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October 15, 2021
California Harvests Raise Optimism Levels: In central California AVAs, the later harvest is looking good – but they're not out of the woods yet...
October 14, 2021
Employee’s Death at Winery Near Healdsburg Spurs Workplace Investigation: California Industrial Relations officials are investigating the workplace death of an employee at a winery north of Healdsburg...
October 13, 2021
California Insurance Commissioner Orders Key Fixes for Winery, Vineyard, Farm Insurance Policies After Fire Losses: California’s top insurance regulator on Tuesday announced two key steps intended to help...
October 12, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Major Wine Shipping Case: The country’s highest court will not decide Sarasota Wine Market v. Schmitt, upholding Missouri’s law banning consumer direct-shipping alcohol...
October 11, 2021
Santé Magazine International Wine & Spirits Competition Winners Announced: The industry is entering a post-pandemic world: hospitality is coming back strong and consumer demand is trending upward. People...
October 8, 2021
Italy's 2021 Vintage: Small but Perfectly Formed: The bad news is that less wine will be made, but the upside is that those wines should be spectacular...
October 7, 2021
Sarasota Wine Market v. Schmitt—What’s the Fuss?: This week the U.S. Supreme Court could decide to take a first step in remaking how wine is sold at retail in the United States...
October 6, 2021
Napa Valley’s Fairwinds Estate Winery Sues Insurer Claiming Refusal to Pay Glass Fire Claim: Fairwinds Estate Winery says one of its insurers sold it a useless insurance policy shortly before the winery...
October 5, 2021
Increasing Temperatures Led to Better-Tasting Wine Grapes, but for How Long?: Warming temperatures over the past 60 years have led to increased wine quality, but a new study looking at sugar and color...
October 4, 2021
Four Dead on Family Vineyard in Freak Wine-Making Accident: Two brothers and a father and son were found dead after trying to save each other from the one-in-a-million disaster...