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Champions of Sonoma County Wines Recognized
76 Restaurants from across the country and Mexico receive inaugural ‘Magnum Award’  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (September 2, 2025) – Seventy-six restaurants spanning from Graton, California, to Greenwich, Connecticut, are being honored with the 2025 Sonoma County Magnum Award for their exceptional support and promotion of Sonoma County wines.  Earlier this year, Sonoma County Winegrowers launched this new initiative to recognize restaurants that demonstrate outstanding support for Sonoma County wines and showcasing Sonoma County as a world-class wine region. Each restaurant will receive a uniquely etched magnum bottle, symbolizing their role as an ambassador for Sonoma County’s farmers, winemakers, and wines. During the year, Sonoma County wineries submitted nominations of restaurants they felt were deserving of recognition. Input was also provided by partners, trade, and sommeliers from throughout the country. Restaurants were selected based on key crit
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Today's wine business news for wine industry professionals...

Just over two and a half weeks after the Burdoin fire burned through the Lyle/Bingen area of the Columbia River Gorge, local wineries are still assessing the extent of damage and, in some cases, starting to reopen...

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Wine consumption overall is on the decline, reaching its lowest point since 1996. And while California sparkling wine is far from immune to the gloom, the sunshine state is finding areas of the market that is leveraging with great success, albeit in a few different ways and often simultaneously...

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Today's #winebiz news for #wineindustry professionals...

Professor Simone Loose from Geisenheim University and Rafael del Rey from the Spanish Observatory of Wine Markets have launched their latest report, State of the International Wine Markets in 2023. Here are their most important findings...

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Using Tech to Make Life Easier for Vineyard Managers
Andy White, an Account Manager at Lumo and the author of this article, installing a Lumo smart valve.  I need to be honest with you about something…I had the idea for Lumo ten years ago. Well, that might be an overstatement. But at some point, I realized the flow meter was key for automation accountability. In fact, I’d bet you half the vineyard managers in Napa have had that idea at one point or another, because we’ve all found ourselves at the altar of the irrigation gods, praying that nothing is going terribly wrong with that automated timer system we set up a week ago and haven’t had a chance to go back to check on. And sure, from the outside looking in, you might wonder what would drive a vineyard manager to use a system with no built-in accountability, no remote control, no leak alerts or visibility into how much water you’re applying. Why would you put yourself in that position? It’s obviously not where you want to be. Of course it&
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Fine wine importer Demeine Estates is pleased to announce Berry Bros. & Rudd, the UK’s oldest fine wine and spirits merchant, will represent Heitz Cellar and Ink Grade, two estates from their Napa Valley portfolio, in the UK market...

Napa Valley, CA – December 7, 2023 – Fine wine importer Demeine Estates is pleased to announce Berry Bros. & Rudd, the UK’s oldest fine wine and spirits merchant, will represent […]

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