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Three mistakes every small winery makes when dealing with retailers, and how to correct them for more sales into the channel
Wineries often forget that when they come off the pristine grounds of said winery to visit the market they are entering the lions den. Retailers are doing 1000 things at one time, and a winemaker visit or a winery visit does not stop the days activities…
20% Of Italy’s Vineyards Declared Obsolete
As much as one fifth of Italys vineyards are obsolete according to Marchese Piero Antinori, president of one of the countrys biggest and best-known wine producers, Marchesi Antinori…
California groundwater being used at unsustainable rate
Two University of California scientists predict groundwater will be unavailable for much of the Golden State within a few decades if current practices arent changed…
Women for WineSense meetup will be held at Cellars of Sonoma
Join the Napa/Sonoma chapter of Women for WineSense (WWS) at Cellars of Sonoma in downtown Santa Rosas Historic Railroad Square on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., for a casual, happy-hour meetup…
Research to stop the rot in subtropical vineyards
Treasury Wine Estates to target $U.S.39 billion global travel and duty free alcohol sector
U.S. billionaire Bill Foley steps up New Zealand ambitions
French wine in crisis? That’s good news for small producers
Rhone wine co-ops fighting ‘supply war’ with negociants
Kurniawan Lawyers Dispute Victims’ Claims
Malibu Coast Becomes Newest AVA
Could wine-making get big in Northern Nevada?
New program in New Jersey seeks to boost state’s wineries
San Joaquin County releases latest draft winery ordinance
Terlato’s Surging Seven Daughters Accelerates Growth in 2014
The Easiest Way to Improve Wine Club Profitability
Jancis Robinson’s great white hope for wine
Do Lower Yields Mean Higher Quality Wine?
Napa Valley, Milat Vineyards & Winery bites the dust
Attracting the Millennials to the wine market
When did wine become so partisan?
What it Takes to Grow the Direct To Consumer Wine Channel
A Bright Future in Wine for Jolie-Pitt & Perrin
Wine scores and reviews, those who write them and those who need them
The Debate Over Bruce Palling’s Anti-Natural Wine Article
#WBC14 Paso Robles Excursion, Tablas Creek Vineyard
Finger Lakes Wine by the Numbers – Balance, Value and Single-Vineyard Wines
The Controversy of the Word “Natural” in the Wine World
An Early Look at 2011 Napa Cabernets
A Riveting Story of Extortion and $10,000 Bottles of Wine
