February 14, 2018
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Silicon Valley Bank Predicts the US Wine Industry Is at the Tail End of a 20-Year Growth Period
Silicon Valley Bank released its State of the Wine...
February 8, 2018
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Sonoma, Napa Grape Growers Waiting to See How Vineyards Were Changed by Wine Country Wildfires
As he walks down a row of pruned zinfandel vines,...
December 7, 2017
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New Company Rapidly Changing How 3-Tier Alcohol Distribution Happens
The vast majority of wineries in the US produce less than 5,000 cases, and...
June 20, 2017
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No Simple Solutions for Sonoma’s Glut of Downtown Wine-Tasting Rooms
As summer heats up and more tourists come to Sonoma for wine-tasting, among...
May 25, 2017
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Wine Industry Racing to Meet $10–$20 a Bottle Demand
Consumer thirst for wines retailing for more than $10 a bottle is set to grow with California...
February 20, 2017
How Costco's Wine Guru Picks the 250 Labels That Will Sell $4 Billion a Year in Booze: There are almost 10,000 wineries in the United States alone, and there are 500 Costco warehouse stores in North America,...
February 15, 2017
Californians Holding Breath as More Storms Loom: California water officials are frantically releasing water today from the Oroville Dam, located about 75 miles north of Sacramento, as concerns remain about...
January 6, 2017
Napa Valley Vintner Debbie Lewis Dies at 72: Debbie Lewis was a perfect fit for wine. She grew up on a farm in California's Central Valley and worked in wine retail at one point. Later she married race-car...
October 19, 2016
Charles Smith Reshapes Washington Wine Industry: When Charles Smith makes a move, the earth moves. On Monday, a big "crack" was heard throughout the Washington wine industry when it was announced that...
September 2, 2016
Bulk Wine Now 38% of Global Wine Exports: The growing bulk wine category now accounts for 38.6% of global wine exports, with 39.49 million hectoliters exported around the world last year...