August 11 at Rock Wall Wine Company in Alameda - Taste Zinfandels by region and compare

after the San Joaquin County Planning Commission decided on an unexpected solution at Thursday's meeting

Allied Grape Growers may be headed for its highest sales revenue in 15 years. Price for Thompson Seedless grapes sold to concentrate could hit record $300 per ton.

Experts advise: Make sure your buildings are up to code and inventory is insured at market value

The China wine market, Prowein international wine trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany and other key global wine market updates will be featured at the Wine Institute California Wine Export Annual Seminar in San Francisco

Otis McAllister will serve as the sales and distribution arm of Winery Exchange throughout Asia

The Farmworker Safety Act of 2012," is generating understandable controversy. The bill codifies existing CalOSHA heat illness regulations, specifies access to water and shade, and allows an additional private-right-of-action against violators with increased civil penalties.

If Congress does nothing, in 2013 the exclusion would drop to $1 million and the top rate would rise to 55 percent

"I can't help but be struck by the many parallels between our business and Sakonnet Vineyards," Carolyn Rafaelian, Alex and Ani owner and president said in a statement.

Plus, Cornell set for $106 million wine school expansion, a Languedoc rancher claims beef tastes better when the cows get a few bottles of wine, and Scotland authorities seize $82,000 of stolen wine

Wine maker Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has appointed non-exective director Paul Rayner as chairman and made three other board appointments

Demand for low-alcohol and low-calorie beverages is increasing around the world, according to findings in the new IWSR Insight Report 2012, and women are said to be driving the trend.

Quelene Slattery joins Grgich Hills Estate in a new position for the winery, National Accounts Manager. She will be responsible for sales to National Chain Accounts.

Hill Wine Company, a division of Jeff Hill Wine Group, is proud to announce the promotion of Philippe Langner to Director of Winemaking.

Hill Wine Company, a division of Jeff Hill Wine Group, is proud to announce the hiring of Brian Brakesman as its estate winemaker.

Jesus will oversee all aspects of farming on over 500 acres in Napa and 200 acres in Sonoma for the Jeff Hill Wine Group Brands.

Lot18, the New York-based startup that runs a members-only website selling high-end wine, will be shutting down its UK operations at the end of this week and laying off the six employees that worked there. Lot18 launched its UK operations just four months ago, in early March.

A quick turn off the Bay Bridge and you find yourself on Treasure Island, where Stein Family Wines operates out of an unassuming building that used to be a meat locker. It has been completely transformed into a full-scale wine-making operation that produces hundreds of cases of wine each season.

Maybe icewine will be produced in new areas across Canada. Maybe winemakers will try their hand at drying grapes artificially off the vine. Or perhaps vineyards will pop up in areas not known as wine regions.

"We're very pleased with the color and condition, and the color and eating quality are excellent,"

Dave Phinney hit the wine jackpot at an early age, and he's making good use of that good fortune. In addition to following his dreams, he's also paying back to the community, particularly the largely unsung Latino workers on which the wine industry depends.

The Napa Sonoma Mexican-American Vintners Association will host its second annual community fundraiser at Ceja Vineyards in Carneros from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18. This year's theme is "Alianzas," Spanish for "alliances."

Technomic identified the 250 wine brands leading in volume and in retail sales in 2011, as well as the 50 achieving the fastest rates of volume growth

That's according to a study - wine drinkers will usually go for the bottle with the hard-to-pronounce name and less likely to choose something like Groth or Josh

Gamajet's tank cleaning machines utilize rotary impingement technology to create tank cleaning miracles

to prevent one of Thailand's richest men from muscling in on a vital emerging-market asset