Local growers, wineries assess impact of Second Street Fire // Wine Economist Mike Veseth to Keynote 2027 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

Most vineyards appear to have avoided the worst of the fire. Still, hundreds of tons of grapes will be left unharvested as a result.

As the wine industry navigates changing consumer demand, shifting global markets and continued economic pressures, Mike Veseth will take the stage as keynote speaker at the 2027 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium, offering his full outlook after years of shaping the conversation as moderator of the popular State of the Industry general session.

When one of the world’s most talented and ambitious winemakers decides to lay out what sounds like a grand unified field theory for making great wine, you shut your mouth and listen.

Following nearly a decade of investment in the agrarian Suisun Valley, Caymus Vineyards is fighting a state water conservation policy that it sees as a threat to the burgeoning wine region.

Calistoga Vintner Services faces foreclosure on two properties totaling $46 million in debt. Wine production continues as the company works on a financial restructuring to keep the winery open.

The most hated man in American wine asked why an $80 bottle is worth forty times a $2 one. The research answers him, and so does his own guilty plea.

This new ban on Canadian alcohol products will ripple throughout the U.S. hospitality sector at a time when restaurants, bars and retailers are preparing for the busy holiday season.

New platform gives beverage businesses one secure place to apply for distributor accounts, complete verification requirements and track application status.

For many years, Marsannay has been seeking Premier Cru status for 14 designated vineyard sites.

A prestigious appellation can add value to a wine, but some wines outgrow the influence of their origins.

Visit Napa Valley, the official destination marketing and management organization for Napa County, hosted its annual Destination Symposium on September 24, 2026, convening leaders from across the tourism, hospitality, and wine industries to review the state of the visitor economy, share new research and data, and preview strategic initiatives for the year ahead.

For the past eighteen years, wine professionals from every corner of the world have been traveling to Amsterdam to attend one of the most critical annual events for producers and buyers of bulk wine and spirits across all sectors of the global marketplace.

2026 wine harvest report: record heat, France's smallest crop since 1957, and deliberate yield cuts from Champagne to California.

Now is the time to knuckle down and prepare fine wine businesses for the recovery of the fine wine market, a panel of industry experts told the db conference last week – even if we are a few years off a “true recovery”.

We look at the week’s key fine wine market trends. EU buyers were the only segment to increase their purchasing compared this week..

Hollywood and history converge at Inglenook, the largest contiguous estate in Napa’s famed Rutherford Bench, where organically farmed wines have been produced since 1879.

Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Napa Valley, is where we lay our scene.

In the four weeks ending September 19th, Wine remained below YA, with dollar sales declining -2.8% and volume down -4.7%.

Diageo’s move into ‘mid-strength’ spirits could provide momentum to the emerging product area – and another challenge to under-pressure winemakers.