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The Most Searched-For Cabernet Sauvignon
It’s a well-worn axiom that Cabernet is king in California, but the real truth is that when it comes...
Wine Sellers Push to Allow Shipments Across the Border
If a New York connoisseur wants a bottle of wine from a Central California or Oregon vineyard, he or she can have it shipped without any trouble....
A Foot in Two Industries: How Wine and Weed Cross-Pollinate
Cannabis has long been grown in the shadows, under the canopies of the Emerald Triangle, while wine grapes were grown in the neighboring counties...
Farmland Values in the Central San Joaquin Decline in 2016 as Crop Prices Tumble
The value of farmland in the central San Joaquin Valley cooled for some crops as prices for several high-flying commodities...
French Wine Capitalizing on U.S. Drinking Trends: Major trends in the U.S. wine market including premiumization, sparkling wine, and rosé play to the strengths of French wine leading to a 14.2% value growth,...
Jackson Building a New Winery in Oregon: Jackson Family Wines is building a new winery in Oregon from scratch to help cope with its substantially increased vineyard holdings in the state...
Wine & Weed Symposium 2017: Strange Bedfellows or Opportunity Knocking?: Garnering attention from such disparate online news sources such as Forbes, The Emerald Report and Homeschooling Guys, Wine Industry...
Wines You Can't Find Anywhere Else: Restaurants and bars are increasingly turning to a new method to provide unique, hyper-exclusive experiences: they're commissioning their own custom wines...
Californians Holding Breath as More Storms Loom: California water officials are frantically releasing water today from the Oroville Dam, located about 75 miles north of Sacramento, as concerns remain about...
Preliminary Winegrape Crush Report Is 4.0 Million Tons: The California Department of Food and Agricultures Preliminary Grape Crush Report for 2016 has been released. It is a critical barometer for the...
