Grape Shortage Exacerbated as Growing Demand Collides with Bad Weather and Pests in the Mid-Atlantic
August 29, 2018
Kevin Atticks, the longtime executive director of the Maryland Wineries Association, has seen a rapid growth of wineries in his state and others around it the last 10 years. It’s a business model that...
August 22, 2018
Napa Wine M&A Market Remains 'Robust' Despite Rising Vineyard, Grape Prices: Vineyard values and grape prices continue to hit new highs in Napa County, but the ongoing thirst for prime wines from the...
August 14, 2018
Healdsburg Wine Company Truett-Hurst Sells Off Wholesale Business to Seattle Firm
Truett-Hurst Inc. announced Monday it has sold its wholesale wine business for $18 million and will focus solely on its...
July 12, 2018
Napa County Superior Court will consider whether Bremer Family Winery is a recalcitrant, rule-breaking rogue winery or the victim of a bad rap...
June 25, 2018
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Wine and Weed Go to War in Oregon
Pot legalization has pitted a wine farmer against a weed farmer in an ugly, fragrant fight…
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June 21, 2018
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Is Originality Overpriced When It Comes to Wine?
Replica Wine, a Colorado company, is reverse-engineering famous wines to produce less expensive...
June 19, 2018
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The Devil Seeks Forgiveness from Merlot
The man who single-handedly slaughtered the great grape’s reputation fronts up to growers and says...
June 18, 2018
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Examining the Fallout from Napa’s Measure C
The last few months were witness to a hard-fought battle between two competing sides, neither...
June 14, 2018
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Napa’s Measure C Now Almost Certain to Fail
Measure C, also known as the Napa Oak Woodlands and Watershed Protection Initiative, came out of election...
June 5, 2018
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Premium Private Label Wines Driving Growth
If your idea of a private label wine is “Two-Buck Chuck” from the supermarket chain Trader...
May 3, 2018
Gallo Acquires Rancho Real Vineyard
An affiliate of E. & J. Gallo Winery announced today it has purchased Rancho Real Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley appellation of Santa Barbara County...
March 20, 2018
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Robert Haas, Influential American Vintner and Wine Importer, Dies at 90
Robert Haas, one of the leading lights of the American wine industry, died...
March 15, 2018
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Robust Sales for Premium, Small-Production Wines
While sales of domestic wines were flat in February at $2.8 billion, a deeper dive into the data...
March 1, 2018
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Washington State Reports Lighter Wine Grape Harvest, Excellent Quality in 2017
Washington State’s wine grape harvest totaled 227,000 tons...
October 27, 2017
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Winery Shuts Down After Complaints of Lewd Parties
A New York winery has closed its doors three weeks after its liquor licence was suspended following...
October 23, 2017
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Napa, Sonoma Fires Send Wine Tourists to Paso Robles
For five years, Nancy Parrish and her friends have gathered for a girls’ trip to Napa...















