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Somm Struck Off over Tasting Leak
The man responsible for the cancellation and rescheduling of the Master Sommelier tasting test has still not been...
Who Leaked the Somms' Wine List? - This year's Master Sommelier Diploma Examination taste test has been controversially struck down amid suspicions of cheating by one of the Master Sommeliers overseeing...
Is it Taint, or Revenge? : Last month, the Oregon Winegrowers Association complained about a deceptive new wine label by California wine producer Joe Wagner, the creator of Meiomi Pinot Noir...
Grape Shortage Exacerbated as Growing Demand Collides with Bad Weather and Pests in the Mid-Atlantic: Kevin Atticks, the longtime executive director of the Maryland Wineries Association, has seen a rapid...
California Gold Goes Global: According to Liv-ex, the wider world is waking up to California ...
Carriers Trashing Wine Shipments
Some shipments of wine from New York are being confiscated and destroyed...
Fukushima’s Nuclear Signature Found in California Wine
The Japanese nuclear disaster bathed north America in a radioactive cloud. Now pharmacologists have found the telltale signature in California wine...
Relief as Napa Fire Risk Recedes: Napa Valley can breathe easier this weekend. The huge fire raging just outside the valley appears to be coming under containment, with no damage to wineries or vineya...
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French Police Seize 10 Chinese-Owned Vineyards in Bordeaux
French financial police have seized 10 wineries in the Bordeaux area which are owned...
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Wine and Weed Go to War in Oregon
Pot legalization has pitted a wine farmer against a weed farmer in an ugly, fragrant fight…
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Examining the Fallout from Napa’s Measure C
The last few months were witness to a hard-fought battle between two competing sides, neither...
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Napa’s Measure C Now Almost Certain to Fail
Measure C, also known as the Napa Oak Woodlands and Watershed Protection Initiative, came out of election...
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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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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...
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...
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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...
