Storms Are Another Disaster for Sonoma County Farmworkers Who Call for More Aid: Because of the work interruptions caused by the January storms, hundreds of farmworkers have turned to local nonprofit organizations...
Illegal Alcohol Shipping Has Become a Serious Problem: Illegal alcohol shipping in the U.S. has grown into a significant and dangerous problem. Ecommerce exploded during the Covid-19 pandemic, allowing...
California Wines Pour Jobs and Dollars into Economy: The California wine and winegrape sector and allied businesses deliver a total economic contribution of $73 billion annually to the state’s economy...
Red Wine Quality, Composition Studied at WSU: Research can help winemakers create good products regardless of circumstances beyond their control...
By Carl Giavanti Clive Pursehouse is the U.S. editor for Decanter, with added regional responsibility for both Oregon and Washington states. After relocating to the West Coast nearly 20 years ago from...
Southern Oregon is known for it’s abundance of wineries. But smoke from wildfires in recent years has sometimes affected the taste of the wine. Smoke damage from wildfires are costing wineries billions...
Exchange Rates Unlikely to Impact Wine Prices: As the value of the Euro, relative to the dollar, dropped to historic lows, wine industry executives have started to wonder if this decrease will help mitigate...
Foley Family Wines Buys Napa’s Silverado Vineyards: Vintner, finance executive and hockey team owner Bill Foley secures 300 acres of Napa vines with latest deal expanding his winery holdings...
Petition Filed to Establish Pocket Peak AVA in Sonoma County: A collective group of Sonoma County winegrowers have filed a petition with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to establish a new...
Colorado Rising: Behind the World’s First High Desert Hybrid Wine Region: Colorado has been producing locally grown and bottled wine since 1890, but it’s just now reaching that adolescent stage of development,...
