October 16, 2017
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Fires Won’t Destroy California Wine Industry
Fires are still burning in northern California as you read this, and people’s homes are...
September 13, 2017
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Napa Supervisors Agree on New Winery Rule-Breaker Policies
Napa County supervisors are almost finished sharpening rules to deal with rural winery...
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...
June 27, 2017
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The One Shift in Thinking About Wine That Could Help Professionals Everywhere
It is not our job to drink wine. It is our job to sell wine, or write...
June 12, 2017
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Constellation Brands Has Better Options Than Rumored Brown-Forman Deal
Earlier this week, Brown-Forman was rising on news Constellation Brands wanted...
January 30, 2017
Is the Intelligent Vineyard the Future of Winegrape Growing?: Phil Asmundson is by no means a veteran viticulturist, but a half-dozen years ago, after watching his wife and business partner, Kim, augering...
January 16, 2017
Sustainable Sonoma Wine Could Fetch $7-a-Bottle More, Survey Says: U.S. wine consumers are willing to pay more for wine - up to several dollars more per bottle - produced using "sustainable" practices,...
December 29, 2016
10 Timeless Lessons About Business from the Founders of the Biggest Wine Brand in America: Last month I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, the founders of the world's...
December 19, 2016
World Politics Could Sour the Cost of Wine: Mixing the world of politics and wine might be a bit like oil and water for some readers. But there comes a point, and it could come soon, that politically-based...
December 15, 2016
Winery Social Media Software VinTank Returns Under Avero Ownership: Five months since the shuttering of a Napa Valley-based VinTank software service that helped pioneer winery social media management,...