September 26, 2017
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Opus One Winery Fined for Accidental Grape Waste Discharge
Opus One Winery has agreed to pay nearly $12,000 for accidentally dumping an unknown...
September 14, 2017
Blame it on the scuppernong. A variety of the Muscadine, it’s not only the official fruit of North Carolina but the first grape cultivated in the United States. Indeed, the Mothervine in Manteo on Roanoke...
September 11, 2017
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Torrid Temperatures Shrivel California Wine Grapes to Raisins
Humans weren’t the only ones caught off guard and uncomfortable by the Bay Area’s...
February 1, 2017
The 9 Top Trends in Wine Consumption to Watch Right Now: For wine industry sleuths, observing and analyzing wine lifestyle behavior in America was once an easier exercise. Twenty years ago, baby boomers...
November 30, 2016
Vivino Announces Year’s Best Consumer Rated Wines: Vivino, the worlds most downloaded wine app and largest community of wine drinkers, today announced Vivinos 2017 Wine Style Award winners...
September 17, 2015
Smaller Producers Enjoy Significant Growth in U.S. Alcoholic Beverage Market: A just-released report analyzing the U.S. market for alcoholic beverages shows a notable lack of growth for the top producers,...
August 10, 2015
The world's priciest wine is...France's famous Burgundy region has a double reason to celebrate, with a rare vintage from the area emerging as the world's most expensive wine just after the region was...
August 7, 2015
Riedel Legal Threat to Hosemaster No Laughing Matter: Feeling safely protected by US libel law, Ron Washam has insulted people in the wine industry for years on his Hosemaster of Wine blog
March 2, 2015
Spadarotto named Coppola successor CEO: Steven Spadarotto moved from the helm of a major Napa Valley winery to became co-CEO of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola's resort, dining and most of his wine bus...
January 23, 2015
The $300,000 of world-class wine whisked away from a Yountville restaurant last month has been found in a private cellar in North Carolina but who took it remains a mystery...









