February 6, 2018
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Academics Explain Terroir but Not Exactly the Way Wine Consumers Might Expect
It’s the location. It’s the climate. It’s the local...
May 10, 2017
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China Is Building a Disney World for Wine
At Chateau Changyu Reina, honey-colored brick towers enclose wide cobbled courtyards, and vast, wood-beamed...
February 17, 2017
Strong Competition in Wine Sales Will Increase: The 2017 Wine Business Monthly rankings are out, and the results highlight what everyone in the wine business already knows: The competition in the world...
February 15, 2017
California Wine Exports Reach Record $1.62 Billion in 2016: U.S. wine exports, 90% from California, reached $1.62 billion in winery revenues in 2016, a new record. Despite challenges from a strong dollar,...
September 20, 2016
Wine Retailers Throw Down Gauntlet Against Direct-Shipping Restrictions: The book on modern direct-to-consumer wine-shipping law was written at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 with the Granholm v. Heal...
July 15, 2016
Owner Speaks Out on Controversial Barolo Sale: Earlier this week, Italian newspaper and American wine publications broke the news that the Vietti winery of Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of the Barolo...
June 23, 2014
Europeans testing sulphite-free preservation of wine:
Europeans, well-known for their love of wine, are testing a novel preservation method aimed at significantly reducing or even eliminating sulphites,...
June 4, 2014
Virginia triples its number of wineries in the past decade:
"I don't understand why the D.C. public doesn't realize its Sonoma and Napa is just a days drive. Its an easy, straight shot out of the city,...