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Afternoon Brief, October 23
New Law, Citing Napa as Inspiration, Seeks to Change Status Quo of Farmworker Housing: A new law, drawing upon inspiration from Napas farmworker housing model, could transform the housing landscape for workers and their families statewide. The bill, AB 1783, creates new opportunity for streamlined creation of single-family farmworker housing on surplus agricultural land ...
Afternoon Brief, June 18
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Examining the Fallout from Napa's Measure C
The last few months were witness to a hard-fought battle between...
Afternoon Brief, January 25
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2017 Wine Auction Totals Exceed $371 Million
The growing U.S. economy and a surging stock market that seems...
Afternoon Brief, December 21
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New York State Fines Southern Glazer's in 'Pay to Play' Scheme
A giant wine and liquor wholesaler whose...
Afternoon Brief, November 14
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Paul Hobbs Winery Buys Alexander Valley Vineyard
Silverado Investment and Management Company has sold vineyard property to Paul...
Afternoon Brief, October 17
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Insurance Payouts May Not Cover All Wildfire Damage for California Wineries
Wineries damaged by wildfires tearing through Northern...
Afternoon Brief, October 10
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Sonoma and Napa Wineries Hit Hard by Wine Country Fires
As massive fires continued to burn in the...
Afternoon Brief, July 5
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Full Speed Ahead for Jackson Family Wines
As one of the wine industry's most famous (and wealthy) celebrities,...
Afternoon Brief, April 24
Value Wins at Sonoma Wine Auction
Many people told me this off the record so I'm going to lead with it: the Sonoma County Barrel Auction is more fun than Premiere Napa Valley...
Afternoon Brief, November 22
How Millennials Are Breaking Down Class Barriers Post Brexit and Trump: Food - and wine in particular - are the next industries to see similar disruption because, according to John Gillespie of the Wine Market Council, Millennials are the largest wine consuming generation...
Afternoon Brief, September 12
Winery Owner Charles Banks Is Indicted in Federal Court: In a surprising turn for a onetime rising star in the wine industry, Charles A. Banks walked into a San Antonio courthouse wearing handcuffs Friday after surrendering to authorities...
Afternoon Brief, August 10
Prospects of a Light Crop Strengthen Prices for California’s 2016 Wine Grapes: Judging by early results from the unusually early start to this year's harvest, California's 2016 wine grape production could total no higher than average, if that much, reports Jeff Bitter, vice president of operations for Allied Grape Growers cooperative...
Afternoon Brief May 26
Experts: Smaller 2016 Crop May Increase ‘Buyer Fatigue’ from High Grape, Wine Prices: The consumers' thirst for better-quality wine continues to deepen, but the diminishing North Coast supply of grapes and wine may mean less of the growth in higher-end brands will be coming from the region, market experts told a gathering of industry professionals in Napa on May 25 ...
Afternoon Brief May 25
Liquor Wholesaler and Three Employees Indicted for $9 Million Scheme to Smuggle Liquor from Maryland to New York: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Republic National Distribution Company, LLC, and its employees ...
Afternoon Brief, May 24
Sea Change Coming to California Winegrape Landscape: If you asked typical American wine consumers where most winegrapes in the U.S. are grown, they would almost certainly say California, as the state produces about 90% of the nation's total...