Mgaloblishvili and its new downy mildew-resistant genome // Lawsuit Against Napa Winery Alleges Unlicensed Landscaper Sparked Crystal Springs Fire

A new genome of the Georgian grapevine variety Mgaloblishvili has just been published— the first-identified Vitis vinifera variety resistant to downy mildew.

A lawsuit has been filed against a Napa Valley winery and a landscaper for alleged negligence in connection with a 2024 wildfire near St. Helena, according to court records. 

The ninth annual Willamette Valley wine auction raised of $600,000 for the Willamette Valley Wineries Association which advocates on behalf of the valley.

Private equity has become a major player in the Napa wine industry in recent years, with wineries like Silver Oak, Far Niente, Spring Mountain and Duckhorn.

The original Ravenswood winery near Sonoma is on the market as part of a bankruptcy sale involving dozens of commercial and residential properties in the Lefever Mattson portfolio.

We’re now in a time when people and their governments worldwide are moving into silos.

As Chile’s 2025 harvest draws to a close, winemakers across the country are voicing optimism about the vintage’s promising quality, even as many report notable reductions in yield.

It was both a surprise and a delight to enjoy the presence of long-time Central Coast winemaker Sashi Moorman, and his distinctive, even original wines from Santa Barbara County.

Elevated input costs have made it harder for wine to compete against alternative beverages able to charge a lower price per unit of alcohol.

Consumers love aroma, bouquet and taste. Legislators love jobs, wages and taxes.

Wine trade bodies have requested that the alcoholic drinks sector be left out of trade disputes with the US as a European Commission consultation on tariff countermeasures gets underway.

UK Hospitality has welcomed the news that a UK trade deal agreed with the EU yesterday (Monday) includes cooperation on a youth experience scheme which could see young people able to work and travel freely in Europe again..

Custom vintner Napa Wine Company and related brand Ghost Block Estate Wines hired Priyanka Dhar French as director of winemaking. French has had a long commitment to sustainability and had overseen the rebuilding of Signorello Estate that was destroyed by the 2017 wildfires.

Sam Fischer replaces Tim Ford at Treasury Wine Estates.

Mutiny in the Heights, former Mutiny Wine Room, is making several changes to make their space more friendly for kids and dogs. That includes a new menu.

Vineyards in southern France are trialling roadside wine vending machines, but is it proving divisive in a country where tradition is valued?

The "experience" is part of a new offering from Airbnb aimed at getting locals to use the app when they aren't traveling.

Curated exclusively for guests of The St. Regis San Francisco, the journey begins with luxury transportation from the heart of San Francisco to the rolling vineyards of Napa Valley.

The sleek, modern site features a proprietary Wine Palate Matcher tool--a user-friendly filtering system allowing users to precisely dial in their preferred wine preferences to find matches within a database of thousands of reviews.

In a new audio investigation set amongst the vines of wine’s elite, journalist Marc Fennell examines a scandal that rocked the world of fine wines, unveiling a “pattern of abused power and authority”.

Energy, Sustainability, and Green Transition in Wine and Olive Production.

This Fall, media and trade members are invited to take a deep dive into the world of old vines through the lens of northern California.