Herbicide Blast Endangers Lodi Vines:
Lodi grapegrowers are uneasily waiting to learn if their vines are damaged and whether they can legally harvest their grapes after a cloud of unexpected herbicides...
Veraison Starts in Napa Valley:
According to the Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) veraison, an annual benchmark in the winegrape growing season is underway, occurring 5-10 days earlier than usual...
Wine Spectator publisher donates $3M to California college:
Marvin Shanken, who has been publishing the Wine Spectator magazine since 1973, is giving back to the industry that has helped make him a multimillionaire,...
Bye bye Bordeaux! The new bull market for wine:
When a pack of wine collectors arrived in the private second floor of Manhattan's Bowery Hotel last Thursday for an auction held by Acker Merrall & Condit,...
Excessive Drinking Kills 1 in 10 Americans:
If people moderated their alcohol intake and avoided excessive drinking, it would prevent 10 percent of the deaths that occur in this country every year in...
Breakthrough Napa Valley Conference Debuts in November:
ROOTSTOCK, a revolutionary conference designed for top quality grapegrowers, vineyard and winery owners, and winemakers worldwide, debuts November...
Stage is set for another good Napa Valley wine grape crop:
By mid-June the stage had been set for a good balance of proper grape ripening and adequate yields this year in the vineyards of Napa Valle...
Family Wineries More Likely to be Environmentally Sustainable Too:
Family owners who intend to pass down their businesses to the next generation are more likely to invest in sustainable practices than...
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,...
Economics driving California wineries to Pacific NorthWest:
Speculation creeps into the conversation every time a large California winery snaps up a smaller operation and sets up shop in Oregon or Washington:...
