January 19, 2024
By Kathleen Willcox
For decades, the Venn Diagram intersection of the Latinx and the wine communities happened solely in the vineyard. Slowly but surely, that’s changing — thanks to people...
June 27, 2023
Winemakers Weigh in with Tips and Strategies for Vineyard Success
On the Edge of the Pacific Ocean
By Laura Ness
It’s no secret that growing grapes within the reach of the Pacific Ocean — whether...
July 7, 2022
New AVA Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon becomes the 11th nested AVA in the Willamette Valley
Portland, Ore. (July 5, 2022) – Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon, the newest appellation in Oregon and nested...
May 14, 2020
After a two-month hiatus due to Stay At Home orders, wineries prepare to reopen May 15
Portland, OR … May 14, 2020 – After having closed tasting rooms for almost two months to on-premise...
March 24, 2020
Even though Oregon only produces one percent of the wines made in the United States, this states accounts for 52% of total vineyard acres that received biodynamic® certification from Demeter USA, a not-for-profit...
February 28, 2020
For almost all of February, the streets in the busiest cities of the world's most-populous nation have been empty. As China has battled to contain the novel coronavirus that causes the disease Covid-19,...
February 17, 2020
EU Wine and Spirits Avoid Tariff Hike but 25% Duties Remain: The US government has announced that current tariffs on still wines made in France, Germany, Spain and the UK, as well as Scotch whisky, will...
February 14, 2020
The country is now virtually closed to foreign travel and in the words of Alexandre Ricard, Pernod Ricards CEO: Night clubs and night bars are all closed in China and those bars and restaurants that are...
February 13, 2020
This week, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will make another decision regarding the 25% tariffs it imposed on certain European Union (E.U.) wines and goods last year ...
January 27, 2020
Napa and Sonoma counties are closer to resolving some key issues that for years have been simmering and at time boiling over on how to regulate the growth of wine business operations ...