Vaughn Duffy Wines Pinot Noir Named Top Wine at the 11th Annual North Coast Wine Challenge: A record 1,190 wine entries were tasted and assessed during the two-day competition at the Sonoma County Fai...
Fire Destroys Outbuilding at Napa County Winery, Other Structures Spared: A fire destroyed an outbuilding at a winery east of Yountville on Thursday night, but was contained without damage to other structures,...
Rob McMillan on Wine: Living in Two Worlds: After decades in banking, I thought I'd seen everything. But last week, with a jolt to my system, I was unfortunately proven wrong. This would turn out to be...
SVB Financial Files for Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Protection, Says It Has $2.2 Billion in Liquidity: One week after trading was halted for SVB Financial and regulators took control of the holding company for Silicon...
California Wine Country’s Race to Build Wine Palaces: Today, there are over 8,000 legally bonded wineries in America with California leading with over 4,763 in 2021 according to Statista. Even Alaska has...
Napa Cabs Go Big at Auction: The skies over Napa Valley may have literally been dark on a stormy Saturday, but the outlook for Napa Cabernet Sauvignon has never been brighter after a phenomenal outcome...
The Passing of Entrepreneur, Vintner, and Art Collector, Donald M. Hess, (1936-2023): Donald M. Hess, entrepreneur, vintner, and art collector, passed away peacefully in Bern, Switzerland, on January 30,...
Michael Martini, Third-Generation Napa Winemaker, Dies at Age 73: A "larger-than-life" character, Martini was diagnosed with cancer three weeks before his death...
Has Wine Country Become Too Expensive for Its Own Good?: One thing became very clear over the course of this year: Visiting Wine Country has gotten really expensive...
RNDC Expands Presence in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont: Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) today announced the upcoming purchase of Ultra, a division of Horizon Beverage. The purchase includes...
