Afternoon Brief: September 5
e Napa Wineries Sue Napa County in Federal Court: After years of their concerns falling on deaf ears, three Napa wineries have joined forces to sue Napa County in federal court to address longstanding violations of constitutional rights. The participating wineries are Summit Lake Vineyard, Smith-Madrone Winery, and Hoopes Vineyard...

Afternoon Brief, May 8th
Willamette Valley Wineries Hire Fire Litigation Lawyers to Investigate Suing Pacific Power for Grape and Wine Losses Arising from the 2020 Labor Day Fires: Today Willamette Valley Vineyards, Brigadoon Wine Co., Samuel Robert Winery, Retraite, LLC (fka Lingua Franca – LS Vineyards Holdings, LLC), and Elk Cove Vineyards Inc. announced they have hired a well-known legal team to investigate filing suit against Pacific Power, a division of PacifiCorp, in the Oregon state circuit courts...

Afternoon Brief, October 13th
California North Coast Wine Grape Harvest Eases Toward an Early Finish: A third drought-challenged wine grape season in a row is pretty much complete in the North Coast, helped to coast to an earlier finish by consistently warm fall days after an extraordinary hot and long late summer heat wave...

Afternoon Brief, August 15th
Smoke Threatens to Choke Bordeaux: Earlier this summer on July 12, Bordeaux faced down its first fire which went on to consume over 14,000 hectares in 12 days. Fast-forward a month and Bordeaux is back battling another blaze raging through Landes forest that has been described by various media outlets as monstrous...

