Group of winemakers sues Napa Valley vintner over smoke losses from 2025 Pickett Fire // Italy's 'perfectly healthy' wine grapes go unpicked in the afternoons because it's just too hot this year

The plaintiffs allege vintner Jayson Woodbridge, owner of the property where the Pickett Fire is thought to have started, should be responsible for their losses. Meanwhile, Cal Fire passed on its investigation to local authorities.

Extreme heat pushed Franciacorta's harvest 10 days earlier than last year — a month earlier than three decades ago.

Europe makes 60% of the wine on the planet. Forty percent is produced by cooperatives, many of which are in trouble.

Australian vintner Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. saw its shares jump to an eight-month high after announcing a $558.4 million ($395 million) post-tax writedown to tackle supply chain problems in its US market.

More than 20,000 people were ordered to evacuate one of Canada's top wine-producing regions as an uncontrolled wildfire spread rapidly, forcing local

In her three years as president of one of the leading U.S. wine marketing research groups, Liz Thach has seen plenty of industry dips.

In no other industry could you pass a law requiring a seller to be paid within 30 days, while leaving the product they bought upstream with no timely-payment requirement at all.

While the direct-to-consumer (DTC) sector is slumping with the rest of the U.S. wine market, it still offers wineries the most control, good margins and direct engagement with those highly desirable consumers who are still drinking. 

Here at The Wine Economist, we sometimes try to think like Alan Greenspan would if he were focusing on the wine industry. Here’s our most recent attempt.

Growers across California, from the San Joaquin Valley to Wine Country, know they have to reduce groundwater pumping, but is fallowing the only way to reduce their water footprint?

A marathon in France’s Bordeaux region includes 20 wine stops. Dietitians don’t approve.

A new report proves that not only is wine both enjoyable and socially bonding, it is also good for your heart.

Running 21–27 September, the organic wine celebration will cater to “a new generation of consumers”, says Organic Wine New Zealand's chair.

The U.S. wine market is changing.

Wineries across the Pacific Northwest have had to evacuate, close temporarily, or postpone events due to wildfires and smoke.

Evacuation orders are in place for a fire that broke out Monday near a winery in El Dorado County

As firefighters, first responders and emergency officials continue their extraordinary work responding to the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland, I want to say how incredibly proud I am of the way our wine community has responded.

Fungus-resistant hybrid grape varieties, known as PIWIs, are evolving through advances in breeding, offering growers new options in a changing climate…

Average temperature was 76.9 degrees in the contiguous U.S., federal data shows, over three degrees higher than the 20th-century mean