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Red Blotch Rising
A new virus that started spreading across California vineyards – and the nation – in the 2000s is under investigation…
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Napa Kicks Off Another “Classic” Harvest
After nearly five years of drought made every Napa Valley harvest kickoff story complicated,...
Wine & Weed Symposium Offers Pot of Gold
Bud break is taking on a whole new meaning in California, where voters legalized the recreational use of cannabis in November. Opportunities form the focus...
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Are Flying Vineyard Drones Creating Better Wine?
California’s Bennett Valley is a portrait of pastoral perfection. Near Santa Rosa in southern...
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Fire Nears Historic Vineyard and Wineries
Cal Fire’s San Luis Obispo Unit reported Monday morning that the Alamo Fire had grown to nearly...
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Are Hand-Picked Grapes Better Than Machine-Harvested?
Marketers love to affix the word “hand” to imply artisan craftmanship behind products....
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Constellation Paid $60 Million for Napa Cabernet Star Schrader Cellars
Wine Spectator has learned that Constellation Brands paid approximately $60...
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Another Oregon Winery Plucked by a California Estate
A boutique, family-owned California winery has acquired an Oregon counterpart, the latest deal...
Are Napa, Sonoma Vineyards Getting too Pricey?
At a wine industry event about 10 years ago, there was a lot of discussion about top Napa Valley vineyards setting new records, with some selling for as...
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Restaurant Tables May Have Turned for Small Family Run Wineries
According to Nation’s Restaurant News, for chain restaurants May 2017 was...
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Constellation Brands Has Better Options Than Rumored Brown-Forman Deal
Earlier this week, Brown-Forman was rising on news Constellation Brands wanted...
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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Wine Industry Racing to Meet $10–$20 a Bottle Demand
Consumer thirst for wines retailing for more than $10 a bottle is set to grow with California...
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Truett-Hurst Reports Sales Decrease
Truett-Hurst Inc. of Healdsburg on Thursday reported that its net sales for the past nine months have decreased...
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Worker Killed in Fall at Sutter Home Winery in St. Helena
A worker installing refrigeration piping at Sutter Home’s Main Street facility in...
We Know What We Don't Know About Wine's Future
According to Lee Hannah and Terra Alpaugh, "Everything You Know About Wine is Wrong." That is the title of their Wine Economics Working Paper #204...
