winery: A Marin County man was arrested for allegedly embezzling nearly $30,000 from a Napa winery, according to court documents...
Winery Projects Sugarloaf and Bordigioni Rise on Highway 12 Near Oakmont: Along a stretch of state Highway 12 at Oakmont Drive, the frame of a large production facility is rising out of a large dirt field...
Another Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Egg Mass Discovered in Napa: For the second time this spring, the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner's Office discovered a viable glassy-winged sharpshooter egg mass...
Sale of Napa’s Prisoner Signals Change in Wine Markets: Beverage giant Constellation Brands has announced that it will purchase Napa Valley's Prisoner Wine Co. for approximately $285 million...
Constellation Buys the Prisoner Wine Company for $285 Million: Less than a year after buying Meiomi, the company sees potential in the red blend Dave Phinney created...
French Winemakers Hijack Spanish Wine Tankers on Motorway: French winemakers have sent tens of thousands of litres of Spanish wine gushing onto the motorway in southern France, in protest at mass produced...
