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August 26, 2020
Smoke Taint Looms Large for California Wine: I don't know how many of California's wine grapes right now are affected by smoke taint. Nobody does. But I know some are everybody does, and that's the pr...
August 25, 2020
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Wine Industry Embracing Technology and Innovation to Drive Sales There will be numerous changes that history will associate with 2020. For those...
August 24, 2020
Napa, North Bay Growers Face a Softened, Fluid Market for Premium Grapes: Napa Valley’s growers are going into harvest now punctuated by fire with as uncertain a market for their grapes as there’s ever...
August 21, 2020
Wineries Harvest While Wine Country Burns: Large swathes of California continued to burn on Thursday from fires ignited by more than 10,000 lightning strikes. Firefighters are desperately overworked. Yet,...
August 20, 2020
Wildfires Rage in Multiple California Wine Regions: Blazes in Napa, Sonoma, Santa Cruz and Santa Lucia are burning out of control, threatening wineries, vineyards and thousands of homes...
August 19, 2020
Hennessey Fire Threatens Napa's Oldest Family-Owned Winery: There’s a saying in Aimee Sunseri’s family: never skip a harvest. It’s perhaps especially poignant advice because six generations’ worth of winemakers...
August 18, 2020
Fire Threatens Napa Vineyards: Growers and producers are on the alert in California's wine country as fire rears its head again...
August 17, 2020
Pioneering Study ‘Fingerprints’ Russian River Valley Sites: A breakthrough study into the relationship between wine and terroir found samples of Pinot Noir taken immediately after fermentation could be...
August 14, 2020
Road Ahead for Wine Business: Here's a highlight from a panel discussion with North Coast business, law and financial experts during the Business Journals 20th annual Wine Industry Conference...
August 13, 2020
No Relief for U.S. Wine Consumers - Tariffs on European Wines Remain in Place: Trade Representative says 25 percent duties will remain in place for most French, Spanish and German wines; importers and...