April 23, 2018
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Fervent Bidding Results in a Record-Breaking Sonoma County Barrel Auction
A record-setting $840,700 was raised today, up six percent over the previous...
November 8, 2017
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California Tourism Group to Spend $2 Million Urging Visitors to Return to Wine Country
The state’s main tourism agency will spend about $2...
December 27, 2016
Trinchero Family Estates Announces Purchase of the Five Rivers Winery Facility in Paso Robles AVA: Trinchero Family Estates (TFE) today announced its purchase of the Five Rivers Winery facility in located...
October 26, 2016
Wine Industry Wants Greater Say in Sonoma County Groundwater Regulation: Vintners and wine industry representatives on Tuesday pressed Sonoma County supervisors to give farming interests a greater say...
September 7, 2016
Winery Worker, Napa Resident Killed on the Job: A Napa winery employee was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics after a stack of metal wine barrel racks fell on him, according to the Napa County...
May 25, 2016
Liquor Wholesaler and Three Employees Indicted for $9 Million Scheme to Smuggle Liquor from Maryland to New York: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Republic National Distribution Company,...
October 21, 2015
Napa Wine Prices Likely to Continue Rising: After a smaller harvest and with a strong economy, Napa Cabernet prices should go up over the next year, a leading California wine industry banker predicts....
August 27, 2015
Researchers Develop a Method to Sniff Out Counterfeit Wine Without Opening the Bottle: How do you know if a wine is authentic without opening the bottle? A team of researchers at U.C. Irvine believes they...
May 15, 2015
Storm system heads toward drought-stricken California: Drought-stricken California was set to get some relief from an approaching storm that forecasters said would be unusually strong for this time of...
March 18, 2015
Those of you who read my review of the crush report for the Wine Industry Advisor, may have noticed that I gave limited analysis of the crush report by geographic location. This is the second part of a...