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Cult Cabs: Why Screaming Eagle Fetches Top Dollar
The shock lingered with the crowd under the white tent at Auction Napa Valley, well after the...
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Close Calls as 44 Best of Class Wines Clash in Dan Berger’s International Wine Competition Sweepstakes
As we gathered for the judging of the sweepstakes...
We all love a good story, and the wine business has long recognized the need of good stories to sell wine. Stories differentiate wineries in the stories plot, persona, and person.
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Can-Do Attitude: Avoiding Pitfalls with Canned Wine
Winemakers discuss tips and best practices for packaging wine in the new format…
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Domestic Rosé Gaining Market Share from French
The rosé trend still shows no sign of slowing with its third consecutive year with over fifty percent...
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The World’s Most Wanted Napa Wines
It’s that time of year again, when we round up the “who’s who?” of the wine world....
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Lasers Battle Birds in Sonoma County Vineyard
Scarecrows, raptors and robotic facsimiles, propane cannons, reflective flags, netting – farmers...
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U.S. Premium Wine Rides on Household Wealth Boom, but ‘Headwinds’ Are Gaining, Says Wells Fargo Economist
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Concern over Accurate Labeling Grows
Despite decades in which California wine producers have sadly, yet legally and profitably labeled their products as "Champagne," and "Port," advocates of what a geographical...
Gallo Acquires Rancho Real Vineyard
An affiliate of E. & J. Gallo Winery announced today it has purchased Rancho Real Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley appellation of Santa Barbara County...
From Petaluma Gap to the Sonoma Valley, Wine Appellations Baffle Some
Wine shoppers looking for a wine to have with dinner face an often bewildering array of label information. There is the winery name,...
Measure C, the “Napa County Watershed and Oak Woodland Protection Initiative,” is a deeply-flawed, confusing and anti-agricultural land use Initiative that will appear on the June ballot throughout Napa...
Wine Experts Warn of Growing Anti-Alcohol Sentiment and Aging Boomers
The industry has been riding on the "wine is good for you" trend since the early 1990s, but "negative" press about alcohol is growing,...
Napa County is the wine-producing haven it is today because of forward-looking protections put in place by local leaders half a century ago. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Napa County’s Agricultural...
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Napa County Winegrape Value Hits Record $750M with Big Cabernet Sauvignon Jump
Napa County’s winegrape harvest last year hit a new record...
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Fervent Bidding Results in a Record-Breaking Sonoma County Barrel Auction
A record-setting $840,700 was raised today, up six percent over the previous...
