October 20, 2026 — Just in time for the crisp weather, fall entertaining, and the holiday season, Presqu’ile Winery is introducing nine new fall release wines from its cool-climate estate in...
Campaign kicks off October 4 at Solvang’s Rideau Vineyard in support of local nonprofit Breast Cancer Resource Center
September 23, 2026 (Santa Barbara County, CA) — The Women Winemakers...
SAN FRANCISCO — This month, Wine Institute’s Wine Country Back Roads series focuses on California’s southern Central Coast, extending from Paso Robles in the north to Santa Barbara County in...
Fighting Chance Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara County ($SRP 26) is now available nationwide. Winemaker Adam Poirer sourced fruit from notable Santa Barbara vineyards, including North Canyon, Fiddlestix...
California Winery Should Lose Oregon Licenses for Label Violations, Says OLCC: California winery Copper Cane should lose its licenses to distribute wine or do retail business within the state of Oregon,...
The regulated cannabis industry in California has a new, highly regulated system for cultivating, processing and selling cannabis. These regulatory changes have provided new legal avenues for cannabis...
Across the entire wine industry, there are significant challenges, stated Robert McMillan, executive vice president and founder of Silicon Valley Bank’s Wine Division at the recent forum of Santa Barbara’s...
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U.S. Wine Exports to European Union Fall
The major fall in sales to the EU saw US wine exports fall 15% by volume and 8% by value, with both bottled...
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E. & J. Gallo Deploys Data-Driven App to Harvest a Better Grape
The world’s oldest winery is a cool, dry cave near the tiny village of...
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Increased Competition for Labor Leaves Wine Hanging
The numbers don’t lie: there has been a steady loss off immigrant labor back across the...
Total Wine Shipments to the US Expanded 3% to 399 Million Cases in 2016: For 12-months ending December 2016, Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates reports that total wine shipments into the US market expanded...
Lewis Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2013 Named Wine Spectator’s #1 Wine of the Year: Wine Spectator, the world's leading authority on wine, today announced Lewis Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2013 as...
Huneeus Vintners Buys Napa Valley's St. Clement Vineyards from Treasury Wine Estates: Treasury Wine Estates has sold Napa Valley's St. Clement Vineyards to Napa-based Huneeus Vintners LLC, according to...
Former Napa Valley Winemaker Indicted on Fraud Charges: Former Napa Valley winemaker Jeffry Hill, 38, was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on charges that he fraudulently mislabeled wine...
With Lokoya, Jackson Family Wines Has a New Napa Estate to Go with Its High-End Wine: Since its founding by Jess Jackson in 1995, the Lokoya luxury wine brand has never had a true home to showcase its...
Wineries’ Impact Brings Taste of Bitterness to Sonoma Campaign: A supervisors race between two liberal candidates in Sonoma County has turned into a good ol' Wine Country brawl amid fear that the region...
