June 30, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Another Oregon Winery Plucked by a California Estate A boutique, family-owned California winery has acquired an Oregon counterpart, the latest deal...
June 27, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: The One Shift in Thinking About Wine That Could Help Professionals Everywhere It is not our job to drink wine. It is our job to sell wine, or write...
June 20, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: No Simple Solutions for Sonoma’s Glut of Downtown Wine-Tasting Rooms As summer heats up and more tourists come to Sonoma for wine-tasting, among...
June 19, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Constellation Buys Napa Cabernet Star Schrader Cellars Drinks giant Constellation Brands has purchased Napa Valley cult winery Schrader Cellars,...
June 16, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Here’s How Big Wine Gets to Avoid Environmental Rules in Napa In 2006, Napa County officials issued a permit for The Caves at Soda Canyon,...
June 15, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: WineAmerica and ASCAP Partner to Introduce New Music License for Wineries WineAmerica, the national organization of American wineries, and ASCAP,...
June 14, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Restaurant Tables May Have Turned for Small Family Run Wineries According to Nation’s Restaurant News, for chain restaurants May 2017 was disappointing....
June 8, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Napa Cabernet Prices at Worryingly High Levels As reported by Wines & Vines, prices and demand for Cabernet grapes shrunk during the 2008 recession...
May 24, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: It’s What’s in the Bottle That Counts … Or Is It? The lab supervisor of a well-known Sonoma County winery approached me recently with a lovely...
May 18, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Constellation Brands Might Be Sniffing Around Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the umbrella for a group of premium brands (the...