July 22, 2020
Digital series features renowned sommeliers & wine professionals
SEATTLE (July 22, 2020) — The Washington State Wine Commission launched an innovative new digital conversation series that aims to...
June 9, 2020
Foley Family Wines to Acquire Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery: Two of America’s leading family-owned and operated wineries jointly announce that Foley Family Wines (FFW) has reached an agreement to...
May 4, 2020
A $7 Million Fund for Out-Of-Work Bartenders Could End up Not Helping Most Applicants. Why?: For Bay Area bartenders, the world changed on March 15 when Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all bars in California...
May 4, 2020
Industry-funded research benefits entire Washington state wine industry
SEATTLE (May 4, 2020) – The Washington State wine industry has allocated more than $1.2 Million for viticulture and enology research...
June 4, 2019
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E&J Gallo Winery CIO Drives Digital Innovation in Wine
E&J Gallo Winery is a remarkable vertically integrated organization. They own the...
January 24, 2017
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Marijuana and Labor Shortages Are Giving the Wine Industry a Headache
The U.S. wine industry is poised for another banner year in 2017. Sales are...
February 12, 2015
Canada's agriculture minister is threatening tariffs on California wine if the U.S. doesn't repeal restrictive meat-labeling laws costing Canadian farmers billions...
February 11, 2015
The Wine Market Council presented their 10th annual report on U.S. wine consumer trends...
February 10, 2015
The Preliminary California Grape Crush Report released today reveals the 2014 winegrape crush was down 7.9% to 3,910,178 from the 2013 record high winegrape crush of 4,245,852 tons...
August 28, 2014
Deadly Winemaking Snakes Escape in China:
Chaos erupted when deadly cobras used to make wine escaped into the city of Foshan in Chinas South-Eastern Guangdong province...