June 24, 2015
WineAmerica Member to Testify Before Congress: Thursday, June 25th, the Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on the Country of Origin Labeling dispute...
May 12, 2015
El Niño will be substantial, warn Australian scientists: Australian scientists on Tuesday forecast a "substantial" El Niño weather phenomenon for 2015, potentially spelling deadly and costly climate extremes,...
May 6, 2015
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Kicks Off U.S. Matter of Taste Tour in Chicago
Robert Parkers Wine Advocate is debuting its inaugural Matter of Taste tour on U.S. shores in 2015 as part of a global series...
April 28, 2015
Roche chardonnay named 'Best of the Best' at North Coast Wine Challenge: The 24 judges who swirled and sipped through the Press Democrat's 2015 North Coast Wine Challenge in mid-April chose a classic white...
April 9, 2015
Constellation Sees 24% Net Sales Increase: Constellation Brands has reported a 24% increase to net sales in its 2015 end of year results, largely propelled by its Mexican beer business...
April 7, 2015
U.S. Wine Brands Dominate 2015 Top 10 List: The wine industry as we know it today owes an inestimable debt to European knowhow and culture, but in commercial terms today's axis leans in a very different...
March 31, 2015
Figures reveal Robert Parker's declining influence on Bordeaux wine pricing: Such is Parker's present effect on the Bordeaux market that The Wine Investment Fund uses his scores as one of three pillars...
March 30, 2015
Washington Wine Country's Nuclear Threat: A nuclear facility in Washington state's prime wine country is leaching radioactive groundwater and is one natural disaster away from Fukushi
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 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 10, 2015
Brain Protein Could Hold Alcoholism Cure: A study, led by the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, found that the naturally-occurring brain protein called Neuropeptide Y, or NPY, was capable...
March 3, 2015
California sues Gallo Glass for use of hazardous materials in wine bottles: According to a lawsuit filed on behalf of the Department of Toxic Substance Control, California's top prosecutor accuses the...
February 26, 2015
End of an era. Parker hands Martin the reins for Bordeaux primeurs: At a press conference in London, the veteran Parker handed over responsibility for en primeur to team member Neal Martin, who he described...
February 25, 2015
U.S. wine exports in 2014 second highest on record: Exports of U.S. wine last year were the second-most valuable on record, reaching $1.49 billion in revenue, nearly all of it from California...
February 10, 2015
The Preliminary California Grape Crush Report released today reveals the 2014 winegrape crush was down 7.9% to 3,910,178 from the 2013 record high winegrape crush of 4,245,852 tons...
November 28, 2014
3rd Annual North Coast Wine Industry Expo Forecasting Record Attendance:
Wine Industry Network announced that this years North Coast Wine Industry Expo, held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on December...














