Wine, Globalization, and the End of History // 2023 Predicted to be the Vintage of a Lifetime in Napa Valley

I have been thinking a lot recently about how much things have changed since the 1990s and what the future might look like in this light. The event that has provoked this unexpected thoughtfulness …

Growers and winemakers’ patience was rewarded with an exceptional, age-worthy vintage.

Napa County Superior Court Judge Mark Boessenecker on Nov. 28 ruled that Smith-Madrone and Summit Lake Vineyards and Winery LLC could not intervene and join the ongoing lawsuit. 

The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking has secured buy-in from companies outside of the beverage alcohol industry for its new 'Global Standards Coalition'.

Depending on who you talk to, California’s new winery wastewater order represents an economic catastrophe for many wineries or a saving grace for the state’s groundwater as hundreds of wineries grapple with 2021 state regulations that require meeting stiffer wastewater standards. 

Dave Phinney is gesticulating with a giant bandage wrapped around his index finger, an injury that serves up one of the Napa Valley winemaker’s myriad anecdotes: that he sliced it open while attempting to perforate a can late at night. 

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It's widely known that nothing ages better than a fine wine, and now a team from Stellenbosch University has combined finance and oenology to develop a fine wine index that proves the positive value of the beverage as an investment asset.  

California has helped keep the figures on the Liv-ex 1000 more buoyant, amid a fine wine market where prices continue to correct, Liv-ex has said. 

New research from Brock’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute is providing insight into how wine retailers and producers can enhance consumer engagement with sustainable wines.

California officials want enhanced IPM. ‘We’ve been doing it,’ crop adviser says.

Volatile sulfur compounds are polarizing aromas that can smell like anything from rotten eggs to struck match and beyond.

Irrigation lines are not of practical relevance if the dams are empty.

Chinese authorities have dismantled an elaborate fake wine operation in Beijing that involves the production and selling of made-to-order top wines including specific vintages of Bordeaux first growths.

To Celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Repeal of Prohibition we should repeal 90 year old laws that do nothing but stifle innovation.

Despite the challenges and late harvest, winemakers are reporting exceptional quality wines from this year’s crop.

‎2023 started frosty and ended dry in the Finger Lakes. We're joined by Matt Doyle from Doyle Vineyard Management and Edward Miller from Glenora Wine Cellars to discuss the season in grapes and wine.

Research commissioned by Wine Tasmania shows the Tasmanian wine sector is projected to grow to $2 billion by 2040.

UK inflation has continued to fall this month, and increased promotional activity is boosting sale - but the price of sparkling wine appears to have crept up, the latest figures from Kantar have shown.