June 13, 2018
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Napa’s Watershed C Vote at a Standstill
Poor voter response, mail-in ballots and bureaucracy stall a decision on a major agricultural provision…
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May 21, 2018
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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...
May 11, 2018
Small Wineries Hoping for Tax Cuts Face Massive Tax Hikes Instead
Last year's big tax bill included excise-tax cuts for American wineries, but an error means many now face a potential tax hike...
April 9, 2018
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Battle for Napa Valley’s Future: Proposed Curb on Vineyards Divides County
Fifty years ago Monday, Napa County passed an ordinance that has defined...
April 6, 2018
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Bordeaux Wine Firm Found Guilty of Fraud
A judge ruled that Grands Vins de Gironde illegally blended cheap table wines with premium Bordeaux…
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March 5, 2018
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Two ‘Second Acts’ in the Napa Valley Wine Industry: The Araujo and Krupp Families
Napa Valley has changed. Just ask the Araujos and...
March 1, 2018
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Washington State Reports Lighter Wine Grape Harvest, Excellent Quality in 2017
Washington State’s wine grape harvest totaled 227,000 tons...
January 30, 2018
In the 40-plus years since Alex and Louisa Hargrave planted and founded Long Island’s first commercial vineyard and winery in 1973, the region has fought hard, vintage by vintage, to earn its reputation...
January 17, 2018
Pioneering winemakers from all over the worlds helped to shape the Finger Lakes into a modern region. These founding winemakers began growing vinifera and raised the quality of wine, and that in turn attracted...
January 8, 2018
It is impossible to begin to talk about the current winemaking scene in the Finger Lakes without covering its immensely important influence on the national winemaking scene. The Finger Lakes is not the...