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Napa and Sonoma Bottles Rise to the Top of American Wine Lists. Again.
We love to ride a new wave, set a trend, be the vanguard. Headlines scream about the decline of last years fad and the rise of this years hot new thing. Yet if we take a broader perspective and look at something over a longer time, continuity may be more apparent …
City of Sonoma to Limit Plaza Tasting Rooms to 25
The number of wine-tasting rooms in downtown Sonoma will be limited to 25 that is if the Sonoma City Council follows through on plans to place tighter reins on the number of wine dens allowed in the Plaza area …
Who Will Replace the Wine-Loving Boomers?
A less robust wine market. Growing sales of premium wines. Concerns about millennial engagement with wine …
The Truth About Wine Shipping and Michigan
Taking a walk through the vineyards at Montinore Estate in Oregon’s Willamette Valley isn’t so striking for what’s there, but more for what isn’t…
Canned Wine “Hot Brands” See Further Gains Ahead
Ciatti California Market Report, March 2019
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Returns Nearly $2.1 Million in Licensing Fees to Local Communities
New York State Is Looking to Add Mead to Its Growing Craft Beverage Industry
Burn Bans Issued in Western Washington, Oregon
Impact of Retaliatory Tariffs on American Whiskey Exports Deepens
Fine Wine Investment: All in Good Time
DRC Smashes Through Another Price Ceiling
United Kingdom Wine Industry Could Create 30,000 New Jobs
Kirin to Bring Native Japanese Wines to Europe
Dan Berger: America’s Best-Kept Wine Secret
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Oxygen Management to Optimize Sulfite Additions
April 4, 2019 – Webinar
DTC Roadshow in Texas Hill Country
April 9, 2019 – Fredericksburg, TX, USA
2019 VingDirect Forum: “Staying Relevant in a Competitive Marketplace”
April 11, 2019 – Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Wine Industry Conference
April 18, 2019 – Rohnert Park, CA, USA
3 Tier Wine Symposium
May 22, 2019 – Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Constellation’s Mondavi Improperly Obtained, Deceptively Use Famed “To Kalon” Designation
Historic To-Kalon Vineyard Documented for HALS
Is There Really a Benefit to Crop Thinning?
Smart Packaging, Tech Labels, and Emerging Technology in Marketing the Wine Brand on the Bottle
Vintage Wine Estates Purchases 1,986 Acre Laetitia Winery Estate on the California Central Coast
Constellation Brands May Sell Cheap Wine Brands to Gallo
Turning the Tables on Virginie Boone
Can This Millionaire Wine Mogul Turn a San Francisco Island Into a Hipster Napa Alternative?
California Gurls Katy Perry and Ayesha Curry Add Sparkle to Auction Napa Valley
First Signs of 2019 Bud Break in Napa Valley
How the Flooding Affected Sonoma’s 2019 Vintage
Biodynamic Production Offers a Look at the Future of Fine Wine
California Wine’s New Paradigm: Bright, Juicy, Translucent Reds
