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Mt. Difficulty Sold to Foley Family Wines for $52M
A statement from the OIO last week said the purchase included about 70ha of freehold land and about 110ha of leasehold land at the Bannockburn vineyard. Mt. Difficulty is a medium-sized vineyard known for its Mt. Difficulty and Roaring Meg labels, and particularly its Pinot Noir and Riesling, produced by winemaker Matt Dicey…
Millennials’ Tasting Room Revolution
Flash back a few decades, and tastings at premiere wineries, especially in the US, were decidedly luxe affairs, oozing the New World’s idea of what Old World glamour should be. Stretch limousines were employed to shuttle high-heeled glamazons and men with slicked-back hair from one gilded venue to the next. Don’t even think about the cost…
Scaling Sustainability in the Vineyard
Nearly 20 years ago, the organization representing Washington wine grape growers initiated a sustainability program. The goal at the time was to ensure everyone was operating on a level playing field and to give growers and, later, winemakers tools they could use to better understand sustainable practices…
Why You Should Throw Away Those Wine Descriptors
With the popularity of wine education comes the gnarly business of wine descriptors-those mostly esoteric groupings of aromas, tastes and textures that professional tasters use to evaluate a wine…
Winners Are Announced for 2019 East Meets West Wine Challenge
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Wine Research Seminar Heads to Columbia Gorge AVA
A New Life for Sonoma’s Bartholomew Park
Salute to African American Vintners
Napa Valley Wine Train Gets $1.7M Grant to Green the Popular Tourist Line
Portuguese Wine Is Booming, Says New Report
Australian Wine Industry Is Transformed by China and Premium Wines
Smoke Taint Briefings in Tasmania After Severe Bushfire Season
Rare Wine Corkscrew Sells for $23,000 at Auction
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Oregon Wine Symposium
February 12-13, 2019 – Portland, CA, USA
DTC Roadshow in Santa Maria
February 26, 2019 – Santa Maria, CA, USA
2019 Sommeliers Choice Awards
March 19 – March 20, 2019 – Washington, DC – USA
2019 VingDirect Forum: “Staying Relevant in a Competitive Marketplace”
April 11, 2019 – Santa Rosa, CA, USA
3 Tier Wine Symposium
May 22, 2019 – Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Tasting Room Trend Review and Forecast: What Flipped and What Flopped
Napa County Hits B Cellars with Code Notice over Food Service
Should You Ignore What Your Customers Want? The Great Winemakers Do.
Mary Ann Graf, Who Paved the Way for California Women Winemakers, Dies at 76
How to Sell Wine into Restaurants Effectively
California’s Top Wine Festival by Winemakers for Wine Lovers
The US Wine Industry in 2019 – Slowing but Steady, and Craving Innovation
Senators Wyden and Blunt Reintroduce Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act
What Wine Marketers Should Know About Cannabis Consumers
Can the Wine Industry Survive Millennials?
Canines Coming to Napa and Surrounding Wine Country to Combat Cork Taint
A New Study Answers the Question: Does Blind Wine Tasting Work?
The Science of Tannins in Wine
Millennials Are Talking but the Wine Industry Isn’t Listening
