Tag: Whole Foods
Whole Foods Brings Bulgarian Wine to Northern California Market
San Francisco, CA - November 11, 2019 - As many are searching their roots today, mother-daughter team, Helen Yanek and Deanne Travis of San...
Afternoon Brief, October 14
PG&E Wants to Seize Private Vineyard Property for Liquid Natural Gas Plant in Calistoga: PG&E is taking Calistoga vineyard owner Terry Gard to court, to seize a portion of his land for a liquid natural gas plant. Since the beginning of the year, the utility has tried to reach an agreement with Gard, who steadfastly refuses to cede any of the property his family has farmed for generations...
Buying Wine Online – Now More Affordable in Sonoma and Napa...
“It’s too expensive to ship wine to my house …..wine delivery is a hassle….I usually buy less expensive wine and you can’t buy that online.”
Afternoon Brief, March 13
The Nexus Linking IBM, California Wine, and Climate Modeling
This month, IBM announced the creation of a cloud-based geospatial information and analytics service. Its designed to help people analyze big data sets comprising information such as satellite images, climate models, and tweets, or more localized data like feeds from IoT sensors...
Afternoon Brief, December 29
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Wine Industry Leader Claims Carmel Mayor Has Serially Sexually Harassed Her
The #MeToo movement has come to quaint...
Afternoon Brief, October 31
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Acquisitions Impact on North Coast Grape Growers Hard to Predict Due to Market “Hesitation”
Glenn Proctor has been...
Afternoon Brief, September 14
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Silver Oak Owners Buy Oregon Vineyard from Dick Erath
The family behind Napa Valley's Silver Oak is the...
Afternoon Brief, August 17
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With New To Kalon Brand, Constellation Revives Legendary Napa Wine Dispute
The battle over Napa Valley's most contested...
Afternoon Brief, June 16
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Here's How Big Wine Gets to Avoid Environmental Rules in Napa
In 2006, Napa County officials issued a...
Afternoon Brief, February 12
Sonoma County Winegrowers Learn How to Combat Pierce’s Disease at Shone Farm Workshop: Thousands of Sonoma County vines have been pulled out and replanted over the past two years, thanks to an outbreak of Pierce's disease given a boost by the recent string of warmer winters, growers and vineyard managers learned at a workshop Thursday on combating the disease...
Afternoon Brief, February 10
Bordeaux Added to Pesticide Blacklist: Living in a famous wine region like Bordeaux sounds idyllic, but a recent investigation shows it's not such a hot idea especially if you have kids...
Afternoon Brief, November 13
Experts Foresee Dynamic Market for Mergers & Acquisitions in 2015:
Wine industry financiers are predicting robust activity for winery and vineyard mergers and acquisitions throughout the remainder of 2014 and heading into the New Year...
Afternoon Brief, September 11
Honore Comfort, Sonoma County Vintners group chief to step down:
The top official with Sonoma County Vintners, the major advocacy and promotional trade group for the countys wineries, announced Wednesday she will leave the organization after almost nine years on the job...
Afternoon Brief, September 10
France Set to Retake Global Wine Crown:
France is set to take back the top spot as the worlds largest wine producer following a poor harvest in Italy but the industry is still struggling with the fall in Chinese demand...
Afternoon Brief, September 5
Winemaker Loses Right Hand in Harvest Accident:
To veteran winemaker Bruno D'Alfonso, the screams exploding from the neighboring winery were eerily familiar, reminiscent of a sailing trip many years ago to Santa Cruz Island with his former boss, Richard Sanford...