Tag: Wine Road
Afternoon Brief, February 23rd
How a Napa Farming Nonprofit Became a Political Power Broker—And Got Caught Up in a Federal Investigation: A mysterious federal investigation unfolding in Napa Valley has ensnared one of the wine industry’s most powerful entities...
Afternoon Brief, February 16th
Hoopes Winery Civil Trial in Napa County Wraps After 11 Days, Ruling Could Take Months: Whether Napa Valley vintner Lindsay Hoopes has been using company structures as a shield against liability was the focus Wednesday of the 11th and final day of trial in a county lawsuit over alleged winery permit violations...
Afternoon Brief, February 2nd
‘Emergency’ €80 Million Promised to French Winegrowers Amid Farmer Protests: France's government has promised an €80m 'emergency fund' for crisis-hit winemakers, as ministers also try to de-escalate widespread farmer protests covering many agricultural sectors...
Wine Love Wine Trail
Get out and explore along the Wine Road, check out some new wineries, visit your long time favorites and stock up on some of...
Winter WINEland
Join us for 2 glorious days along the Wine Road for our 31st Annual Winter WINEland …The perfect winter escape…taste current vintages, multiple varietals...
Afternoon Brief, July 26th
Breakthru Beverage Founder Rocky Wirtz Dies: Rocky Wirtz, co-chairman and founder of US distributor Breakthru Beverage Group and owner of ice hockey team Chicago Blackhawks, has died at the age of 70...
Afternoon Brief, April 27th
Consumer Spending Dropped Sharply in March: Softening inflation and sharp reductions in spending in March could be a sign that the economy is cooling...
Afternoon Brief, February 17th
Paso Robles Winery Sexual Harassment Case to Continue in Court: A federal judge denied a Paso Robles winery’s efforts to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. government in late January, court records show...
Afternoon Brief, January 31st
The Passing of Entrepreneur, Vintner, and Art Collector, Donald M. Hess, (1936-2023): Donald M. Hess, entrepreneur, vintner, and art collector, passed away peacefully in Bern, Switzerland, on January 30, 2023, at 86...
Afternoon Brief, December 30th
2022: In Memoriam: Remembering the pioneers, legends, friends and family of the wine industry who died this year...
Afternoon Brief, December 16th
Winc and Sherry Lehmann: Two Very Different US Retailers in Trouble: Winc, the much lauded 11-year old online business that went public last year, has collapsed, despite $54.2m from venture capital investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, Shining Capital and Crosscut Ventures. Sherry-Lehmann, the 88-year-old Manhattan store faces a $3m unpaid tax bill and rumours of possible closure...
Afternoon Brief, December 9th
Napa Vineyard Sales Are Usually Secret. So Why Was This $34 Million Deal So Public?: When a prestigious Napa Valley vineyard is up for sale, it almost never gets listed publicly...
Afternoon Brief, October 28th
Federal Regulators Descend Upon Nation’s Largest Alcohol Wholesaler: Federal regulators descended upon the Union City offices of the country’s largest liquor wholesaler on Wednesday, spending most of the day at the Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits building on Dowe Avenue...
Afternoon Brief, September 19th
Sonoma County Wine Auction Returns at Healdsburg’s Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards: There were plenty of spiraling bids at the main attraction of the Sonoma County Wine Auction on Saturday, with signs the charitable fundraiser entering its fourth decade could surpass last year’s take of $1.7-plus million...
Barrel Tasting Weekend
Wine Road will host its annual Barrel Tasting, offering three days of barrel sampling and the opportunity to purchase “futures” at participating wineries. Buying “futures” is a...