April 7, 2016
Sale of Napa’s Prisoner Signals Change in Wine Markets: Beverage giant Constellation Brands has announced that it will purchase Napa Valley's Prisoner Wine Co. for approximately $285 million...
March 8, 2016
Vintage Wine Estates Files Trademark Infringement Suit Against Dan Cohn: Vintage Wine Estates, Inc. filed a trademark infringement suit against Dan Cohn, formerly of B.R. Cohn Winery on Feb. 29, 2016....
March 4, 2016
El Niño’s Long-Awaited Grand Performance Is on Its Way to California
: After a crushingly dry February, it looks as if early to mid-March is likely to bring California some of the serious moisture it needs...
February 9, 2016
Will Marijuana Be the Next Great Wine Industry Disrupter? The biggest disruption to the American wine industry was Prohibition, which shut down some eighty percent of existing wineries in the period 1...
January 22, 2016
Landmark Vineyards and Winery Acquires Russian River Valley’s Hop Kiln Winery: Landmark Vineyards, one of Sonoma's premier producers of luxury chardonnay and pinot noir, announced today its purchase of...
January 19, 2016
Premiere Napa Valley Auction Goes Online: Twenty-five lots at this year's Premiere Napa Valley barrel tasting and futures auction will be offered online for the first time, boosting the chances of another...
January 6, 2016
More Californians Preparing for Severe El Nino Flood Risk: Residents Purchase 28,000 New Flood Insurance Policies in California: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today released new data on...
January 5, 2016
2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Begins Today: The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition begins today in this northern Sonoma County community, and it continues to break records...
December 28, 2015
Napa, Sonoma Struggle with Winery Events Rules: Napa and Sonoma counties are in the midst of reviewing how they handle rural winery projects amid increasingly vigorous opposition...
December 21, 2015
Wine Premiumization Trend Builds Through Thanksgiving: The latest off-premise report from Nielsen indicates that the premium wine segment continues to perform well with consumers trading up for the holidays...