Afternoon Brief: In the U.S.-Canada Trade War, the Wine and Spirits Industry Is Still Paying the Price
Tariffs and retaliatory boycotts have devastated wine and spirits businesses on both sides of the border. One year later, the industry is still grappling with lost sales, strained relationships, and an uncertain path forward...
Afternoon Brief: California Wine Giant Puts One of Its Most Premium Wineries Up for Sale
Imagery Estate Winery in Glen Ellen, which was started in the 1980s by Joe Benziger, whose family also founded nearby Benziger Family Winery, has quietly been on the market since early December. Bids for the nearly 20-acre property are due Jan. 21.
Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Martha Barra — A Warm and Approachable Mendocino Leader
By Laurie Wachter Few voices are as passionate about Mendocino County as Martha Barra, who, for more than 40 years, has devoted herself to the continuing
Martha Barra Honored with Congressional Resolution
Honoring Mendocino County vintner’s 80th birthday & four decades of organic grape growing Redwood Valley, Mendocino, January 2022 — Representatives Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson delivered a Resolution on the […]