August 27, 2018
Expanded 2018 WIN Expo Conference Stacked with Wine Business Experts: The 7th annual North Coast Wine Industry Expo (WIN Expo), the second largest wine industry trade show in North America, has bolstered...
April 11, 2018
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Analysts See a Significant U.S. Deal Ahead for Treasury
Analysts continue to raise expectations that Treasury Wine Estates will soon make a sizeable...
February 22, 2018
Stay or Go?: Dilemma of Winery Founders in Mergers and Acquisitions
Whether a founder or owner of a wine brand stays on after an acquisition can depend on what has been sold...
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...
June 22, 2017
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Increased Competition for Labor Leaves Wine Hanging
The numbers don’t lie: there has been a steady loss off immigrant labor back across the...
May 31, 2017
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WineAmerica and Wine Industry Network Join Forces
Wine Industry Network and WineAmerica today announced that WineAmerica, the National Association...
February 10, 2017
Preliminary Winegrape Crush Report Is 4.0 Million Tons: The California Department of Food and Agricultures Preliminary Grape Crush Report for 2016 has been released. It is a critical barometer for the...
December 26, 2016
The Sparkling Winemakers’ Choice for a New Year’s Toast: We asked a few sparkling winemakers to share their wine recommendations for celebrating the new year, one of their own wines, and one from another...
October 28, 2016
Bordeaux Court Deliberates on Fraud Case Involving More Than 1 Million Bottles of Wine: A Bordeaux judicial tribunal is weighing the fates of eight men accused of trying to pass off more than 1 million...
July 25, 2016
Huneeus Vintners to Buy Hambrecht Wine Group's Russian River Valley Winery Complex for $15.5 Million: Napa-based Huneeus Vintners has decided to buy a winery complex in Sonoma County for $15.5 million,...
July 20, 2016
Thieves Take $55,000 in Wine from California Store: The South Bay's oldest wine seller is reeling after thieves broke in and made off $55,000 worth its priciest vintages...
July 8, 2016
Paul Hobbs Solidifies Position in the Sonoma Coast Acquiring Goldrock Ridge Vineyard: Winemaker Paul Hobbs has acquired the 42 acre Goldrock Ridge Vineyard, located in the northwest corner of the "true"...
July 1, 2016
Parducci Maker Mendocino Wine Co. Buys Offbeat Brands Portfolio: Mendocino Wine Company, maker of the Parducci brand, has purchased the wine portfolio of Offbeat Brands...
May 25, 2016
Liquor Wholesaler and Three Employees Indicted for $9 Million Scheme to Smuggle Liquor from Maryland to New York: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Republic National Distribution Company,...
May 16, 2016
Jackson Family Wines Buys Sonoma's Copaín: Jackson Family Wines is continuing its recent Pinot Noir buying spree, acquiring the Sonoma winery Copaín, it announced today...
April 29, 2016
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Wine M&A Experts: Deals Abound in Buyer’s Market
A string of recent wine brand and property sales in the West Coast – including high-price North...















