August 30, 2018
Package Redesign Flipped Double Digit Decline to Growth: To say Cline Cellars Marketing Director Christine Lilienthal is thrilled about the new label design and packaging for the winerys core Lodi Zinfandel...
July 30, 2018
Carriers Trashing Wine Shipments
Some shipments of wine from New York are being confiscated and destroyed...
June 5, 2018
As with any extreme weather event, wildfires have the potential to devastate businesses caught in the turmoil. But, like any other event, proper planning can mean the difference between business-as-usual...
November 7, 2017
By Shwa Laytart
The October 2017 fires in Northern California will go down in history as the most destructive fires that California has seen. A fire practically the size of San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento,...
October 30, 2017
No one has more respect for Mother Nature than farmers. In Sonoma County alone, with close to 60,000 acres under vine, almost 70 percent are insured against any number of the vagaries that can occur– and...
October 25, 2017
The devastating wildfires that hit the North Coast at the tail end of harvest not only burned thousands of homes, but also damaged wineries and sent many more scrambling to secure their facilities and...
October 11, 2017
Nature has a way shaking us up when we least expect it. Strong winds whipped up huge fires in Napa and Sonoma counties on Sunday night, which led to unthinkable devastation in the early hours of Monday...
August 11, 2014
Former Penfolds owner John Spalvins launches attack on Foster's and Treasury Wine:
John Spalvins, one of Australias best-known corporate raiders from the 1980s, whose company once owned the famous Penfolds...
July 30, 2014
Professor Claims Terroir is ‘A Myth’:
The quality of some of the worlds top wines is down to a concentration of expertise rather than terroir, a French professor has argued...
July 23, 2014
Grape harvest begins early in Temecula Wine Country:
Experiencing the grape harvest in the local vineyards has rarely been on a July to-do list but thats just what is happening now in the vineyards of...