April 20, 2026 (Santa Barbara, CA) — Santa Barbara Vintners is pleased to announce the return of the highly anticipated 42nd Annual Santa Barbara Vintners Festival, taking place Saturday, October...
DTC Impact Report: Outreach and Inclusion Attract Younger Drinkers: The 2022 Direct-to-Consumer Impact Report offers a variety of key insights on trends and developments in tasting rooms and DtC over the...
Santa Barbara, CA, April 10, 2023 – The Santa Barbara Vintners is presenting a rare opportunity to look Behind the Scenes with a new series of wine-tasting experiences and events from...
Paso Robles Winery Sexual Harassment Case to Continue in Court: A federal judge denied a Paso Robles winery’s efforts to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. government in late January,...
Wineries, Vineyards & Related Businesses Provide $1.7 billion in Annual Economic Activity
Santa Barbara, CA, February 16, 2023 – The Santa Barbara County wine and winegrape sector and the related businesses...
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors to Vote on Compromise Evacuation Zone Ordinance for Farmers: The new regulations are a compromise between labor activists who advocated for a wide range of worker protections...
Santa Barbara Wine Country Honored as Wine Enthusiast’s Wine Region of the Year
Santa Barbara Vintners Festival returns to Santa Barbara County, named 2021 Wine Region of the Year by Wine Enthusiast Magazine....
More North Coast Winery Website Lawsuits End Without Settlements: More than half the dozens of recent federal lawsuits brought by one Florida man against North Coast wineries over accessibility of their...
Santa Barbara Wine Country Honored as Wine Enthusiast’s Wine Region of the Year
Santa Barbara, CA, July 12, 2022 – One of California’s most highly anticipated events, the Santa Barbara Vintners...
Wine's Supply Crisis: Opportunity in Disguise: As supply-chain issues bite, wineries are looking at innovative ways to cut costs – and help the environment...
Crop Insurance Fears for Smoke-Hit Vineyards: Growers affected by the California wildfires should take a close look at the small print on their insurance policies...
The Alisos Canyon area has long been revered for its high-quality fruit with its unique affinity towards Rhone-style varietals, and now the TTB has formally recognized Alisos Canyon as the region’s newest...
Wineries Harvest While Wine Country Burns: Large swathes of California continued to burn on Thursday from fires ignited by more than 10,000 lightning strikes. Firefighters are desperately overworked. Yet,...
Hennessey Fire Threatens Napa's Oldest Family-Owned Winery: There’s a saying in Aimee Sunseri’s family: never skip a harvest. It’s perhaps especially poignant advice because six generations’ worth of winemakers...
Sonoma Wineries Are Itching to Open Up Their Doors and Invite Back Visitors: The shelter-in-place order has been hard on wineries that rely on tasting room and on-premise sales as well as their front line...
Oregon Aims to Include Brewpubs, Wineries in Reopening: Oregon is planning to allow its famed microbreweries and wine tasting rooms to reopen when it starts loosening stay-home orders, rejecting a federal...
