The Winery That Cried Wolf on Cork: Amorim, the largest cork producer in the world has made major innovations in closures over the years. From updating cork-harvesting techniques and standards to producing...
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Insurance Payouts May Not Cover All Wildfire Damage for California Wineries
Wineries damaged by wildfires tearing through Northern California are...
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Brown-Forman Not Interested in Selling to Constellation
Constellation Brands, the owner of Corona and Svedka Vodka, has made an approach to acquire...
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Constellation Brands Might Be Sniffing Around Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the umbrella for a group of premium brands...
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2016 Bordeaux: Wine Futures Prices and Analysis
Bordeaux’s en primeur campaign is officially under way. Now that the wines have been presented...
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The Most Searched-For Cabernet Sauvignon
It’s a well-worn axiom that Cabernet is king in California, but the real truth is that when it comes...
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Judgment of Paris No Clear-Cut Decision
It’s practically written into the annals of time at this point. A young English wine merchant organizes...
Huneeus Vintners Buys Napa Valley's St. Clement Vineyards from Treasury Wine Estates: Treasury Wine Estates has sold Napa Valley's St. Clement Vineyards to Napa-based Huneeus Vintners LLC, according to...
Bulgheroni Buys Former Harlan St. Helena Winery: International vintner Alejandro P. Bulgheroni acquired a former Harlan winery in St. Helena and plans for to renovate it for a new winery...
California Crop Forecast: 4 Million Tons: Speaking at the 64th annual meeting of the Allied Grape Growers last week, Nat DiBuduo told the audience that the 2016 crop "seems to be getting smaller"...
Barolo Burglars Steal Thousands of Bottles of Wines: Two of Barolo's wineries have been robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of wine in less than three weeks, and the evidence suggests the...
GMO and Menu Labeling Legislation Could Impact the Wine Industry: With the presidential election in full swing, and with many Senators and Members of Congress seeking re-election, there will not be many...
Researchers Develop a Method to Sniff Out Counterfeit Wine Without Opening the Bottle: How do you know if a wine is authentic without opening the bottle? A team of researchers at U.C. Irvine believes they...
Millions In USDA Export Funds Now Available To Ag/Wine Trade Associations: In Fiscal Year 2015 the USDA's Market Access Program awarded more than $173 million to 62 American agricultural trade associations...
Wine brand heritage doesn’t matter, Glossing the Rex Goliath effect:
The success of newer US wine brands such as Rex Goliath and Barefoot suggests a new generation places less value on provenance and...
Wine, beer, & spirits groups find more, not less, benefit in sharing their stories:
Most who enjoy adult beverages don't confine themselves to one particular type of drink. A craft beer or hard cider...
