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Champions of Sonoma County Wines Recognized
76 Restaurants from across the country and Mexico receive inaugural ‘Magnum Award’ September 2, 2025 (Santa Rosa, CA) — Seventy-six restaurants spanning from Graton, California, to Greenwich,...
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Wine Industry Sales Symposium (WISS) a Success
In-person event delivered actionable takeaways for attendees seeking to increase sales and make genuine customer connections. May 15, 2023 (Healdsburg, Calif.) – Last week’s Wine Industry Sales Symposium,...
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Afternoon Brief, February 27
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Paradise Ridge Winery Faces Rebuild Challenges After Santa Rosa Fire If plans work out, visitors could start returning to Paradise Ridge Winery’s...
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Afternoon Brief, January 10
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2018: Defender of the Consumer Palate and Your Right to Choose Tim Hanni, one of two resident Americans to receive...
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Afternoon Brief, December 13
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Protecting Vineyards in Fire-Ravaged Areas Some of the blackened hills of the North Bay are sporting a light covering of green as new grasses push...
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Afternoon Brief, December 8
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Winemakers Worry as Wildfires Rage in Southern California Hurricane-force winds and bone-dry conditions are spreading wildfires across Southern...
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Terrible Week (and It's Only Just Started)
Nature has a way shaking us up when we least expect it. Strong winds whipped up huge fires in Napa and Sonoma counties on Sunday night, which led to unthinkable devastation in the early hours of Monday...
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Afternoon Brief, June 29
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Wine Executive Charles Banks Sentenced to Four Years for Fraud Wine executive Charles Banks was sentenced to four years in federal prison yesterday...
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Afternoon Brief, June 9
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Santa Rosa’s Vintage Wine Estates Expanding to Oregon Santa Rosa-based Vintage Wine Estate on Thursday, June 8, said it inked a deal to buy...
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Allies or Adversaries: The Wine & Weed Debate
Do you think that pot will take a huge bite out of wine sales or is this just a tempest in a teapot? Maybe. Maybe not. It depends on which state you’re in, literally and figuratively.
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Afternoon Brief, January 3
Napa’s Waugh Family Wines Sues Bronco Wine Co. for ‘Six Degrees’ Trademark Separation: Napa-based Waugh Family Wines on Friday said it has sued Bronco Wine Co., which has a large south Napa Valley bottling...
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Afternoon Brief, December 15
Winery Social Media Software VinTank Returns Under Avero Ownership: Five months since the shuttering of a Napa Valley-based VinTank software service that helped pioneer winery social media management,...
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Afternoon Brief, December 2
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...
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Afternoon Brief, November 28
Free Flow Wines Sparkles with Innovation on Tap and Beyond the Keg: Free Flow Wines saw the rising popularity of sparkling wines and the category's particular challenges for delivering an optimal by the...
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Afternoon Brief, November 18
Sonoma’s ‘Worst Road’ Gets a Winery: It took a four-and-a-half-hour meeting, over 20 public speakers and sometimes testy exchanges between county officials, but on Tuesday the Board of Supervisors voted...
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Afternoon Brief, November 15
Opportunity Knocks: Challenges for Winery Associations: Regardless of the size of a winegrowing region or the number of wineries or vineyards in it, the biggest challenge is continuing to attract visitors...
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