Napa Valley remains steadfast in its global outlook // US Senate confirms Brooke Rollins to lead the USDA

Connor Best of Napa Valley Vintners, speaking at the recent Premiere Napa Valley tasting in London, explained that the premium wine region's outlook will stay resolutely outward-looking despite the potential impact of global trade wars.

Rollins, confirmed in a 72-28 vote, has said the causes of climate change are 'not widely understood'.

California’s bulk wine and grape markets were busier in the last two weeks of January and the first week of February than in the final few months of 2024.

TWE said the offers it had received for its “commercial” wine brands like Wolf Blass and Yellowglen "did not represent compelling value".

The mainstay of the New York City dining scene will close on Mar. 1.

At first glance, France's 2024 wine and spirits exports paint a dark picture. But is the situation really all doom and gloom?

China’s largest duty-free operator has allegedly removed cognac products from top producers, including Martell, Hennessy, and Rémy Cointreau, in what appears to be an escalation of trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels.

The volume of France’s wine and spirits exports “stabilised” but pressure on Champagne and Cognac sales continued to weigh on the figures, data shows.

Changes to France's strict inheritance laws mean that more wineries will remain in family hands.

Santa Barbara County Deputy CEO Brittany Odermann said the county received 126 petitions in favor of the effort from vintners representing nearly 60% of sales in that industry, while four vintners representing 1.2% of sales posted protest petitions.

A new legal requirement for health warnings on alcoholic drinks sold in Ireland risks driving wineries away from supplying the market.

The combination of Valentine’s Day falling on a Friday may lead outsiders to speculate that this will mean bumper takings for the world’s restaurateurs – but they would be mistaken.

Madeira Park, a new wine bar from James Beard award-winning chef Steven Satterfield and Neal McCarthy of Miller Union and sommelier Tim Willard, opens on Feb. 15 in the former cafe space of the old Highland Inn in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta.

Jeremy Seysses of Burgundy’s famed Domaine Dujac and master sommelier Carlton McCoy Jr, CEO of Lawrence Wine Estates, have said they will release a first wine from their Trailside Vineyard project in February.

South Africa may be best known for its pinotage, but modern production now has a focus on sustainability and centres around French grape varieties.

As farmers across the country faced unexpected funding freezes, promised government aid is now being withheld and that is affecting California’s wine grape growers, according to Natalie Collins, president of CAWG.

For decades after the concept of biodynamic farming was introduced in 1924, there was an aura of witch and wizard mysticism and charmingly earnest cluelessness around biodynamic farming.

The Spanish wine industry is grappling with increasingly severe drought conditions, prompting urgent discussions on sustainable water management.

“Before you invest in any vineyard, you need to check your water rights first. We are effectively making a wine in a desert so you have to treat your vines very carefully.”

In an email to wine club members on Thursday, which the Chronicle reviewed, Newton Vineyard announced its “permanent closure” due to the “devastating continued impact of the 2020 Glass Fire.”

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest severity zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.