Napa Needs a New Kind of Governance // Budbreak 2025 Arrives in Paso Robles a Week Later than 2024

The time has come for Napa to overhaul its winery regulations and the group of people responsible for enforcing them.

In Paso Robles, Tablas Creek starts to see budbreak in their early-sprouting varieties and at the ops of their hills.

Around half of California's farmworkers lack legal immigration status, though the United Farm Workers union says the number is much higher.

Brussels tries to help an aging sector in terminal decline.

Hoopes Vineyard and two other family-owned Napa Valley wineries, Smith-Madrone/Cooks Flat Associates and Summit Lake Vineyards & Winery LLC, in September sued Napa County in federal court alleging the county rules were vague, unclear and arbitrary. 

Several of the most important vineyards in Amador, El Dorado and other California counties are up for sale or have closed, like Turley.

The Great Wealth Transfer refers to an intergenerational wealth transfer that is currently underway in the United States as well as among many other western nations, with the Baby Boomer generation (born 1946-1964) leaving significant wealth to their heirs.

Younger, tech-savvy investors with an aggressive approach to their investments are transforming the fine wine market, a new report has claimed, taking advantage of data-driven insight, AI-powered analytics and digital platform.

Confusion and uncertainty. Those are two words being used by California agricultural exporters with farm products caught up in an escalating trade conflict between the U.S. and its biggest trading partners.

As a potential trade war looms, a coalition of California agricultural organizations is urging the state’s Congressional delegation to protect them from becoming another casualty in the battle over tariffs.

Northern California’s first Chinese American vintner reflects on a lifetime of farming, resilience, and quiet revolution.

Staying at the top of the Bordeaux tree involves a lot of effort, and many an airmile.

A quarterly round-up of the latest wine news with my hot take on how each relates to Lebanon and the region.

It is an oft repeated fact that 90% of wine sold in the U.S is consumed within days of purchase.

Xiong’s winery is fast becoming known for quality wine due to an unexpected ingredient from one of China’s ancient symbols. His secret? Panda poop.

Rancho Arroyo Grande, a sweeping estate covering over 3,500 acres of wild country within the SLO Coast AVA of California, has retained Pacific Coast Farming to oversee its estate vineyard operations

The country’s organic wine sector is gaining traction as Journey’s End becomes the first South African winery to achieve B Corp.

Somms rally, use wine ratings to defuse trade war.

Report that DOGE and RFK Jr. have new warning labels in mind.