Afternoon Brief: Sonoma County Vintners Names Emilie Eliason as Interim Executive Director
She will guide the organization through the transition as Michael Haney departs from the role...
Afternoon Brief: What a Century-Old Grapevine Reveals About a Disease That Plagues Wine Country
In a new study, researchers identified a 120-year old grapevine cutting in the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity that still contained traces of X. fastidiosa DNA from the early 1900s...
Afternoon Brief, April 23rd
Wine Industry Makes Sustainability Push with New Packaging Alliance: A new alliance of wine brands is launching a push for sustainable packaging solutions across the US wine industry...
Afternoon Brief, February 23rd
How a Napa Farming Nonprofit Became a Political Power Broker—And Got Caught Up in a Federal Investigation: A mysterious federal investigation unfolding in Napa Valley has ensnared one of the wine industry’s most powerful entities...
Afternoon Brief, December 18th
British Man Accused of Swindling Nearly $100 Million in Wine Fraud Case Pleads Not Guilty : A British man accused of allegedly defrauding investors of nearly $100 million through a Ponzi-like scheme involving nonexistent luxury wines pleaded not guilty in a U.S. court on Saturday...
Afternoon Brief, September 7th
New Jersey Judge Upholds Retail Shipping Ban: Once again, the courts deem retail sales to be different than winery offerings...
Afternoon Brief, August 24th
Wine Grape Transport Truck Overturns Near George, WA Trapping Two: A semi-tractor pulling two trailers filled with wine grapes met a severe mishap on Monday, overturning while traveling too fast on Road 1-Northwest near Beverly-Burke Road, just north of George. The incident occurred on the corner east of Beverly-Burke Road Southwest at approximately 5:30 p.m...
Afternoon Brief, July 24th
Livermore Winery Owner Dies After Car Crash: A two-car collision Friday afternoon resulted in the death of a 59-year-old man, the Livermore Police Department said. The driver was identified as Mitchell Katz, the Alameda County Coroner’s Office confirmed to KRON4. Katz was the owner of Mitchell Katz Winery in Livermore...
Afternoon Brief, August 16th
A Major Figure in the Alsatian Wine World, André Hugel, Has Passed Away at the Age of 92: It is with great sadness that Famille Hugel announces the death of André Hugel on Monday, August 15, at the age of 92...
Afternoon Brief, March 30th
Provi Files Federal Antitrust Complaint Against Southern and RNDC, the Nation’s Two Largest Wine and Spirits Distributors: Provi, the fastest-growing ecommerce marketplace for the beverage alcohol industry, yesterday filed a complaint in Federal Court in Illinois against Southern Glazer’s Wines and Spirits (Southern) and Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), the two largest wine and spirits distributors in the United States...