Afternoon Brief, May 29th
Oregon Wineries Sue Pacificorp for $100 Million for Smoke Damage: Some 30 wineries in Willamette Valley are suing Warren Buffett’s energy company PacifiCorp for negligence surrounding the 2020 wildfires that caused catastrophic smoke taint to their crops...
Afternoon Brief, February 22nd
Former Employee Arrested in Nov. Vandalism of Woodinville Winery and Draining 24K Bottles of Wine: Detectives arrested a former employee suspected of breaking into and draining roughly 24,000 bottles of wine at a Woodinville winery in November 2023...
Cristina Torres Promoted to General Manager at Marimar Estate
Sebastopol, CA (February 8, 2023) -Cristina Torres, daughter of Marimar Torres and member of the fifth generation of Familia Torres, has been
Afternoon Brief, February 8th
Has U.S. Wine Industry Consolidation Gone Too Far?: Is the U.S. wine industry becoming too concentrated, with just a few big firms dominating the marketplace? That, more or less, was one of the questions we were asked at the press conference that followed the annual “State of the Industry” session at last month’s Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento, California...