August 14, 2025
August 14, 2025 — September marks California Wine Month, and there is no better place to celebrate than in Temecula Valley, Southern California’s premiere wine region. This vibrant destination...
March 6, 2025
Temecula, CA – AVA Properties at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, spearheaded by Jamie Warm and Joe Ramos, proudly announces the successful sale of Avensole Vineyard and Winery, a...
November 1, 2019
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein Says Senate Approves New Funding, Resources for Combating California Wildfires: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday released the following statement after helping...
August 6, 2019
US Remains ‘Most Attractive’ Wine Market, According to New Report: The US has again topped the list as the most attractive wine market in the world, though the sustained volume growth of the past decade...
July 15, 2019
The Role of Nanotechnology in the Future of Wine Research: Early research into smart materials or magnetic nanoparticles to remove proteins and unwanted aromas has been promising and researchers say the...
January 2, 2019
The Hispanic Consumer Is Key to the Future of the Wine Industry: The growth of the Latino population in the United States is well documented and we know that it will continue to expand. This reality will...
July 6, 2018
Relief as Napa Fire Risk Recedes: Napa Valley can breathe easier this weekend. The huge fire raging just outside the valley appears to be coming under containment, with no damage to wineries or vineya...
June 12, 2018
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Lead Flips to ‘No’ in Napa’s Measure C Close Election on Oaks and Vineyards
After an early lead in “yes” votes for Napa...
April 24, 2018
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Napa County Winegrape Value Hits Record $750M with Big Cabernet Sauvignon Jump
Napa County’s winegrape harvest last year hit a new record...
April 16, 2018
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Pay-to-Play Schemes Keep TTB Busy
A host of so-called “pay-to-play” infractions have become one of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade...
January 24, 2018
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North Coast Wildfire Impact Study Signals Strong Recovery in Early Findings
The Wine Business Institute (WBI) at Sonoma State University (SSU) today...
November 7, 2017
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Ingenuity and Technology Making Advances for the Wine Industry
Whether solving a problem or seizing an opportunity, these five wine industry suppliers...
July 12, 2017
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Most of California’s Wine Grapes Should Find a Home by Harvest
A mid-June review by Turrentine Brokerage of the number and sizes of clusters...
April 24, 2017
Value Wins at Sonoma Wine Auction
Many people told me this off the record so I'm going to lead with it: the Sonoma County Barrel Auction is more fun than Premiere Napa Valley...
April 10, 2017
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...
September 22, 2016
How the Wente Chardonnay Clone Became America's Choice: The Wente wine story began in 1883, with German immigrant C.H. Wente. He learned his craft studying winemaking under Charles Krug in Napa Valley...















