Tag: Temecula

American wineries increased the dollar value of their direct-to-consumer shipments by an unprecedented 15.5% in 2014, with an equally record-breaking increase in the volume of those shipments...

Wine Spectator to Unveil Top 100 Wines of 2014: After tasting more than 18,000 wines from vineyards around the globe, the editors at Wine Spectator are set to release their much-anticipated list of the Top 100 Wines of 2014...

Harvey Posert Jr., the Man Behind Robert Mondavi’s Message, Dies at 84: Harvey Posert Jr., a career professional in public relations who was one of the leading figures behind the scenes in California wine's success over the past 40 years, died early on Oct. 3 at St. Helena Hospital...

Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison: Rudy Kurniawan, the first person to be tried and convicted in a U.S. federal court for counterfeiting wine, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison...

Vintner Jim Fetzer closing Ceago Vinegarden: Jim Fetzer, who worked along with his family to create their namesake wine and then later started his own Lake County winery noted for its unique biodynamic farming, has announced his retirement...

Grape harvest begins early in Temecula Wine Country: Experiencing the grape harvest in the local vineyards has rarely been on a July to-do list but thats just what is happening now in the vineyards of Temeculas Wine County and across the state...

Treasury Wine Estates Rejects Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Offer: Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. rejected a 3.05 billion Australian dollar (US$2.85 billion) takeover bid from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., pitched as the world's No. 2 vintner grapples with a string of setbacks including poor U.S. sales that forced it destroy thousands of gallons of wine last year...

Treasury Wine Soars on Pernod’s Reported Interest in Assets: Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. surged the most on record in Sydney trading after the Australian newspaper said Pernod Ricard SA is interested in buying its U.S. assets...

U.S. Wine Sales Rise for 20th Consecutive Year: Party on, Americans. At a time when wine sales are slow in Europe, the U.S. wine market grew for the 20th year in a row in 2013…

Former Winetasting Network (WTN) executive pleads guilty to fraud, tax charges: Martin Christopher Edwards, a former top executive of The Winetasting Network indicted nearly a year ago over nearly $900,000 diverted from the Napa company, has resurfaced and pleaded guilty, according to a statement from federal prosecutors Wednesday...

Trending Story: Wine Trade ‘Losing Touch’ With Millennials The study, commissioned by the London Wine Fair, found that Millennials have an overall lack of engagement with...

  Trending Story: Treasury Wine boss slams rising tide of 'crazy' lawsuits The chief executive of the world's biggest winemaker, Treasury Wine Estates, has lashed...

Trending Story: Treasury, Accolade Sign Packaging And Production Accord For Accolade’s U.S. Wines Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has agreed to provide Accolade Wines with production and packaging services for...

Trending Story: Rotting Grapes From Bordeaux to Burgundy Cut French Wine Outlook France cut its outlook for wine production for a fourth time after botrytis rot...

Trending Story: Wine Industry Network Launches Afternoon News Brief The Wine Industry Network (WIN) today launched the Afternoon News Brief, the latest in their growing portfolio...