March 26, 2015
Napa murder-suicide leaves fate of winery, lawsuits in question: Dahl Vineyards is being evicted from its Yountville home, a week after proprietor Robert Dahl shot an investor to death with a silencer-equipped...
March 23, 2015
Parker: High Wine Prices Creating 'Caste System': The high prices set by famous wine estates is shutting people out of the market and creating a caste system of wine, according to Robert Parker, who also...
March 17, 2015
Napa Winery Owner Involved in Suspected Murder-Suicide: A Napa Valley vineyard became a crime scene on Monday, as a business meeting ended with two men dead in an apparent murder-suicide over a loan gone...
March 13, 2015
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California No Longer Copying Europe
Californian winemakers may be attempting to emulate the quality of Europe’s great wines, but not the flavours,...
March 12, 2015
Sonoma County Vintners Announce Wine Lots for Inaugural Barrel Auction: The Sonoma County Vintners invites members of the licensed wine trade to preview the never before, never again limited production...
March 5, 2015
Critic 'Champagne Jayne' facing fresh court battle over name: A trademark dispute between France's Champagne trade body and the critic known as 'Champagne Jayne' is set to return to court after the two...
March 4, 2015
Napa County may toughen code enforcement for wineries with "wall of shame": Napa County is looking for ways to make certain the rules it painstakingly crafts, from visitation caps for individual wineries...
February 27, 2015
Australian winemaker Treasury Wine Estates returns to profit: One of the world's biggest publicly-listed winemakers, Australia's Treasury Wine Estates has returned to profit in the six months to December,...
February 11, 2015
The Wine Market Council presented their 10th annual report on U.S. wine consumer trends...
February 3, 2015
Basketball's Tim Duncan Suing Terroir Founder Charles Banks:
NBA star alleges he was misled on winery fund and other investments; Banks denies all claims...
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...
January 22, 2015
Wine Industry Advisor had an informal chat with Carolyn Stark to learn more about who she is and what perspective she brings to Sonoma County Vintners...
January 20, 2015
Napa's Next Cult Cab Waiting in the Wings: What's the next Napa cult wine? That question may be answered next month at Premiere Napa Valley. Last year, 11 Napa wines sold for more than $1000 a bottle at...
January 15, 2015
American wineries increased the dollar value of their direct-to-consumer shipments by an unprecedented 15.5% in 2014, with an equally record-breaking increase in the volume of those shipments...
December 17, 2014
Bulk wine shipping and New World plantings to slow, says Rabobank: Shipping wine in bulk is set to slow, while New World plantings are also declining that's according to Rabobank's recently published World...
December 16, 2014
Treasury Wine Estates looks to America for growth: Treasury Wine Estates is considering acquiring a United States business to give it access to a sustainable supply of quality grapes, as part of the company's...














