Ciatti California Report - September 2025 // For the first time ever, a non-Champagne wins prestigious sparkling wine prize

Harvest underway amid continuing demand weakness.

Ari Shapiro talks with head winemaker of England's Nyetimber, Cherie Spriggs, about the win.

Chile’s booming wine industry fuels water scarcity, displaces Indigenous Diaguita farmers, and deepens the country’s megadrought crisis.

Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) today elected Cutter Smith, President of Eder Bros., Inc., as the association's new Chairman. Smith succeeds Dina Opici, President of Opici Family Distributing, who has completed her term as Chairwoman.

The International Wine Challenge, the world's most influential, impartial and rigorously judged global wine.

Canberra's top wine region began as a science experiment in the 1970s, evolving into a celebrated destination.

The average price of a bottle of wine in the US has risen to more than $50 per bottle, almost 40% higher than in 2018, according to the latest report by DTC analyst Sovos ShipCompliant.

BC wines now make up over half of wholesale sales, even as total wine sales fall.

Riberia del Duero's Vega Sicilia made its name with red wines, but its future could be white.

Article on the forgotten white grapes of the Medoc from 19th century and earlier, none of which are planted today.

Plus, a fight over low alcohol labelling.

Although wine and sports bars may seem like an unlikely pairing, perhaps there is some untapped potential here.

On Tuesday, San Joaquin County voted to move forward with a 1.5% tax on wine for marketing and promotional efforts.

Judge Forrest writes a very forceful and clear dissent, where she crystalizes how the majority and other circuits have taken the Granholm and Tennessee Wine standards which require a showing of concrete evidence standard, and the employing of reasonable nondiscriminatory alternatives, and replaced it with the three-tier system being a per se rule of validity.

10 Questions With… James Osborne, professor and director of the Oregon Wine Research Institute and the recently appointed president of the American Society of Enology and Viticulture.

Small Lot Bottles, a growing leader in providing specialized packaging solutions for the wine industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of JB Berry to its Board of Advisors.

Jackson Family Wines named Grower of the Year; Stuart Spencer named Leader of the Year

Presentation to take place during the Sonoma County Wine Celebration Live Auction on September 20.

We come to the end of our search for the world's most valuable bottles with the overall top 10.

ASC Fine Wines has completed a major recruitment drive across all areas of its business following the St. Pierre family's reacquisition.