An entire California wine appellation is on the market for $3.3 million

You may have dreamed of owning your own vineyard. Well, here's a chance to own an entire wine appellation. In a remote canyon valley rimmed with oak-dotted rolling hills two hours north of San Francisco, Cole Ranch is the country's smallest wine appellation with 150 acres and 50 of them planted ...

NIELSEN INKS DEAL WITH WINE.COM, EXPANDING ITS ONLINE COVERAGE WITH THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST WINE E-TAILER

(Nielsen) - Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) signed a deal with Wine.com, the leading online wine retailer in the U.S., to expand its online retail coverage within the U.S. beverage alcohol market. Effective immediately, Wine.com will share its online wine purchase data with Nielsen, providing Nielsen’s ...

Domestic Wine Sales Increase 3% in January

(WB) - Wine sales and shipments in January remained steady, but growth was muted in the traditionally slower, post-holiday season according to the Wine Industry Metrics available in the latest Wine Analytics Report. The report, which released to subscribers on Feb. 15, also included an overview ...

Lindquist's Long Goodbye to Qupé

(Wine-Searcher) - He's been ousted from the brand he started, but Bob Lindquist can't escape Qupé quite yet. Less than four months ago, Vintage Wine Estates bought Qupé, one of the best producers of Rhône-style wines in California. At the time, Vintage CEO Pat Roney t...

US CANNABIS DRINKS SALES SET TO PASS $1 BILLION BY 2023

(TDB) - The cannabis drinks sales in the US are set to pass the $1billion mark within four years, a new report has claimed, as loosening regulation attracts greater innovation and investment. The  CBD Drinks Report,  which has been launched by drinks experts Zenith Global and Beve...

Chilean Barrel Maker Trains Dogs to Prevent Tainted Wine

(Food&Wine) - "Their sense of smell is extremely reliable and rarely ever misses," a spokesperson said. The highly-attuned snouts of trained dogs are already used to sniff out other potential problems like bombs and drugs — so why couldn’t these canines be used to prevent one of ...

Welch’s Global Ingredients Group launches new grape juice solutions for the wine industry

Grape juice supplier Welch’s Global Ingredients Group has embarked on a foray into the wine industry. The company has launched a Niagara grape juice solution that is designed to be a cost-effective but high-quality filler or base wine for a broad variety of different wine styles. The Ni...

ARGYLE WINERY AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART TO UNVEIL THIRD ANNUAL “ART OF SPARKLING” RELEASE

DUNDEE, Ore. – Argyle Winery is excited to announce that it will be unveiling its limited-edition 2015 Art of Sparkling Vintage Brut at a special event to be held on September 15th. As part of Argyle’s philanthropic support of the Oregon arts community, Art of Sparkling is a unique prog...

Wine Business Monthly and Wines & Vines, both owned by the Wine Communications Group, will merge under the Wine Business Monthly

(SONOMA, CA)- Wine Communications Group, owner of both Wine Business Monthly magazine and Wines & Vines magazine, announced that the two leading business-to-business wine publications will merge under the Wine Business Monthly brand, effective with the January 2019 issue. Wine Communi...