North Coast Wine Business Will Feel Effect of the Pandemic for Some Time, Expert Says: While the second half of this year is expected to much better for the North Coast wine business as restaurants and...
Wine Sales Grow Despite Tough Times: Rosé and sparkling wine sales are continuing to climb, even through the global pandemic...
Smoke Taint Reduces California Wine Crop: A reduced harvest is good news for wineries, but not necessarily for consumers...
Wine & Spirits Continue Premiumization, but Growth Eases: As the key holiday-selling season began in earnest on Thanksgiving weekend, the off-premise alcoholic beverage market saw continued deceleration,...
Rioja Named Wine Spectator’s #1 Wine of the Year
New York, NY (December 11, 2020)—Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, today announced Marqués de Murrieta Rioja Castillo Ygay Gran...
After 2020 What's Next for Wine? : It's been a year from hell, but next year might not bring much relief for wineries...
New York City (October 26, 2020)—After a 33-year career at M. Shanken Communications, Thomas Matthews is stepping down as executive editor of Wine Spectator. Jeffery Lindenmuth, executive editor...
California Sparkling Wine Pioneer Barry Sterling, Founder of Iron Horse Vineyards, Dies at 90: The attorney turned vintner positioned his winery among California's top sparkling wine houses...
Conversation Series Begins Tuesday, August 4 with Carlton McCoy, CEO of Heitz Cellar
New York, NY (July 27, 2020)—Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, today announced that...
In Wine Country, Coronavirus Cases Rise in Cramped Farmworker Housing: As Eppie Ordaz, a grape grower in Sonoma County, readies his vineyard for the late August harvest season, he is stocking masks and...
