With Sonoma County Winegrowers well on their way to becoming the first 100% sustainable winegrowing region in the United States, now is the time to expand educational efforts to key stake holders including sommeliers, wine buyers and consumers.

Santa Rosa is positioning itself as the epicenter of quality pot. The city released a comprehensive draft ordinance June 30 that sets zoning guidelines for medical marijuana, opening up more options for businesses by lifting a two-dispensary cap that has existed within city limits since 2005. Santa Rosa would be one of the few places in the state to allow the manufacture of hash oil and tinctures. The city would collect 2 percent of gross receipts from growers and 1 percent of gross receipts from manufacturers, special fees assessed on top of other taxes

Currently, the lack of an authoritative public database makes it prohibitive for the majority of small family-owned wineries to understand which music licenses best fit their needs and make the most sense for their business

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As the nation continues to wrestle with critical healthcare decisions, Oregon's wine industry has quietly stepped up to help its workers.

For a state rooted in adult beverages that are hops and barley born, the grape is finding its fair share of fans in a burgeoning wine industry

Aging wine in oak barrels is nothing new, but it's become increasingly controversial. Here's a primer on what oak brings to winemaking and how to read a label to predict how oaky a bottle might be

Wines from the Highly-Anticipated 2016 Vintage Make a Grand Debut

The author of the award-winning book Jura Wine, Ms. Lorch is one of the few experts on the enigmatic Jura region. She has spent the last two decades immersed in all things Jura, sharing time between her home in the U.K and the French Alps.

Desert Wind Winery, the Washington-based winery of Fries Family Wines has undergone a rebranding effort to maximize brand exposure in the market and solidify itself as a leading producer from the Wahluke Slope AVA in Washington State.

The Oregon Legislature's recently passed House Bill 2012 provides $5 million for a special economic. . . .

Bring a six-pack of something truly surprising to this weekend's round of barbecues: refreshing new hybrids that combine the best elements of beer, wine and other beverages

For a state rooted in adult beverages that are hops and barley born, the grape is finding its fair share of fans in a burgeoning wine industry. Arrow signs indicating a nearby winery are popping up along several rural roads across the Chippewa Valley.

Don't expect that strategy to change any time soon. ?

Premier Kathleen Wynne says it's impractical for the province to have a higher legal age for consuming cannabis than for alcohol.

"We purchase at a high volume and need to source [for] ships across the globe for a broad depth of different types of guests"

to promote high quality Italian wines in China and to roll out educational courses on Italian wine

Wineries who want to play music or have musicians perform live in their tasting rooms have no way to find out which songs are copyrighted and which performing-rights organization protects the copyright of a given song. New legislation would create a searchable music database accessible to wineries

SommCon returns to San Diego, CA, November 15-17, 2017, bringing together beverage industry professionals of all levels to discuss, develop and lead the conversation on the business of wine

More than 350 square miles of land has burned so far this year, and the Detwiler Fire west of Mariposa continued to pose danger to historic small communities that have been emptied out by evacuations since the fire began Sunday

"The market continues to be in short supply for all major varieties in the North Coast and also short most varieties in the Central Coast," says Brian Clements

Officials at the San Joaquin Valley air district say they can't meet some federal standards.

Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders managed to extend California's cap-and-trade law.

Legislation by Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, offers a window into the unrelenting mindset of California's agricultural lobby as it seeks to secure water for well-funded farming groups

Investment in new technology, including robotics and mechanization, would ensure the future success of American agriculture, according to specialty-crop farmers who testified before the U.S. House Agriculture Committee.

the $47-billion agriculture industry is trying to bring technological innovation up to warp speed before it runs out of low-wage immigrant workers

Revised tallies confirm that the rate of sea level rise is accelerating as Earth warms and ice sheets thaw