April 29, 2015
Controversial Hop Kiln and Hale Winery development decisions appealed: Two controversial decisions in an increasingly contentious battle over winery development in Sonoma County are being appealed, placing...
April 27, 2015
China wine growers beat France for second place: China overtook France last year as the world's second largest wine grower by area under cultivation as it continued to plant vast fields of mostly imported...
April 24, 2015
E & J Gallo reduces winery water usage by 25 percent: John Nagel, environmental manager for E & J Gallo in Healdsburg and guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Washington Association of Wine Grape...
April 23, 2015
Rebellious California grape farmers want their confiscated raisins returned: The National Raisin Reserve, which is overseen by the Fresno-based Raisin Administrative Committee, is part of a post-World...
April 22, 2015
Sonoma County's Vineyards Reach Halfway Mark Towards Becoming 100% Sustainable by 2019: Sonoma County Winegrowers announced today that more than half of all vineyard acres in Sonoma County have completed...
April 16, 2015
Sinking Euro and Rising Dollar Make Waves in the Wine Industry: Shifting exchange rates are producing beneficial ripples of change for American consumers and European wineries. If you've ever been tempted...
April 15, 2015
Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan Appeals Conviction: Lawyers for Rudy Kurniawan filed an appeal in New York on Monday challenging his 2013 conviction on charges of conspiracy to sell counterfeit wine...
April 14, 2015
North Coast Wine Challenge underway in Santa Rosa: The 2015 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge began Tuesday at the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country Hotel in Santa Rosa...
April 13, 2015
Yellow Tail and Constellation off to Kangaroo Court: Aussie vintners hope a Canadian wine company will roo the day it allegedly used a logo featuring Australia's favourite marsupial...
April 1, 2015
Brown orders California's first mandatory water restrictions: 'It's a different world': Gov. Jerry Brown, standing on a patch of brown grass in the Sierra Nevada that is usually covered with several feet...