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April 20, 2026 (Santa Barbara, CA) — Santa Barbara Vintners is pleased to announce the return of the highly anticipated 42nd Annual Santa Barbara Vintners Festival, taking place Saturday, October...

April 22, 2026 — At a time when the current wine landscape is challenged, two industry professionals launch Full Glass Leadership with the ambition to cultivate and strengthen emerging leaders...

This week we celebrate the 56th annual Earth Day, an international celebration of all things eco-friendly. Here at Wine Spectator, I get all kinds of questions related to the environment,...

Wine industry executive Geoff Whitman lives a rock-and-roll dream, balancing his day job at Lloyd Cellars with his passion as Pearl Jam's official tour photographer, a role that has now...

Napa County officials have launched a $6.4 million overhaul of the region’s master plan, aiming to redefine the future of Wine Country through 2050 while bridging a long-standing divide between...

Do wineries already have a lot of insights on what consumers want but aren’t exploring that data? What are consumers actually looking for at the store? And how ready are...

April 22, 2026 (McMinnville, OR) — In Oregon’s Willamette Valley, where rolling vineyards are part of the landscape and daily life, Linfield University’s Center for Wine Education has integrated the...

In the latest signs of a struggling wine industry, Pacific Rim Winemakers Inc. filed for bankruptcy March 30, outlining plans in court to liquidate equipment, real estate and inventory to...

Argentina’s wine industry is facing its most severe downturn in more than 15 years, as domestic consumption has dropped to historic lows and exports continue to decline. The crisis comes...

The European Union and India signed a landmark free trade agreement in New Delhi on Tuesday, creating one of the world’s largest free trade zones. The deal covers two billion...

At the start of 2026, China’s wine market is facing a historic turning point. After a period of post-pandemic enthusiasm and major changes in global trade, the industry is now...

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Wine industry faces more years of pain before recovery, Silicon Valley Bank report says Here’s what author of closely watched analysis says vintners must do well before market bottom arrives

Greater positivity pervaded the secondary market in late 2025, following a prolonged downturn. Several variables have the potential to influence 2026 (see box, below), but stability was the watchword in...

A recent survey by the Wine Market Council (WMC) has highlighted a significant challenge for the wine industry: a large segment of American consumers, known as “non-adopters,” are not choosing...

Napa, CA (March 20, 2026) — Mira Winery today announced a strategic restructuring and expansion of its leadership team designed to deepen client relationships, expand national engagement, and strengthen the...

The Swiss again drank less wine last year. Swiss wine benefited from this, with consumption increasing by 2.3%, as the Federal Office for Agriculture announced on Tuesday. Total wine consumption...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of an occasional series on research projects currently in the works at the Law School. It’s long been presumed that having a unique brand...

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The main feature of the device is an intelligent temperature control system. The device does not use universal cooling settings: instead, it adapts to a specific bottle, writes NewAtlas. The...

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While traditional heavyweights struggle with slowing demand and mounting channel pressure, Georgian wine is moving in the opposite direction, posting two consecutive years of growth in both volume and value....

Mar de Frades encapsulates Albariño’s complexity and why it should stand among the world’s great white wines. The importance of the Albariño grape has long been heralded. However, Mar de...

There was much to celebrate at the Sonoma County Harvest Fair’s 50th anniversary gala on Saturday, when more than 1,300 attendees — many donned in their sparkliest cocktail attire —...

One of my favorite exercises each year involves trying to get a sense of recent vintage quality in Napa through tasting. My usual venue for this is the event known...

Spain’s wine import market experienced significant changes in 2025, according to a report published by the Spanish Wine Interprofessional Organization (OIVE) on Thursday. The country imported wine and related products...

The global wine trade had a difficult 2025, with imports falling 6.4% in value and 4.9% in volume, according to data from customs authorities in several countries analyzed by Spain’s...

United States - April 14, 2026 - Custom Wine Totes, a leading supplier of customizable wine packaging, is strengthening its position in the B2B market with expanded wholesale and bulk...

One of Australia’s largest commercial wineries faces an uncertain future. Our weekly wine industry newsletter The Week That Was ponders life without it. Winemasters SA – which was put up...

A once-bustling Wine Country destination that fell into disrepair amid scandal and financial collapse is getting a second chance — and locals are hoping the revival sticks. Cornerstone Sonoma, a...

Australia’s largest wine company, Treasury Wine Estates, will undertake another big restructure, bringing its flagship Penfolds brand back into the broader group after running it as a separate division since...

A United Kingdom citizen has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the United States for his role in a $97 million wine investment fraud scheme that targeted victims...

MEQUON — It’s been roughly six months since Ray’s Wine & Spirits officially opened the doors to its second location in Mequon, offering an expansive selection of wine, spirits and...

A United Kingdom citizen has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the United States for his role in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme that tricked investors into funding a...

Congratulations on your 120 year anniversary - that is some achievement - what are you doing to celebrate? We are marking the occasion in a few different ways, both internally...

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The first time Randy Ullom laid eyes on California, he wasn’t impressed. Born in Michigan and raised in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, Ullom was accustomed to the lush, green landscapes of...

Randy Ullom, the winemaker responsible for producing one of the US’s favourite Chardonnay wines, is retiring after 32 years with Californian wine producer Kendall-Jackson. Ullom, who has been with Jackson...

Randy Ullom first joined Jackson Family Wines in 1993, and for much of his career there, he has been the head winemaker for Kendall-Jackson wines, making the most popular Chardonnay...

When one grows up in a family where fermentation science and wine is a primary topic of conversation, things could go one of two ways: embrace it in one’s adult...

When Lise Asimont of Dot Wine learned she’d been named Winemaker of the Year at the 2025 North Coast Wine Challenge, she was stunned. As senior vice president of Foley...

A wine steward job at Trader Joe’s first piqued Sam Keirsey’s interest in wine and the science behind it, leading him to pursue a bachelor’s degree in horticulture from Washington...

Plank by pine plank, the framing of a round barn emerges. It's a project Ken Moholt-Siebert has been working on for more than eight years. "I mentioned it to a...

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Wirra Wirra Vineyards has penned a deal that would see the winemaker take custodianship of the award-winning Trott Vineyard in Blewitt Springs. Wirra Wirra CEO Matthew Deller said the 2.5ha...

Jed Steele, an early winemaker at Kendall-Jackson winery in Santa Rosa and a Lake County vintner, died Oct. 31 of bladder cancer. He was 80 years old. In 1982, Steele...

The wine industry at large is currently hovering in limbo — not yet reaching rock bottom, but also not quite sure how to find a way forward. But while execs...

Jesse Katz, the prodigious winemaker behind Healdsburg’s Aperture Cellars and numerous wine partnerships, has been named 2025 Winemaker of the Year by Wine Enthusiast’s Wine Star Awards. As one of...

Winemakers of France's Bordeaux region forced to adapt to survive To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems...

Gale Bach, a longtime Berkeley resident, died on Jan. 3 of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 86. Gale was born and grew up in North Brook, Illinois. He attended the North...

The chief winemaker at Viña Montes features in this year’s Master Winemaker 100 guide. He tells db about balancing approachability with complexity, the importance of travel and where he finds...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - In 2021, Oregon wine country made history when winemaker Tiquette Bramlett became the first African-American winery president in the U.S. Now, she has a wine label...

English and Welsh winemakers have reported a sharp rise in production, after the hot, dry summer in 2025 and an increase in vineyard planting resulted in the second-largest UK harvest....

A winemaker renovating a cellar in Lower Austria uncovered bones from several Ice Age woolly mammoth dating between 30,000 and 40,000 years ago, making the find one of Austria’s most...

The Cantine Florio winemaker was presented with db‘s prestigious award at Wine Paris, describing it as “a starting point” for new projects at the Marsala winery. The 2026 edition of...

Alexandria Nicole Cellars of Prosser, Wash., claims that Carboy Winery of Littleton, Colo., has raised “supposed quality concerns” to renege on bulk wine and grape supply agreements that it no...

Napa Valley’s Titus Vineyards announced the addition of a new winemaker. The Jan. 28 announcement that Charles McKahn had joined the St. Helena winery included a statement from Eric Titus,...

One recent morning, our car follows a dirt path to Farrow Ranch, a 75-acre property tucked away in Sonoma’s Alexander Valley. Against a vivid blue sky, the sun hangs above...

Long before he became a globally renowned winemaker, Paul Hobbs was a farm kid in upstate New York. One of eleven children, he spent most of his young life sleeping...