California winemakers’ open secret: They don’t drink their own wines // The Anatomy of a Successful Wine Launch in a Brutal Market

It’s something of an open secret: Among American winemakers, American wine is not cool. These aficionados would prefer to drink bottles from Champagne, Burgundy, the Jura — really, just about anywhere in Europe.

While the motivation, approach, and process is going to be slightly different for everyone, when the result is successful—and everyone involved, it should be noted, may define “success” differently—there are certain common themes that emerge. 

In 2023 the St. Helena Public Cemetery Association applied to the city of St. Helena for a grant to construct a memorial monument in the cemetery where former Chinese residents lie in unmarked graves. The request was granted.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new bill at a Fort Lauderdale wine store that removes wine container capacity limit in Florida.

Labor is as expensive and scarce as ever, and wildfires are now a worry of every vintage; but as the 2024 growing season begins in earnest, growers are increasingly concerned about the market for their grapes.

Flint, wet stones, gun powder, oh my!  Minerality is alluring and elusive because we aren’t always exactly sure what it is.  We do know that its origins can differ and that it is almost exclusively found in the highest-quality wines.

Prices have been below the cost of production with estimates of losses of up to $2,000 per hectare on some grape varieties.

Struggling California vineyards are having to compete with bargain-basement wine prices from overseas growers, due to global oversupply.

The U.S.’s leading non-alcoholic retail chain could allegedly be shuttering all its locations as soon as this Sunday.

How is the Evergreen State beating the odds in a challenging marketplace?

“99% of the time, the yacht will be powered by its sails, reducing CO2 emissions by approximately 95% compared with conventional freight”, stresses Burgundy company Albert Bichot in a press statement.

The fierce, often polarised, debate on this topic that raged in wine circles earlier this century centred on which is better for the wine.

In the art and science of winemaking, yeast acts as a silent hero, not only for transformation of natural sugar content of grape into alcohol, but also its role is fundamental in shaping the character and quality of wines.

A look at critical junctures and operations in the vineyard with an eye to how they can be manipulated to benefit the subsequent wines produced.

It takes guts to uproot yourself and start a new venture in a secluded and remote location—a desert, no less. But that's exactly what Christian Giacometti did in 1987.

Fern Stroud got inspired on a later wine tour in South Africa, so after a pandemic layoff, she started her business, sip by sip.

Chocolat author Joanne Harris was chosen to give Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino 2018 a fine send-off at London’s spectacularly renovated Pavyllon Four Seasons on Park Lane last month.

Why is Sherry never the next big thing? I have come up with the world's longest answer.

The 75th ASEV National Conference will take place June 17-20, 2024 in Portland, Oregon.

The 2024 edition of the Winelovers Wine Awards , which aims to be the most important wine awards for Central and Eastern European wines, is now open for entries ahead of judging which will take place in Budapest between June 28-30 2024.

Founded in the 1980s by a wine-loving lawyer who smuggled in vines from France, Pahlmeyer, has become a Napa Valley institution.

Beyond just tasting great, the 2019 Brunello di Montalcinos are looking to be a prime wine to cellar not just to drink, but to sell for a profit too.