ASEV's Eastern Section focuses on sparkling wine production

Frank Indelicato, Sr. beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and employer passed away on Sunday, July 22 in Stockton, California at the age of 87.

The transaction included a large scale winemaking facility, state-of-the-art fermentation building, residential guest house and ultra-premium vineyards.

Grandson of winery founder Joe Phelps and son of winery President Bill Phelps, Will becomes the second member of his generation to join the family business.

Strictly speaking, a wine can be a great value at $10 or $200, though for most of us, a steal at $200 is small consolation, like a $5 million apartment deemed an excellent deal because its price has dropped by half.

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates saw higher volume and higher prices result in an 11% jump in net revenue to $241 million over its fiscal first half, ended June 30.

Concha y Toro Winery (NYSE:VCO) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy.

4-year-old company has provided $5.5M to U.S. independent winemakers

But why would a winery revered for its whites want to venture into red wine territory? "We just thought that the world needed another Napa Valley cabernet," McCrea jokes.

Also called vineyard designates, single-vineyard wines are exactly what they sound like-wines made solely from grapes grown in a single location.

According to analysts with Great American Group, LLC wine and spirit sales are rising steadily despite rising prices and widespread uncertainty in the domestic and international financial markets.

Danish investigation found mothers who drank up to six glasses per week had children just as intelligent and well-developed as those of abstaining mothers

While the last ten years in drinks may not have seen an anti-alcohol sentiment to rival 1920s America, there has certainly been an increasingly forceful and organized voice in opposition to booze.

The Amigoni Urban Winery is so hot right now that even thieves have taken notice. Someone with wire cutters made off with owners Michael and Kerry Amigoni's bottle-shaped sign two weeks ago - the only hiccup in an otherwise smooth coming-out party for the couple's three-month-old tasting and event space, at 1505 Genessee.

Pinot wrangler. That's how James MacPhail sees himself, a winemaker intent on taming the wild stallion in this capricious grape.

With large vineyards using as many as 100,000 barrels per year, discarded barrels represent a significant source of wood.

Twin Peaks director David Lynch, one of Hollywood's most renowned film makers, has revealed his new design for Dom Perignon.

The New Hampshire Attorney General's office is investigating the disappearance of about $100,000 worth of wine.

Lafite's premium over its fellow first growths has fallen to its lowest point in over three years.

One of Oregon's oldest vineyards was planted by Donald Olson in 1972 in the Dundee Hills in the northern Willamette Valley. Two decades later, Olson launched his winery, the now-iconic Torii Mor Winery.

20th Anniversary of Winemakers' Celebration to be Held in Carmel

Accolade Wines and Treasury Wine Estates have agreed a tie-up that will see major efficiency savings, but also 175 redundancies.

Consumers are eating out more often now than at any time in the past two years, but they're spending less, according to a consumer survey from Horizons.

Oddbins has called on small businesses to find creative ways to circumvent the "legal straitjacket" surrounding the Olympics, and has developed its own off-the-wall marketing push.

For the first time in the 79-year history of its family run vineyard and winery, Tomasello Winery has begun offering "futures" on one of its wines, the 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Oak Reserve, which is scheduled for release in April 2013.