Afternoon Brief: Napa Valley Vintners-Sponsored Legislation Modernizes Social Media Rules for Wineries
Wineries doing business in California will soon have another tool to connect with consumers following the passage and signing of legislation sponsored by Napa Valley Vintners (NVV)...
Is Your Vineyard's Tax Assessment Keeping Up With Income Dec
Williamson Act vineyards are taxed on income, not market value. As vineyard revenues fall, your property tax bill should follow—but only if the county has the right data.
Afternoon Brief: Why One of California’s Most Prestigious Wineries Is Fighting a State Water Conservation Plan
Following nearly a decade of investment in the agrarian Suisun Valley, Caymus Vineyards is fighting a state water conservation policy that it sees as a threat to the burgeoning wine region...
How Wine Pros Are Putting AI to Work
From sales analysis to staff education, wine professionals are already using AI daily. Here's where it helps—and where human expertise still leads.
Afternoon Brief: Gundlach Bundschu, California’s Oldest Family-Run Winery, Files for Bankruptcy
Sonoma Valley’s Gundlach Bundschu, California’s oldest continuously owned family winery, is poised to soon lose that designation under a bankruptcy restructuring that advanced this week...
Afternoon Brief: California Wines’ Eureka! Event Brings Climate-Smart Winegrowing to New York
The program featured 185 wines from 10 regions across California and welcomed trade guests from Canada, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean region...
Reimagining Wine in a Changing Climate
The usual industry prescription to adapt to climate change is to replant with heat-tolerant varieties and change cultural practices. While clearly helpful, these measures are limited and unlikely to solve a challenge of this magnitude...
Afternoon Brief: Napa Valley Vintners Faces Questions over Pay
Some winemakers have been grumbling that Napa Valley Vintners doesn't offer good value, so what does it offer?...
Afternoon Brief: Vineyard Workers Feel Wine Industry Pain
California farmworkers suffered a wave of job losses during the past few years as work in the state’s winegrape vineyards dried up amid a yearslong market slump...
Vineyard Values Have Fallen. Has Your Property Tax Assessment?
Anyone involved in California's wine industry knows how dramatically the vineyard market has changed. Grape demand remains soft, contracts are harder to secure, farming costs continue to climb, and vineyard values have declined across many regions, with some areas experiencing much steeper declines than others.