January 6, 2022
Republic National Distributing Company Purchases White Mountain Beverage: Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), the national distributor and broker of premium wine and spirits, purchased White...
January 4, 2022
Sonoma County Winemaking Club Hit with COVID Outbreak: By the time Dec. 11 rolled around, the Garage Enologists of Sonoma County were a bit starved for normalcy. The well-established amateur winemaking...
November 12, 2021
Business Strategy Behind the Wine Group’s Partnership With MPL Brands NV: If you’re The Wine Group, you invest in a company that makes canned cocktails, a key part of the continually growing ready-to-drink...
November 8, 2021
Is There Smoke In My Wine? Caldor Fire’s Impact on El Dorado County Wine Harvest: Smoke from the Caldor Fire can be smelled or tasted in some grapes harvested in El Dorado County — but they won’t make...
October 6, 2021
Napa Valley’s Fairwinds Estate Winery Sues Insurer Claiming Refusal to Pay Glass Fire Claim: Fairwinds Estate Winery says one of its insurers sold it a useless insurance policy shortly before the winery...
August 20, 2021
How Napa's Cakebread Winery Absolved Itself of Starting One of California's Most Destructive Fires: An electric fence at a vineyard was suspected of sparking the 2020 Glass Fire. So the winery commissioned...
August 5, 2021
Water rights activists threatened with false legal accusations for protesting U.S.-based multinational alcohol corporation Constellation Brands MEXICALI, BAJA CALIFORNIA (August 4, 2021) – Mexicali...
July 30, 2021
California Wine Country Rebuilds as Threats Persist: The drought in Northern California is severe, and the risk of fires remains high. But winemakers are trying to adapt to climate change...
July 29, 2021
New York Star Sommelier Arrested and Accused of Arson: Caleb Ganzer, wine director and co-owner of La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels, allegedly set fire to outdoor dining spaces at other restaurants.....
June 30, 2021
Goose Gap Is Washington’s 19th American Viticultural Area: Goose Gap is Washington’s newest American Viticultural Area (AVA). The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) will publish the final rule...