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Afternoon Brief, July 6
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Constellation Paid $60 Million for Napa Cabernet Star Schrader Cellars
Wine Spectator has learned that Constellation Brands paid...
Afternoon Brief, June 26
Are Napa, Sonoma Vineyards Getting too Pricey?
At a wine industry event about 10 years ago, there was a lot of discussion about top Napa Valley vineyards setting new records, with some selling for as much as $300,000 an acre...
Afternoon Brief, June 14
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Restaurant Tables May Have Turned for Small Family Run Wineries
According to Nation's Restaurant News, for chain restaurants...
Afternoon Brief, June 7
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China's Wine Imports Continue to Slide
The country's bottled wine imports grew by 2.99% year-on-year in volume to...
Afternoon Brief, May 24
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It’s What’s in the Bottle That Counts ... Or Is It?
The lab supervisor of a well-known Sonoma...
Afternoon Brief, May 5
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Worker Killed in Fall at Sutter Home Winery in St. Helena
A worker installing refrigeration piping at Sutter...
Afternoon Brief, May 2
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The Most Searched-For Cabernet Sauvignon
It's a well-worn axiom that Cabernet is king in California, but the real...
Afternoon Brief, March 16
Is the US Wine Boom Over?: What if the 40-year-long US wine boom, which increased wine consumption threefold and turned that country into the world's biggest wine market, is over...
Afternoon Brief, February 27
Another Outstanding Napa Valley Vintage Inspires Feverish Bidding at Premiere Napa Valley: Wines from the high quality but low yielding 2015 harvest took center stage at today's 21st annual Premiere Napa Valley barrel tasting and futures auction, hosted by the Napa Valley Vintners nonprofit association...
Afternoon Brief, February 16
Powerful Friday Storm in Southern California; Warm & Wet Atmospheric River to Affect Oroville Dam Watershed Monday: California is currently experiencing one of its wettest winters on record. Precipitation has been especially remarkable across the Northern Sierra watersheds, where liquid equivalent (rain+melted snow) is presently above 200% of average...
Afternoon Brief, February 13
Napa, Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon Winegrape Pricing Pushes North Coast to New Record: While North Coast winegrape tonnage last year came in slightly below average, the value of the regions 2016 crop hit a new record of $1.45 billion, getting a big boost from double-digit price increases in cabernet sauvignon grapes from Napa and Sonoma counties, according to figures released Friday...
Afternoon Brief, January 26
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U.S. Wine Tops $10-A-Bottle Average for First Time, Expert Says
Consumer thirst for higher-quality wine has pushed the...
Afternoon Brief, January 16
Sustainable Sonoma Wine Could Fetch $7-a-Bottle More, Survey Says: U.S. wine consumers are willing to pay more for wine - up to several dollars more per bottle - produced using "sustainable" practices, according to new research presented at a Sonoma County grapegrower seminar in Santa Rosa on Thursday...
Afternoon Brief, January 12
Wine & Weed Symposium Announced: The Wine Industry Network today announced the launch of the Wine & Weed Symposium, a one-day intensive educational conference that will focus on the legalization of cannabis in California and the expected impact and opportunities that this presents to the wine industry...
Afternoon Brief, January 9
Russian River Rising, More Rain on the Way: A driver in a Hummer became trapped in flood waters on a rural road west of Santa Rosa early Monday afternoon, generating a large emergency response including the Sonoma County sheriff's helicopter, a swift-water rescue team and a boat of firefighters...