Constellation Buys Icon Sea Smoke // Rex Pickett: ‘wine isn’t a democracy’

The drinks giant purchased Sea Smoke, one of the leading wineries of Santa Barbara County.

The legendary writer of Sideways talks to the drinks business about his latest book, and, of course, Pinot Noir and Merlot.

The winery has also announced the launching of Founders Series wines.

Wine grapes dominated the $1.2 billion agriculture haul in 2023, according to the new crop report from the county of Napa.

Amid a flurry of vineyard removal, winegrower Mike Officer is determined to save California’s heritage vineyards.

For 25 years, the wine industry boomed. Then it started to unravel.

In an exclusive interview, Sarah Neish learns how the decision by Washington wine giant Ste. Michelle to buy 40% fewer grapes from growers may have a surprising silver lining for small producers.

The sale will bring $12.6 million in net cash flow benefits over the remaining 7 year lease term.

Monte Rio, Cappiello called to say, was reaching an impasse.

Rapid growth of restaurants and increasing incomes have nudged India's rising well-to-do young crowd towards wine consumption.

The UK's oldest commercial vineyard has secured £10m capital to finance the next stage of its growth journey, including adding a new visitor centre to support its wine tourism goals.

The Wonderful Co. is pursuing a warehousing complex that would transform the economy in a region long reliant on agriculture and oil.

A similar effort was withdrawn in 2020 because of bitter opposition by some of the region’s smaller vineyards.

A whopping 8000 bottles of red wine departed from the company's bottling plant in Mount Cotton, set to reach the port of Shanghai by June.

Michael Masick named president, emerging international; Thomas Hinrichs to retire.

Dial, the father of the N.S. wine industry, will be remembered as a visionary who dreamed of a Nova Scotia wine industry thriving in the land of L'Acadie.

What constitutes high alcohol now?

Transforming vine canes into bio-control products is a prospect that could soon become reality.

After a year of record-breaking global heat with El Niño, will La Niña bring a reprieve?

Each month since June 2023 has ranked as the planet's hottest on record, compared with the corresponding month in previous years.

The social media concept of "wine moms" has been assessed by two psychologists to discover the impact of the trend on mothers and their drinking habits.

A single 1991 TV episode of “60 Minutes” convinced America to start drinking wine.