Napa Finds Itself in Court // Duckhorn Portfolio slides after Bank of America warns on premium wine slowdown

Napa authorities – and several of the region's wineries – have been ordered to attend court, but no one is quite sure why.

Bank of America downgrades Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA) due to softening premium wine sales, lower estimates, and reduced takeover potential.

The challenge is clear for the wine industry: it must significantly reduce the carbon footprint of its activities. This situation has led the world’s largest container glass manufacturer, O-I Glass, to dedicate part of its R&D efforts on meeting this decarbonisation objective.

A big harvest of top-quality grapes is good news for producers and consumers of California wine.

Wineries in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties crushed more than half a million tons of grapes last year, according to the state’s Grape Crush Report.

Only in Minnesota, but not in Colorado.

French exports of wine and spirits fell last year from a post-COVID peak as inflation clipped consumer demand and distributors in the lucrative US market cleared existing stocks, industry group FEVS said.

In a preliminary victory for the U.S. industry, the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) found on Friday, February 9, that there is a reasonable indication that the domestic wine bottle industry is injured as a result of imports from Chile, China, and Mexico.

Treasury Wine Estates has unveiled a strengthened champagne proposition for its multi-region Penfolds wine brand, debuting a near-US$50 cuvée brut.

The Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges wine auction, now in its 63rd year, has unveiled the line-up for this year's sale as it aims to "keep the momentum" this year, despite signs that prices have been cooling.  

The scratchies are designed to help cellar door patrons keep track of the amount of drinks they have consumed, along with providing education about the number of 15mL tasting pours in a standard drink.

Twickenham Stadium is trialling alcohol-free zones during the Six Nations in a bid to tackle excessive drinking, though some rugby fans have already described the policy as a "disaster".

While we benefit from fantastic growing capabilities across the Lodi area and our grapes are of exceptional quality, there are always ways to improve and hone the science behind the perfect growing environment.

Volcanic soils produce some of the most coveted wines in the world. Emerging science suggests that the microbes under the surface make it possible.

The winemaker, representing Mt. Brave and Hickinbotham Wines, took the top prize as db unveiled the new edition of the Master Winemaker 100.

Family Winemakers of California (FWC), the pioneering organization founded in 1990 to unite family-owned and operated wineries, is proud to announce the appointment of its new Board of Directors.

Before joining the faculty at UC Davis, I spent the previous five years as a research scientist at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in Madison, Wisconsin. Apparently this experience is somewhat rare among academics.

If you want to start an argument among wine industry people, bring up the issue of nutritional labeling. Should wine labels provide consumers with the same kind of nutritional information and ingredient lists as found on most other food and drink items?