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ABC Agents Will Be Out Labor Day Weekend
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) today announced it will have agents out working to keep the public safe through enforcement of alcoholic beverage laws on Labor Day weekend…
What Does It Mean for a Wine to Taste Like It’s ‘Supposed To’?
Reconsidering the notion of ‘varietal typicity,’ in this week’s Drinking with Esther newsletter…
Legendary Central Coast Vintner, Sam Balakian, Passes Away at Age 78
Sam Balakian, president and winemaster of SVP Winery in Paso Robles, passed away on August 31, 2020…
From Wildfire to Pandemic, How One Napa Winemaker Keeps Going
Philippe Langner, owner and winemaker of Hesperian Wines, started his winemaking career in Bordeaux, but his life experiences have taken him across the globe from El Salvador to Zaire to Zurich…
New Grape Variety Names Approved for Designating American Wine
Niagara’s Craft Wineries Facing Uncertain Future as Impact of Pandemic and Taxes Take Hold
Celebrate California Wine Month in Livermore Valley
Wine Scholar Guild 15th Anniversary Events
Ball Announces New U.S. Beverage Plant in Pittston, Pennsylvania, to Meet Increasing Demand for Cans
Pandemic Has Forced B.C. Wineries to Catch Up with the Times
Spanish Grape Growers Halt Their Harvest Strike
Australian Winemakers Count the Cost Following the Wine Society Collapse
Why China Is Turning Sour on Australia Wines
After the LNU Fires: What Should Farmers and Landowners Do?
September 10, 2020 – Webinar
Clonal Field Day
September 11, 2020 – Greenwood, CA, USA
A Day in the Life of the Farmer, as Seen on Social Media
September 14, 2020 – Webinar
Opportunities in South African Wine
September 15, 2020 – Webinar
DTC Sales: Why It’s Essential to Transfer from on Premise to Online Now!
September 23, 2020 – Webinar
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How Metallica Secretly Filmed a Concert at a Sonoma Winery
Walla Walla Winery Fights Back About Poor Rating from BBB
Cowboys Fighting Fires in Napa County
Fires in California Wine Country: Latest as 2020 Harvest Gets Underway
Paso Robles Tasting Room Owner Threatened with Fines, Jail Time for Moving Indoors During Wildfires
Crop Insurance Gets New Tools for Wine Smoke Taint
CAWG Statement on Smoke Exposure Events, Winegrapes and Wineries
Viticulturists Keep Fingers Crossed That Smoke Won’t Taint Wine
Survey Finds Scant Interest in Wine Ingredients, Grape Growing
Royal Slope Is Washington’s Newest American Viticultural Area
California’s Super-Premium Sparkling Wines Rack Up Retail Gains
Willamette Valley Winemakers Calling on Walla Walla Vineyards
Cal Poly Releases Economic Impact Study of Proposed Groundwater-Use Cuts in Paso Robles
Consumers Increasingly Turning to Safer and ‘Local’ Wine Brands During the Pandemic