Global Wine Production: Northern Hemisphere Countries Suffer While Southern Hemisphere Winemakers Thrive: Bad weather conditions in the EU hampered wine production in 2021 but the southern hemisphere recorded...
Regenerative Viticulture Foundation Launches to Promote Soil Health Restoration: Witnessing the harm on viticulture from extreme weather and intensive farming, a new non-profit group - Regenerative Viticulture...
Truck Carrying Harvest Bins in Fatal Crash: A truck carrying winegrape harvest bins has been involved in an horrific crash on Kangaroo Island, killing the young driver...
California Growers Left High and Dry: Farmers in California's San Joaquin Valley got some bad news this week when they learned they will get 0 percent of the water this year normally expected from the...
Rabobank: Alcohol E-Commerce Sales Surpass $6 Billion in 2021, Will Continue to Grow: U.S. online alcohol sales reached $6.1 billion in 2021 with more growth expected in 2022, according to a report based...
Riboli Estates Group Acquires Jada Vineyard & Winery: Riboli Family Wines has announced the acquisition of Jada Vineyard & Winery in Paso Robles, California for an undisclosed amount...
Historic Merger in Champagne Creates Giant Group: The largest merger of the 21st century in Champagne was completed yesterday, and sees the creation of a new super cooperative group with the capacity to...
9th Annual WIN Expo Returns In-Person: After a two year hiatus, Wine Industry Network (WIN) hosted the 9th Annual North Coast Wine Industry Expo (WIN Expo) at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on December...
Dominus Estate Named Wine Spectator’s #1 Wine of the Year: Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, today announced Dominus Estate Napa Valley 2018 as the 2021 Wine of the Year...
As Restaurants Reopen, Sommeliers Re-Envision Wine Lists: Restaurants closed throughout much of 2020 when the novel coronavirus caused a series of lockdowns. To cover the costs of lost sales and in order...
Newest Approved AVA—Virginia Peninsula: The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) had officially given its blessing to the Virginia Peninsula American Viticultural Area (AVA), which includes five...
How Napa's Cakebread Winery Absolved Itself of Starting One of California's Most Destructive Fires: An electric fence at a vineyard was suspected of sparking the 2020 Glass Fire. So the winery commissioned...
Permit Sonoma Leads “Visioning” Sessions for Cannabis Regulation: Sonoma County has been actively addressing the cannabis business since the legalization of recreational use. The County’s Board of Supervisors...
Gen-X Back in Wine's Good Books: After years of talk about getting Millennials into wine, the industry might have to look again at other demographics...
Bad Year Turns Good for California: It's been a year to forget, but the future looks brighter for grapegrowers...
The HENRYs Offer the Greatest Opportunity for the Wine Sector in 2021: Damien Wilson, Ph.D, The Hamel Family Faulty Chair of Wine Business at Sonoma State, is never boring. That bodes well for his students,...
