Pierce Carson: nearly two decades ago Garen and Shari built a business and marketing plan that remains the foundation of Staglin Family Vineyard - family ownership, commitment to quality and a personal approach to selling and encouraging memorable experiences.

The proposal calls for habitat restoration and two tunnels to divert water from the Sacramento River under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to southbound pumps.

The proposed moratorium was among at least seven bills up for votes this week in the Legislature to strengthen state oversight of fracking.

Covered California-the name for the state's Obamacare-compatible insurance exchange-released the rates that Californians will have to pay to enroll in the exchange

Series of Events Set to Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Mr. Mondavi and His Impact on the American Wine Industry

Ageing wine on the ocean floor makes it more complex and open than its land-matured equivalent, according to an experiment by a Napa Valley winery.

Notaro, longtime head winemaker for Col Solare on Washington's Red Mountain, has been named head winemaker for Stag's Leap Wine Cellars on the famed Silverado Trail.

Firefighters are battling a new wildfire pushed along by heavy gusts of wind in the wine country hills northwest of Santa Barbara, Calif.

A celebration of Napa Valley Opera House's restoration and re-opening last week spotlighted one of its major benefactors and her favorite New Orleans band.

Every year, beyond the local wine industry, Napa Valley residents create a warm welcome for the hundreds of guests who join us for this world-renowned event.

This $4 million state-of-the art structure, when fully equipped, will enable the adjacent teaching and research winery, brewery and food-processing facility to operate in a self-sustainable manner through onsite capture of energy and water.

Napa County's wine producers enjoyed strong growth in case sales through their tasting rooms last year and even stronger growth in consumer spending on wine purchases at those venues.

The 248-acre vineyard is located in the Petaluma Wind Gap area, and gives Guarachi the opportunity to create estate-designated wines, according to the purchaser.

California voters prompt return of courses to Santa Cruz-area school this fall

A proposed winery in Sonoma Valley is stirring an age-old debate over how to preserve the region's rural character, while enabling businesses that support the local economy to thrive.

Local Wine Industry Professional, Nicholas Miller, Chosen among Short List of America's Food and Wine Industry Elite

California State Sen. Fran Pavley, a longtime environmental activist, is pushing for a fracking moratorium until more studies are done on the potential risks, particularly to the groundwater supply

Farmers in California may be among the first to realize measurable savings from the oil boom developing around fracking.

A proposed winery in Sonoma Valley is stirring an age-old debate over how to preserve the region's rural character, while enabling businesses that support the local economy to thrive.

The big spenders are coming, and the Napa Valley Vintners are ready to roll out a red-carpet welcome as the 33rd annual wine auction gets underway this week.