Longtime Wine Institute Leader Bobby Koch to Retire // The vineyard in collapse: Santorini faces its worst harvest year

Wine Institute President and CEO Robert P. ("Bobby") Koch announced today that he will retire from the association at the end of 2025, after 22 years in his current role and 33 years with the preeminent U.S. association representing wine producers.

Bare vines, record-low yields, and a bleak outlook for one of the world’s most iconic terroirs.

TricorBraun is combining its wine packaging operations into a single 608,000-square-foot wareshouse in Fairfield, while broader industrial real estate leasing remains sluggish due to economic uncertainties.

Château Lafleur has announced that, beginning with the 2025 vintage, it will no longer produce wines under the appellations of Pomerol and Bordeaux.

The 86-acre property neighbors Napanook vineyard, giving Moueix 200 Napa Valley acres under vine.

Containment has increased on a rural California wine country wildfire that was burning out of control and threatening thousands of properties.

So far harvest has been slow to start, which is wonderful news for any champagne lover, as it means that houses and cooperatives have been able to convince their growers to wait for aromatic ripeness as well as sugar ripeness.

Symington Family Estates has begun its 2025 harvest across its vineyards in the Douro, Alentejo and Vinho Verde. Early signs point to smaller yields but encouraging quality, following a year of extreme weather swings.

Earlier this summer, we announced a new collaboration with seven other wineries around the United States. It's called the Wine Atlas Collective.

Fox News Media launches the Fox News Wine Shop, a lifestyle venture offering American-made wines, a wine club, and the Liberty Sparkling USA 250 collection.

It’s a big deal because Château Lafleur is a top Pomerol estate, and no Château of this importance has left its appellation behind, reverting not to AOP Bordeaux, but going further all the way to Vin de France.

‘Sweet’ – an innocuous enough adjective under most circumstances – is a descriptor rarely delivered with malice, save for when it comes to wine.

Portugal's fifth largest wine region has amended its regulations to allow much lower ABVs. It means Tejo producers may now make wines with an alcohol content of 7.5%.

Washington State’s Equal Pay & Opportunities Act (EPOA) was once a landmark for wage transparency. It's facing a setback due to one case.

Elias Maalouf crouched to examine a shrivelling grapevine in his ancestral vineyard in the sun-kissed plains of eastern Lebanon. Last year, Israeli air strikes kept him from picking most of the grapes. Now, a drought has slashed his harvest.

As the U.S./Canada trade wars go unresolved the number of victims grows, most notably the U.S. Wine and Spirts community is taking a major hit, not so much because of the Canadian consumer but because of the Canadian political class.

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California Wine Festival, Southern California’s premier wine festival event producer, returns to Huntington Beach for two days of oceanfront tastings on Friday, October 17 and Saturday, October 18, 2025.