California Winery Blames 'Smoke Taint' from Wildfires in Canceling Rogue Valley Grape Contracts: Dozens of vineyard owners in Southern Oregon's Rogue Valley region opened their mail on Sept. 22 to discover...
Sonoma County Wine Auction, Presented by Visa Signature, Breaks Records and Raises Over $5.7 Million at Annual Charitable Fundraising Event: The Sonoma County Vintners Foundation and George F. Hamel, Jr.,...
Vineyards in a Hurry to Harvest Grapes as Hurricane Florence Looms Closer: Grocery stores aren't the only places experiencing a rush before the storm, some wineries across central Virginia are hurrying...
California’s Edgiest, Riskiest Wine Region Is About to Get a New Name: The remote coastline of Sonoma never fails to impress. Chilly fog and wind roll in from the Pacific, covering ridges of towering redwoods...
Napa County Superior Court will consider whether Bremer Family Winery is a recalcitrant, rule-breaking rogue winery or the victim of a bad rap...
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Critic Wars: The Producer Strikes Back
Ever wondered what wine producers really think of critics? Read one irate summation of the state of wine...
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Cult Cabs: Why Screaming Eagle Fetches Top Dollar
The shock lingered with the crowd under the white tent at Auction Napa Valley, well after the...
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Pay-to-Play Schemes Keep TTB Busy
A host of so-called “pay-to-play” infractions have become one of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade...
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Washington State Reports Lighter Wine Grape Harvest, Excellent Quality in 2017
Washington State’s wine grape harvest totaled 227,000 tons...
Is Napa Running Out of Land for Vineyards?
When Xavier Cervantes was scouting properties in Napa, he looked in all the usual hallowed ground for vineyards: Oakville, Rutherford, Pritchard Hill...
