Napa's Cold New Reality // Winemaker dies in Italy while trying to save colleague who fainted in wine vat

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A winemaker in Italy has died while trying to save his colleague who had passed out in wine vat, according to Italy’s fire brigade.

Amid a landscape of geopolitical unrest, economic volatility and a pandemic that has fundamentally shifted consumer behavior, the Napa Valley wine industry navigates a complex array of challenges and shifts.

Winemakers hope India could one day replace the $1.2bn Chinese market, but that demand would take ‘decades’ to develop

Global bulk wine trade - Data to May 2023 Global bulk wine trade dropped by 4.5% in volume and by 6.

The National Association of Wine Retailers (NAWR) welcomes and supports the recently filed lawsuits challenging discriminatory alcohol distribution laws in a number of states. The challenged discriminatory and protectionist laws banning self-distribution from out-of-state producers to in-state retailers prevent these retailers from offering consumers access to the increasing diversity of beers, wines, and spirits produced across the country.

The Balletto family brings in Jim Morris to oversee direct-to-consumer operations at their estate winery in Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley.

They might not be profitable yet, but California’s biggest pot farms are here to stay in Santa Barbara County

In the thriving world of wineries, creating an appealing wine club isn't just about the selection of wines; it's also about the way you present your pricing. At Highway29 Creative, we take inspiration from behavioral economics, in this case specifically the work of Dan Ariely, to help wineries under

Geoff Last looks to ChapGPT to see how knowledgeable it is on wine.

A private member's bill aims to eliminate a 6.1-per-cent basic tax on all on-site retail sales of 100 per cent Ontario wines.

Warning labels, advertising bans and price changes could upend the European wine industry. Frederik Nikolai Schulz and Jon Hanf from Hochschule Geisenheim University report on current developments in European alcohol policy. Reading time: 5m

Early bud breaks, late-season frosts and heavy rainstorms have challenged growers across the state, but they remain hopeful as harvest gets underway.

On a normal Labor Day weekend, Greg Morthole would be sliding into bed around 1 a.m. after a long day of walking the vineyards, tasting through fermenters, making some judgment calls, and planning more of the same for tomorrow.

Organizers hopeful the annual fundraiser benefiting nonprofits will surpass last year’s take of $1.8 million.

To lift the perception of Spain’s more premium and off-beat offerings, the country’s top wines need to be more visible on the high-end...

The objective of this project is to prevent the depletion of our land by utilizing it for organic farming and to contribute to the revitalization of Selhariz village, ensuring the preservation of its few remaining habitants.

With winemaking branching out into more remote corners of the world, db talks to one producer about its love/hate relationship with salt in the Atacama Desert.

The murder of Cantine Colomba Bianca marketing manager Marisa Leo by her ex-partner has sent shockwaves through the Italian wine industry.

Marco Simonit is a details person. If you serve him one of the many cups of coffee he drinks each day, he’d like a little jug of milk, cold milk, next to it. His recent overnight stay with us in the Languedoc was preceded by a list of seven dietary prohibitions.

Bride Valley Vineyard, the Dorset wine estate founded by the late wine expert and Judgement of Paris organiser Steven Spurrier in 2009, has been sold to local entrepreneurs Alasdair Warren and Mark Banham.

PAW PAW — One of Michigan’s oldest continuously operating wineries has obtained a $100,000 state grant to increase its wine production.