Afternoon Brief, June 5th
Feds Grill Ex-Workers from Iconic NYC Wine Shop Sherry-Lehmann as Fraud Probe Heats Up: The feds may be close to putting a cork in their year-long probe of iconic wine shop Sherry-Lehmann — and potentially bringing charges against its former owners for allegedly scamming customers out of their vintage bottles...
Afternoon Brief: Napa Valley Wine Grapes Thrive After Record Rainfall, but Cool Weather May Delay Harvest
California's normally bountiful wine grape harvest had been hindered in recent years by a combination of drought and wildfires...
Afternoon Brief, May 11th
What the Sale of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Means for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and Northwest Wine: Yesterday Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE) and Italian producer Marchesi Antinori announced that the latter purchased full ownership of Napa Valley’s Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars...
The 50 Great Canned Wines of the World Competition Winners 2023 by Wine Pleasures
Wine Pleasures reveals the awards and scores of the very first European based competition to find the 50 Great Canned Wines of the World 2023. December
Afternoon Brief, December 5th
Herbicide the Star of New Napa Movie: Documentary filmmaker Brian Lilla says he moved from Oakland, California to Napa to get away from gun violence, because he and his wife wanted to have kids. Once there, he discovered grapegrowers spraying Roundup on their vines and it disturbed him enough to make a movie about it...
Afternoon Brief, June 20th
Cal/OSHA Safety Board Denies Monarch Tractor Petition to Modify Regulations Regarding Autonomous Tractor Use: Current California safety regulations under the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) written in the 1970s require a human operator to be stationed at the vehicular controls for all self-propelled tractors used in agricultural operations, thus presenting a regulatory roadblock to the use of autonomous, driver optional tractors that are being developed, marketed and trialed for use in California's vineyards and farmlands...
The 50 Great White Wines of the World Winners 2022 by Wine Pleasures
Now in its second year, Wine Pleasures reveals the 50 Great White Wines of the World Awards and results 2022. June 20th – This year’s competition has seen wines uncorked […]
Wine Pleasures B2B Workshops for the Wine Export Trade 2022 Switch Dates
The 12th edition of Italy’s leading B2B Workshop originally due to take place 1-3 March will take place on 2 – 4 May due to importer concerns over travel and the Omicron variant. […]
Afternoon Brief, January 18th
With Napa Cab Increasingly Out of Reach, Could It Be Sonoma’s Turn for the Spotlight?: It’s hard to talk about California wine without immediately turning to Napa Valley. And with good reason. California was in large part put on the global wine map thanks to the 1976 Paris Tasting, when a Napa Valley Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon bested their French counterparts to the whole world’s surprise...
Afternoon Brief, December 6th
9th Annual WIN Expo Returns In-Person: After a two year hiatus, Wine Industry Network (WIN) hosted the 9th Annual North Coast Wine Industry Expo (WIN Expo) at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on December 2...