January, 28, 2016 Short Crop Drives Premium Demand

(Wines&Vines) - The California wine industry fell short of its “new normal” of 4 million tons harvested in 2015, according to speakers at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium, which continued today in Sacramento. Covering topics from grapegrowing to economics, three wine indu...

January, 28, 2016 Winemaker Joey Tensley Buys Colson Canyon Vineyard in Santa Maria Valley

(WineSprectator) - Santa Barbara winemaking star Joey Tensley and his wife, Jennifer, are taking their brand to the next level.  Tensley Wines  has purchased the 115-acre Colson Canyon property in the hills of Santa Maria, which includes 16 acres of vines, from grower Reo Reiswig. The Ten...

January, 28, 2016 Crimson Wine Group Acquires Seven Hills Winery

(PRNewswire) - Crimson Wine Group (OTCQB: CWGL) today announced the acquisition of Seven Hills Winery, a benchmark  Washington  winery that has played an important role in defining the Walla Walla Valley wine industry.  Over its 28-year history, Seven Hills has established a storied ...

January, 27, 2016 The secret to maintaining and losing weight: Berries, onions and wine

(CNN) - Still looking for a quick fix to make your diet resolution stick? Put some blueberries on your breakfast cereal and pour that small glass of orange juice. It turns out that an apple a day really can keep the doctor away -- at least away from a lecture about gaining weight. People who eat a ...

January, 26, 2016 Two Billion-Buck Chuck

(Wines&Vines) - Attendees at the sold-out keynote luncheon featuring Fred Franzia at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium weren’t disappointed by the irascible president of Bronco Wine Co. The father of “Two Buck Chuck,” who co-founded his wine company in 1973 with his br...

January, 26, 2016 California Wine Industry Excited Storms Are Putting Dent In Drought

(CBS13) — California vintners are still feeling the effects of California’s drought as thousands of vendors met at the Sacramento Convention Center. Ken Freeze of the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium says about 14,000 of the top wine and grape industry professionals are at the center, ...

January, 26, 2016 French winemaker drops organic status for ‘better treatments’

(Decanter) - A winemaker in the Vaucluse has become the latest producer to withdraw his wine from organic certification, citing his concerns over the environmental sustainability of organic winemaking. Sebastien Vincenti, of Domaine de Fondrèche in Mazan, AOC Côtes de Ventoux, has b...

January, 26, 2016 The rapper Kanye West to make Californian wine

(TDB) - Rapacious rapper Kanye West is to make wine at the vineyard on his sprawling California estate in Hidden Hills; a gated community in the San Fernando Valley. According to US Weekly , West is keen to follow in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s footsteps by producing a wine from his e...