Say it ain’t so, Bo. Tell me it’s not true, Stu. That can’t be the plan, Stan. Actually, Bo, Stu and Stan have nothing to do with this, but Chuck does. So, what the heck is going on here, Chuck? For the last 10 years or so, we’ve been able to visi…

2012 certainly was a “newsy” year in the wine business, highlighted by winery and vineyard acquisitions, changes in the marketplace and even something that didn’t happen—a predicted wine shortage. Paul Franson is one of the wine world’s top journa…

Never has there been a more influential wine critic than Robert Parker, the founder and long-time editor of a newsletter known as The Wine Advocate. Parker helped champion the use of the 100-point grading system, and a rating of 90 or higher from …

It’s always fun when a winery that has been championed by the wine clubs of Vinesse makes news (in a good way, of course). We featured some of Frank Family Vineyards’ first vintages of the new millennium, and now the Napa Valley winery has made a …

This blog is intended for adults of legal drinking age. That should be obvious, but sometimes it’s good to state the obvious. This is one of those times because the subject matter of today’s blog is “adult-oriented” in another way. No, we’re not g…

France’s “wine culture” is in decline. This is not news. It has been happening since the 1960s, according to 10-year Paris resident Simon Kuper of the Financial Times. In this column, Kuper cites globalization as the reason for the trend. France h…

From the country that is more proprietary than any other when it comes to wine terms—France—we bring you yet another complaint about language. Over the years, French vintners have spent a good deal of money and time in court seeking to ban other c…

As has been the case in many industries over the past five years, there has been a great deal of consolidation in the wine business. So last March, when it was announced that F. Korbel & Bros. would sell one of Sonoma County’s iconic wineries, Ken…

It was known as Copia, and its official name also including the verbiage: “The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts.” Napa Valley wine icon Robert Mondavi put up a million dollars in seed money to get the project going, and the center opene…

NEWS: In yet another sign of increasing demand for quality wine grapes, Gallo Vineyards has quietly purchased approximately 377 acres of vineyard land in Monterey County for a record $18 million, according to public records. SOURCE: Wine Business …