Roederer Buys Sonoma's Merry Edwards Winery: The Louis Roederer Champagne house has purchased Russian River Valley Pinot Noir specialist Merry Edwards Winery. The deal includes the brand and its inventory,...
Direct Sales Alters US Wine Market: In 2018, wineries shipped more than 6 million cases of wine, a nine percent increase over the previous year, according to Larry Cormier's presentation at the annual...
Supreme Court's Wine-Regulation Case Focuses on Protectionism:
Opus One Sues Supplier Alleging Barrels Were Contaminated with TCA: A Napa Valley winery has filed a lawsuit for more than $470,000 over the sale of barrels allegedly contaminated with 2,4,6-trichloroanisole...
Napa Vineyard Worker Dies After Getting Pulled into Grape-Picking Machine: A worker was killed Monday afternoon at a Napa vineyard after getting stuck in a grape harvesting machine. The Napa man was working...
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Final Settlement on Winery Ammonia Death
Gibson Wine Co., an agricultural cooperative in Sanger, Calif. agreed to a settlement with federal agencies...
Move Over Bottles, Wine in Cans Capturing the Millennial Demand
The wine business is slowly turning to aluminum cans in response to the consumer demands of millennials, a panel of industry leaders noted...
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Owner of Healdsburg’s Wilson Winery Hit with $56,000 in Pollution Fines
A Healdsburg vintner with a history of breaking environmental laws agreed...
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How California’s Central Coast Alamo Fire Scorched Vineyard
Fierce flames from the Alamo fire in California’s Central Coast area damaged...
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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...
