Afternoon Brief, October 10th
Washington Wine Grape Growers Downsizing: Washington viticulturists face painful adjustments to Ste. Michelle volume decrease...
Afternoon Brief, September 11th
NAWR Applauds First Circuit Court of Appeals’ Decision That Rhode Island’s Ban of Wine Shipments from Out-of-State Retailers Is Discriminatory: The National Association of Wine Retailers (NAWR) released the following statement from its President David Parker concerning the First Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent decision in Anvar v. Dwyer that Rhode Island’s ban on wine shipments from out-of-state retailers is discriminatory...
Sip, Savor, and Study: Dutton Estate Winery and Napa Valley Wine Academy Team Up for Exclusive Russian River Valley Learning Adventure
Sebastopol, CA, September 11, 2023 -Dutton Estate Winery and Napa Valley Wine Academy are collaborating this harvest season to provide an
Afternoon Brief, August 28th
Brock Lindsay of Lake Chelan’s Succession and Alta Wineries Dies at 40: Brock Lindsay, winemaker and co-owner of Succession Wines and Alta Cellars in the Lake Chelan appellation, died August 26th due to traumatic injuries caused by a utility vehicle rollover accident. He was 40-years old...
Afternoon Brief, May 22nd
East Coast Wineries Assessing Losses After Late Frost Turns May Morning into a ‘Bad Dream’: Last week provided another reminder of the risks of farming overall and growing grapevines specifically...
Afternoon Brief, June 17th
US Supreme Court Blocks Efforts to Dismiss Claims Against Glyphosate: Bayer, the German pharmaceutical giant, suffered a setback in the US when the Supreme Court allowed cases to proceed against its subsidiary Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller whose allegedly carcinogenic ingredient, glyphosate, is widely used by the wine industry...
Afternoon Brief, June 15th
Can Sustainable Wine Survive a Cost of Living Crisis?: In many ways, it feels like the concept of sustainability in the era of climate change was made for the wine industry. It is also true to say that the wine industry has been talking about, and trying to mitigate, climate change for far longer than many other product categories...
Barrel vs Tank vs Egg at Dutton Estate
Sebastopol, CA, June 15, 2022 – What will win the taste test at Dutton Estate Winery’s “Dutton Wine Class: Barrel vs Tank vs Egg” on July 16th? In this new educational […]
Afternoon Brief, November 3rd
IWCA Call on Wine Industry to Decarbonize: Without rapid and decisive emissions reductions, our future will be defined by almost unimaginable levels of disruption – with devastating consequences for the wine-producing regions that we love and the wines we produce for people all around the world...