Illinois winery chugs forward in California alcohol sales lawsuit // Texas wine country fights battery storage sites

The Golden State currently applies different regulations to local wineries versus out-of-state operations.

Residents of Gillespie County, home to more than 50 Texan wineries, vineyards and tasting rooms, are fighting the proposed installation of lithium battery storage units across their prime terroir.

Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery taps Sarah Gummoe as Head Winemaker. The Finger Lakes native brings global harvests and cool-climate expertise to one of NY's most iconic estates.

California vineyard workers face job losses and reduced hours as falling wine demand leads to acreage cuts, mechanization, and financial strain for farm labor contractors.

Three consecutive years of record-low alcohol consumption show a permanent shift in U.S. consumer habits. Jeff Siegel highlights how skepticism around moderate drinking is spreading across all demographics, leaving the wine industry facing a sobering question: How do you sell optimism in a cooling market?

Michelin has launched its first wine ratings, scoring top Burgundy and Bordeaux producers with a reach that dwarfs existing wine critics.

Gallo doesn't just do mass-produced wines; it also has one very old – and old-fashioned – project up its sleeve.

M Cellars, in Geneva, is wrapping up its harvest after a year that produced plenty of weather extremes.

With winegrape production and price declines dragging down the total value of 2025 Sonoma County crops by 10%, a big question looming over the future is whether growers will continue to fallow acreage.

Inside Mas Doix's Tossal d'en Bou and Coma de Casas – and what the data reveals about Priorat's shifting export map.

Wait, there was some good news for wine? When I first saw the headline in our daily news email on SipSource’s latest commentary, “Wine and spirits are starting to tell different stories,” I assumed liquor sales were creeping back up while wine was headed in the opposite direction.

Canada is the dominant producer of Icewine. But has a dramatic fall in sales to its most important export market put its future at risk?

Data from the World Bulk Wine Exhibition (WBWE) can reveal that the bulk wine category has faced continued declines in exports over the past year – falling 11.8% in value for the 12 months following April 2025.

Dan Berger contrasts the informal, wine-first tasting rooms of Napa Valley’s past with an increasingly expensive hospitality model built around reservations, elaborate experiences and luxury trappings.

The missing middle ground.

The Washington State Wine Commission is accepting viticulture and enology research proposals for FY2028. Pre-proposals due October 23—grants range from one-year trials to four-year studies.

The study measured 189 wine storefronts and 11,111 wines in September 2026, and found 82% of wine listings carry exactly one photograph.

Michelle Massie of College Park, Maryland, is the first recipient of the Habibi Sommelier Scholarship Program, an initiative of the Wine School of Philadelphia and The Hue Society created to expand access to professional wine education and build pathways into the wine industry for people who have historically been underrepresented in the field.

A first guide to Bordeaux châteaux by Michelin’s wine inspectors has offered a fresh interpretation of the region’s famous estates.