March 5, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Two ‘Second Acts’ in the Napa Valley Wine Industry: The Araujo and Krupp Families Napa Valley has changed. Just ask the Araujos and the...
March 1, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Washington State Reports Lighter Wine Grape Harvest, Excellent Quality in 2017 Washington State’s wine grape harvest totaled 227,000 tons in...
February 28, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Napa Expert Grim About the State and Direction of the Valley: ‘I Don’t See Any Hope’ Few people have spent more time thinking and writing about...
February 27, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Paradise Ridge Winery Faces Rebuild Challenges After Santa Rosa Fire If plans work out, visitors could start returning to Paradise Ridge Winery’s...
February 26, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Spirits and Bids High at 22nd Annual Premiere Napa Valley Wine professionals attending today’s sold-out Premiere Napa Valley raised their paddles...
February 23, 2018
Is Napa Running Out of Land for Vineyards?
When Xavier Cervantes was scouting properties in Napa, he looked in all the usual hallowed ground for vineyards: Oakville, Rutherford, Pritchard Hill...
February 22, 2018
Stay or Go?: Dilemma of Winery Founders in Mergers and Acquisitions
Whether a founder or owner of a wine brand stays on after an acquisition can depend on what has been sold...
February 15, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Barefoot Remains Top Brand: Wine Sales Rise 3% Barefoot remains the top-selling table wine brand as sales figures for January indicate steady growth...
February 14, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Silicon Valley Bank Predicts the US Wine Industry Is at the Tail End of a 20-Year Growth Period Silicon Valley Bank released its State of the Wine...
February 12, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Napa Grape Prices Up 11.5% Prices for red wine grapes from California rose 5.1% in 2017, compared to 2016, while white wine varieties dropped 3.6%...