Tag: Washington

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Michael David Winery Acquires Historic Geyserville Winery, Tasting Room, and Vineyards Michael David Winery announced today the purchase...

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...

Wine Sellers Push to Allow Shipments Across the Border If a New York connoisseur wants a bottle of wine from a Central California or Oregon vineyard, he or she can have it shipped without any trouble. The same wine enthusiast can also order a bottle to be shipped from an in-state retailer...

A Woman's Death Sorting Grapes Exposes Italy's "Slavery" Her husband can still recall how Paola Clemente used to set two alarms to make sure she woke in the middle of the night - 1:50 a.m. - to catch the private bus that would take her and dozens of other women to the vineyards...

Survey results will help refine Washington’s viticulture and enology research priorities. SEATTLE (April 6, 2017) - The Washington State Wine Commission wants wine grape growers...

Francis Ford Coppola Winery Acquires Silverwood Vineyard in Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak Appellation The purchase includes the 13-acre Silverwood Vineyard, an ultra-premium Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec producing vineyard whose fruit has contributed to Coppola's highly-acclaimed flagship Archimedes wine for several vintages...

Farmland Values in the Central San Joaquin Decline in 2016 as Crop Prices Tumble The value of farmland in the central San Joaquin Valley cooled for some crops as prices for several high-flying commodities softened and access to water remained a concern, according to the Trends in Agricultural Land & Lease Values report released Thursday...

Industry-funded research has positive economic impact for Washington’s wine industry SEATTLE (March 30, 2017) - The Washington State Wine Commission recommended more than $1 million...

Trinchero Family Estates Fined $44,575 by Cal/OSHA in Worker's Death Citing safety violations that lead to a worker's death in August, Trinchero Family Estates has been fined $44,575 by the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration...

Gallo Buys Stagecoach Vineyard and its 600 Acres of Napa Valley Hillside Vines E. & J. Gallo, the world's largest family-owned wine company, continues to see premium wine as the future...

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...

Mercer Canyons Agrees to Pay $1.2 Million to Former Workers: A Klickitat County farm has agreed to pay up to $1.2 million to settle a class-action lawsuit involving more than 600 farmworkers.U.S. District Judge Stanley A. Bastian has given initial approval to the settlement, which will now be sent to former workers via mail and radio ads...

Total Wine Shipments to the US Expanded 3% to 399 Million Cases in 2016: For 12-months ending December 2016, Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates reports that total wine shipments into the US market expanded by 3%, nearing 400 million cases. This growth is consistent with 10 year trends and is across both domestic and imported wines...

Wine Market Council and Nielsen Explore Industry Trends: A members-only meeting held Friday by the Wine Market Council and Nielsen at Napa's Culinary Institute of America at Copia provoked a lively discussion of consumer trends in the American wine industry...

Wine Distribution Alternatives Won't Produce Tears for the Three Tier System: According to a Wines & Vines article, in 1995 the number of alcohol distributors in the U.S. was greater than the number of wineries: 3,000 to 1,800. That kind of competitive choice must have been really good for wineries, but a lot of wine must also have been imported...