Firefighters Push Back Kincade Fire and Sonoma Vintners Begin to Return Home: In the early Wednesday afternoon, many of the tens of thousands of evacuated residents of Sonoma County got word that they...
California ABC Launches Amazon Investigation: The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) will open an investigation of Amazon after a story by Wine-Searcher revealed Amazon is flouting...
Constellation Brands Rumored to Be Selling Off U.S. Wine Brands: As reported by Reuters, "four people familiar with the matter" revealed that the drinks company was considering selling off U.S. wine brands...
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Wine Sales
A drinks attorney dishes the dirt on less-than-obvious legal infractions wineries face on the internet…
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Measure C Vote Split on Napa County Vineyards
Votes in favor of limits on Napa County vineyard development on hills and mountains were edging barely...
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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...
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California Cabernet Too Hot to Handle
It’s slowly dawning on winemakers that certain popular grape varieties are not best suited to the Californian...
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Growers Sue Napa Winery for Rejecting Grapes Allegedly Tainted by Smoke
A Calistoga couple has filed suit against a Napa Valley winemaker for refusing...
Millennials Weigh In on What Makes Food Brands Authentic: Today Watershed Communications released findings from two national ethnographic studies examining the media habits of millennial food and beverage...
Neither Chinese Nor Americans Are Taking Over French Vineyards: A French study finds that just 2 percent of the nations vines are owned by foreign investors...
