February, 19, 2018 Grape growers report early Napa County bud break

(NapaValleyRegister) - The year’s first signs of life have come to Napa Valley vineyards, marking an exceptionally early start to the grape growing season here. The Napa Valley Grapegrowers announced Thursday that bud break, the first stage of vine growth — where vines emerge...

February, 15, 2018 Silicon Valley Bank Predicts the US Wine Industry is at the Tail End of a 20-Year Growth Period

/PRNewswire/ --  Silicon Valley Bank  (SVB) released its " State of the Wine Industry 2018 " report today. The 17th annual report assesses current conditions in the wine industry and provides a unique forecast based on economic and behavioral trends. Highlights and prediction...

February, 15, 2018 Barefoot Remains Top Brand; Wine Sales Rise 3%

(Wines&Vines) - Barefoot remains the top-selling table wine brand as sales figures for January indicate steady growth in off-premise channels and overall U.S. wine sales. U.S. wine sales increased 3% to $2.8 billion in January, market-research firm bw166 reported. The increase versus a ...

February, 14, 2018 G3 Enterprises buys wine, spirits label printer Tapp

(NBBJ) - G3 Enterprises has acquired Tapp Label, a St. Helena-based printer mostly for wine and spirits that had grown rapidly in the past four years. Modesto-based G3 picked up Tapp’s printing plants in Livermore, Paso Robles and Portland, Oregon, but the deal didn’t include Ta...

February, 14, 2018 Vivino Raises $20 Million in Series C Funding

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- --  Vivino , the world’s most downloaded mobile wine app and largest online wine marketplace has raised $20 million in Series C funding.  Since its last round of funding in January 2016, Vivino has increased its user base from 13 million to 29 million, and has gr...

February, 11, 2018 2017 harvest yields record $1.5 billion of grapes from North Coast vineyards

(PD) - Despite lower yields from a difficult harvest between heat spikes and wildfires, North Coast vineyards produced a record $1.51 billion of grapes in 2017 as prices continued to climb to new highs, according to preliminary figures released Friday. The average price of grapes from Sonoma, Na...

February, 11, 2018 Can a Wine Truly Be Great if it Can’t Age?

(Winemag) - A bottling’s ability to stand the test of time has long been considered a mark of quality, but that might not be the case for every wine or even every region. We’ve never had to question the ageability of wines from Old World regions like France and Italy —we alr...

February, 11, 2018 Globalization and the Grapes of Wrath

(Wine-Searcher) - A minor spat in a tiny country paints a graphic picture of the world wine industry. Of all the images to pop into my head this week that of a cluster of New Zealand winemakers, rampaging through the local supermarkets, grabbing a bottle of Australian Sauvignon Blanc out of the ...