The wine festival held Jan. 24 through 27 raised more than $8.5 million, an amount that was supplemented in Monday's grant awards by using foundation reserves
Winesong 2013 is thrilled to announce Monty and Sara Preiser as this year's Honorary Chairs. Monty and Sara own Creative Professional Programs, a company devoted to continuing education for professionals in conjunction with fine wine & food instruction
Tom Steffanci, president at Deutsch, the fifth largest wine and spirits company in the U.S., explained how it works. Basically, his company goes out, finds great wines from vineyards that need help moving those wines and forms partnerships
The newly expanded trade show and symposium, based on the foundation of the VINE Symposium, offers a sold-out trade show floor with more than 130 vendors, winemaking and vineyard sessions and live demonstrations of products from Wine Business Monthly's editorial team.
Agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and Officers from the Modesto and Ontario Police Departments joined forces with over 100 law enforcement agencies in a record-setting Decoy Shoulder Tap Operation in California
Wine-in-grocery advocates will again fight the good fight next year if the bill dies this session, according to Jarron Springer, president of the Tennessee Grocers and Convenience Store Association
Instead of coming from heavily marketed brands, good wine often comes from tiny wineries in California with little to no mainstream name recognition. By definition, mass producing wine lowers its quality.
A legislative panel on Monday endorsed a revamped version of Gov. Tom Corbett's liquor privatization bill that would give existing beer distributors first crack at liquor and wine licenses and expand the sale of wine in grocery stores
... would prohibit brewery owners from selling distribution rights for their beer and it would restrict them from selling beer at different prices in different geographic areas
The full House is scheduled to vote on the bill Thursday, and, if approved, the bill would move to the Senate for consideration before going to Corbett.
Many New Zealand winemakers, excited at the prospect of an outstanding 2013 vintage and a chance to replenish stocks after the low grape haul in 2012, are playing down talk of a glut
With 2012 production swelling past 13.2 million barrels - a 15 percent increase from 2011 - craft sales grew by 17 percent, taking total retail revenues for the category up to an estimated $10.2 billion
Francis Ford Coppola Winery today confirmed it purchased the Geyser Peak winery facility and surrounding vines in Sonoma County's Alexander Valley winegrowing region to expand wine production