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Afternoon Brief, April 26

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Fast-Rising Napa, Sonoma Winegrape Prices Spill Over into Central Coast, Oregon Vineyards Sales figures that show a significant slowdown in U.S. wine sales and warnings about prices for higher-end wine getting ahead of demand in recent months have been sobering. But experts say the thirst for better-quality wine is growing, as is the willingness to pay more for it...

CAWG Statement on Pierce’s Disease Control Program Funding

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SACRAMENTO, July 3, 2017 – The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) has issued the following statement: Gov. Jerry Brown on June 27 signed the...

Afternoon Brief, March 15

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French Wine Capitalizing on U.S. Drinking Trends: Major trends in the U.S. wine market including premiumization, sparkling wine, and rosé play to the strengths of French wine leading to a 14.2% value growth, surpassing runner-up New Zealand at 13.7%, to claim the highest import growth by nation over the past 52 weeks according to Nielsen data*...

Afternoon Brief, December 27

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Trinchero Family Estates Announces Purchase of the Five Rivers Winery Facility in Paso Robles AVA: Trinchero Family Estates (TFE) today announced its purchase of the Five Rivers Winery facility in located in the Paso Robles AVA. TFE purchased the site from Fetzer Vineyards, who has owned it since 2000...

Afternoon Brief, November 11

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This Algorithm’s Taste in Wine Is Better Than Yours: So, you want to buy a bottle of wine. You sort of know what you like-bold reds, crisp whites-but not much more than the names of a few grapes...

Afternoon Brief, October 18

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EPA Honors Jackson Family Wines with Green Power Leadership Award: Jackson Family Wines announced today that it has received a 2016 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

Afternoon Brief, May 13

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Irrigation Method Can ‘Trick’ White Grapes: Washington State University scientists believe they have discovered a sweet spot for irrigating white wine grapes...

Afternoon Brief, April 14, 2016

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Best North Coast Wines Determined at North Coast Wine Challenge: The judges of the North Coast Wine Challenge sipped their way through more than 1,050 wines at the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country Hotel in Santa Rosa Tuesday in a quest to uncover the best wines grown on the North Coast, one of the state's premier wine-growing regions...

Afternoon Brief, April 1

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Two Buck Chuck Is Being Discontinued, and You Can Blame That Fake Huffpo Viral Story: Things haven't always gone well for Charles Shaw, the man behind the bargain booze known as Two Buck Chuck ...

Afternoon Brief, February 12

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Sonoma County Winegrowers Learn How to Combat Pierce’s Disease at Shone Farm Workshop: Thousands of Sonoma County vines have been pulled out and replanted over the past two years, thanks to an outbreak of Pierce's disease given a boost by the recent string of warmer winters, growers and vineyard managers learned at a workshop Thursday on combating the disease...

Afternoon Brief, January 8

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Napa and Sonoma Vintners See a Surge in Vine-Killing Pierce's Disease: Thousands of vines were uprooted in 2015, raising fears that warm weather is allowing the disease to spread...

Afternoon Brief, December 4

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North Coast Wineries See Opportunities, Challenges Ahead in 2016: The North Coast wine industry remains in a relatively strong position going into 2016 despite a much lighter grape harvest this year and persistent environmental concerns, especially as its water use comes under greater scrutiny in a drought era, industry analysts said Thursday...

Afternoon Brief, November 20

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Massive El Niño Gains Strength, Likely to Drench Key California Drought Zone: One of the most powerful El Niños on record continues gathering strength and is looking increasingly likely to bring heavy rains to key Northern California areas that provide water for the rest of the state, according to a new forecast...

Afternoon Brief, October 9

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More Glassy-Winged Sharpshooters Found in Marin, Sonoma: Agricultural pest inspectors in Sonoma and Marin counties found a greatly feared nemesis for North Coast winegrape vines, as well as for other plants, on nursery shipments from Southern California...

Afternoon Brief, September 11

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When Millennials Go Legal, Wine Is the Choice: With a growing number of millennials reaching the legal drinking age, many are adopting wine as their go-to drink...