The amount of land devoted to producing grapes for California’s wine industry rose 0.8 percent last year to 615,000 acres, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Tuesday.
Customers are likely to pay more for a bottle of fine wine this year as wine prices rise, the result of an improved economy and strong demand, according to a new survey by Silicon Valley Bank.
Wine once was seen as a beverage mainly for a few old men with long memories and longer beards. Today, the young drive the bus — and there are a lot of them.
International trade is again at the forefront of Washington policymaking as it is one of the few issues that the Obama administration and the incoming GOP-controlled Congress are believed to be able to agree upon in the next two years.
Along a small stretch of Highway 12 in the Carneros region of Sonoma County, there will soon be an interesting test case of how Wine Country handles the changing consumer preferences in the growing market of craft beer, cider and spirits.
As he went around Napa Valley in the past two years, Ken Giles had the unenviable task of notifying nearby residents that UC Davis would be conducting a demonstration project using drones to spray pesticides at its vineyard in Oakville.
When Peter Eastlake was tasked with selecting wineries in 2008 for the first Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, he had to beg and cajole them to participate.
The Napa Valley Vintners trade organization made history on Feb. 22 by raising $5.9 million from the sale of wine at Premiere Napa Valley, nearly doubling last year’s record.
