Politicians Are Quietly Creating a New Route for Restaurants to Sell Wine: Working Lunch: It's an often-overlooked channel with plenty of room for growth, according to a lobbyist in the trenches...
California's Wildfires and the Complexities of Wine in America
The fires that ravaged Northern California have provided an opportunity to see the reality behind our romantic visions of wine country.....
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Digging Deeper in Pay-for-Play Scandal
In going through the 2014 Pennsylvania Ethics Commission report that sparked a federal investigation, I got...
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Some U.S. States Are Cracking Down on Interstate Direct-To-Consumer Wine Shipping
According to ShipCompliant by Sovos, at over $2 billion in 2016...
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Artificial Intelligence Boosts Wine’s Bottom Line
South Australian tech firm Ailytic has developed an artificial intelligence program to significantly...
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California Association of Winegrape Growers Foundation Awards $30,000 in Student Scholarships
The California Association of Winegrape Growers Foundation...
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...
A Woman's Death Sorting Grapes Exposes Italy's "Slavery"
Her husband can still recall how Paola Clemente used to set two alarms to make sure she woke in the middle of the night - 1:50 a.m. - to catch...
We Know What We Don't Know About Wine's Future
According to Lee Hannah and Terra Alpaugh, "Everything You Know About Wine is Wrong." That is the title of their Wine Economics Working Paper #204...
Crimson Wine Group Buys Historic Blocks of Seven Hills Vineyard: Casey McClellan planted Merlot in the original Seven Hills Vineyard in 1982 and his family shared in its ownership for years while his winery...
Sonoma County Vintners Announces Community Connection Initiative: Sonoma County Vintners Executive Director Jean Arnold-Sessions today announced the organization's "Community Connection" initiative...
Neither Chinese Nor Americans Are Taking Over French Vineyards: A French study finds that just 2 percent of the nations vines are owned by foreign investors...
Willamette Valley Vineyards Files Lawsuit Over Pinot Noir Killed by Drifting Pesticides: Oregon winery Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVV) has filed a lawsuit seeking damages for the loss of nearly 13 tons...
Militant French winemakers strike social security building:
Vandals claiming allegiance to the French militant winemaker group Comite d'Action Viticole have attacked social security offices in Languedoc...
Wineries See Challenges and Opportunities in Expanding Market for Beer, Cider, and Distilled Spirits: A recent article in the business section of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat has depicted the California...
Former Napa Wine Executive Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion Scheme:
Martin Christopher Edwards of the Wine Tasting Network was sentenced Tuesday to 33 months in prison for his involvement in an embezzlement...
