The California Wine Industry Is Facing Unprecedented Challenges, Causing Many Winery Owners to Consider Acquisitions: Consolidation is nothing new for the wine industry, but the pace of change has accelerated...
Italian Watchdog Launches Wine Bottle Cartel Investigation: The Italian competition authority, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), has launched an investigation into a possible...
New Study Finds That Warm Summers and Wet Winters Yield Better Wine Vintages: A research study led by the University of Oxford has found that weather plays an important role in determining wine qualit...
Renowned International Winemaker Files Lawsuit Against Napa County over Denial of Water Rights: Jayson Woodbridge, owner and winemaker of one of the world’s most sought-after wines, has filed suit against...
Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley Vintner and Investor Brion Wise Acquires Mark Herold Wines: Wise, proprietor of BRION and B. Wise Vineyards, today announces the acquisition of Mark Herold Wines...
Vineyard Worker Killed in Industrial Accident Near San Miguel: Leonides Magallon, 72, reportedly was driving a tractor along Allende Road when the vehicle went off the road and down a hill...
Big Rig Spills 10,000 Empty Wine Bottles Onto Highway 101 Near Healdsburg: A big rig flipped over on Highway 101 near Healdsburg Monday spilling 10,000 empty wine bottles onto the roadway, the California...
Hawke's Bay Cleanup Begins: After the tragic impact of Cyclone Gabrielle, the weather-bombed wine region looks to salvage what it can...
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...
