Smoky Summers May Taint Washington Wine, but This WSU Researcher Is Shedding Light on the Problem: Tom Collins opens the flap to the black canvas tent and the smoke starts seeping out. He steps inside...
Sonoma Brands Invests in Vintage Wine Estates: Vintage Wine Estates, a fast-growing Santa Rosa based vertically integrated wine company with a portfolio inclusive of iconic national and international brands,...
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Close Calls as 44 Best of Class Wines Clash in Dan Berger’s International Wine Competition Sweepstakes
As we gathered for the judging of the sweepstakes...
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Massive Côte du Rhône Fine-Wine Fraud Uncovered by French Police
Some 66.5 million bottles of wine, the equivalent of 13 Olympic sized swimming...
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Announcing the 2018 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Sweepstake Winners
After receiving 6,960 entries from 35 states across the country,...
Wine Distribution Alternatives Won't Produce Tears for the Three Tier System: According to a Wines & Vines article, in 1995 the number of alcohol distributors in the U.S. was greater than the number of...
This will be a brief update, but given the widespread significant storm impacts expected later today I felt a quick post was in order…
Last week I attended the groundbreaking for Sonoma State’s new Wine Spectator Learning Center for the Wine Business Institute. At the groundbreaking, Bill Silver, the Dean of the School of Business &...
How Character-Driven Labels Are Driving Wine Sales: As the wine aisles swell with an ever-rising sea of brands, wine producers are looking to increasingly rich and imaginative narratives on which to build...
El Niño Heads Back to California This Week After Hiatus: El Niño storms could blanket central and northern California this week following a mostly February dry spell, according to meteorologist Terry Snow...
