Afternoon Brief, December 14th
Winemaker Mike Grgich, Who Grabbed Worldwide Attention with His Napa Chardonnay, Dies at 100: After emigrating from Croatia, the winemaker worked at top Napa cellars like Beaulieu Vineyard, Chateau Montelena and Robert Mondavi Winery before founding his own winery...
La Prenda Wines Announces Where Great Wines Begin: Sauvignon Blanc
A Vineyard Tour and Educational Tasting Experience: Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7 SONOMA, CA (April 17, 2023) La Prenda Wines is pleased to announce
Afternoon Brief, March 23rd
Berkeley Man Who Destroyed $250 Million of Wine in Fire Dies: Mark Anderson who embezzled thousands of bottles of wine from his clients and set fire to a warehouse in 2005, destroying 4.5 million bottles of wine worth $250 million, has died...
Afternoon Brief: Solano County Winemakers? Pitch for New Grape Pricing Advances
For just over three years wine grape growers and vintners in a portion of Solano County have been petitioning the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) with a request: Move a boundary line on a map and, in doing so, fix a problem that was costing them profit from the sale of wine grapes...
La Prenda Wines Announces December Events in the Tasting Room
Holiday Centerpiece Workshop – Dec 15, Holiday Party with local Cartoonist Hilary Campbell – Dec 22 SONOMA, CA (December 6, 2022) —La Prenda Wines is pleased to announce upcoming Holiday […]
Afternoon Brief, October 11th
Inflation Drags on Wine’s Return to Pre-Pandemic US Restaurant Sales: A hoped-for rapid return of U.S. consumers to pre-pandemic levels of ordering wine and other beverage alcohol at restaurants, bars, nightclubs, hotels and similar venues may be faltering...
La Prenda Wines Announces New Fall Releases
SONOMA, CA (October 11, 2022) La Prenda Wines is pleased to announce the New Fall Wine Releases available now for tastings and purchase in the tasting room! After putting all []
Afternoon Brief, September 8th
10th Annual Wine Industry Expo Attendee Registration Opens: Wine Industry Network opened registration for the 10th Annual North Coast Wine Industry Trade Show & Conference (WIN Expo), scheduled for Thursday, December 1st, 2022, at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds and Event Center in Santa Rosa, CA...
La Prenda Wines Announces One Year Anniversary Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Thursday, September 15th 2:00pm at the La Prenda Tasting Room SONOMA, CA (September 7, 2022) La Prenda Wines is pleased to announce a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with the Sonoma Valley []
Afternoon Brief, August 10th
Wine Direct Shipping Ebbs but Remains Above Pre-Pandemic Levels, Report Says: Consumers who moved to getting wine shipped directly to their homes when they couldn’t or were reluctant to visit the vintners or enjoy a glass in restaurants and bars appear to be still doing so to some degree two and a half years since the pandemic began, according to a new report...