Treasury announced plans to launch an AUD300m (US$237.6m) share buyback programme. The group was keen to flag that the move did not take acquisitions off the table, adding that it "is currently pursuing inorganic growth opportunities, particularly in the US".

Do you know your natural from your biodynamic? Wine-Searcher's new series aims to clear up a muddy topic.

The fact that a vociferous group of people with hipster beards in New York restaurants are to be seen drinking natural wine does not indicate a fast-growing national trend for the style across the US.

The auction will be staged at Chateau Ste. Michelle, home of the 2017 Auction of Washington Wines. This marks the third year of the barrel auction. It takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and will include presentations from Bob Betz of Betz Family Winery; Ted Baseler, CEO of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates; Rick Small of Woodward Canyon Winery; and David O'Reilly of Owen Roe Winery.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is offering nearly $7 million in competitive grants to assist farmers and ranchers with such soil health projects as composting, planting cover crops and reducing tillage.

Hello Vino launches app version 5.0 , Vintage5, with the ability to directly collect hundreds of thousands of wine consumer taste preferences through Apple's iPhone and Google's Android devices.

Repour is a bullet-shaped, ribbed stopper filled with an oxygen-absorbing material and sealed with a tiny foil tab. When the bottle is opened, the tab is removed and Repour is jammed in the neck of the bottle, in the cork's place. Unlike the Coravin, Repour doesn't attempt to keep oxygen from the wine, but intervenes after the fact by removing the oxygen from the air that fills the space in the bottle vacated by the wine. To summarize the extensive testing documented on the website, Repour scrubbed the air in the bottle to less than 0.05 percent oxygen - approximately 1/420th of what would normally be present.

Sabel will be overseeing the wine buying team and enhancing the wine education program for staff and customers. She previously served as a Wine Consultant at Morrell & Company, Lead Sommelier at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, and most recently as the Wine Director at Ninety Acres at Natirar.

Critics claim an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling will undermine farmland protections by allowing developers to pay off farmers rather than avoid disrupting agricultural practices. The dispute emanates from a lawsuit over the planned expansion of the Riverbend Landfill onto farmland, which was permitted by Yamhill County over the protests of neighboring landowners.

Dan Berger poses a few wine riddles like: If you should hear a conversation in which Person A asks, "Is this wine sweet or dry?" and Person B replies, "Yes and no" - and is correct! - what wine is being talked about?

Allen Balik tries discusses "mouthfeel (texture)"

Unique niche agriculture involves unusual practices, but producers stand by their results.

Titus Vineyards wants to double wine production from 24,000 gallons annually to 48,000 gallons annually and raise the visitor cap from 40 people daily to 60 daily. Saddleback Cellars wants to increase production from 8,000 gallons annually to 24,000 gallons and increase the visitor cap from two people daily to 15, among other things.

Super Tuscan Ornellaia has announced it has begun harvesting its white grapes this week in what has been an early start for producers across Italy.

US president Donald Trump didn't miss an opportunity to plug the Virginia winery that bears his name, bragging that it was "one of the largest" in the country moments after a press conference held to denounce white supremacist violence in Charlottesville.

Tens of thousands of dollars' worth of wine with bogus vintages, appellations and grape varieties was allegedly exported across the globe

Jim Kamas, AgriLife Extension fruit specialist, Fredericksburg, said producers faced some concerns and minor struggles early this season, but overall Texas wine grape growers are on track to produce a surplus of quality fruit.

Agriculture and citrus experts told Riverside residents at a meeting Thursday night, Aug. 17, it will take a coordinated community effort to protect not only local citrus trees but the state's $3.3 billion citrus industry from the growing threat of citrus greening disease.

Round Pond Estate has named Jaime "JJ" Dowell as the new winemaker overseeing all aspects of the winemaking process at the family-owned and operated winery.

C Mondavi & Family has hired two new vice presidents for their marketing and sales teams. David S. Brown will now assume the senior vice president of sales role, while Mark Koppen will take over as the new vice president of marketing. Both decisions are effective immediately.

California lawmakers joined forces in Napa on Wednesday, hoping to glean experts' views on two of the most pressing issues facing the state's wine industry: sustainability and farmworker housing.

Summer is flying right by; it's mid-August and we are starting to see the grapes mature and change color.

Op. Ed. from Bartholomew Broadbent who is CEO of Broadbent Selections, and has considerable local experience with America's southern markets.

Sales of Oregon wine are eclipsing the national growth rate - and beating the state's bigger rivals to the north and the south - according to new Nielsen data touted by the Oregon Wine Board.

Fidelity Brokerage Services won a muted victory in an arbitration against one of its wealthiest clients, wine mogul Peter Deutsch.

Brave & Maiden Estate was established in 2011 and occupies land purchased in 2010. Brave & Maiden's wine program, led by acclaimed winemaker Paul Hobbs, has found early success in restaurants and bottle shops throughout Southern and Central California, earning accolades for single-vineyard estate wines and red blends.