North Coast wine grape season faces challenges amid market uncertainties // NY wine & spirits business suing Trump admin over tariffs

The wine grape season in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties is just beginning, but challenges of oversupply and cautious market response are prompting growers to “mothball” acres or take other vineyard strategies to limit costs until purchases pick up.

Victor Schwartz, founder of VOS Selections, is lead plaintiff in a case led by attorney Jeff Schwab.

One of the few slices of the secondary market finding a silver lining with the potential trade war is the secondary market that is heating up.

Investment firm Alden Global Capital is acquiring the Santa Rosa-based Press Democrat and six other North Bay media publications.

revor Miller paused a moment in the April sunshine to wipe his brow before kneeling in the dirt to bury another plant stem and pat it down with wood chips.

We all know this is a tough trade. But when Startups.co.uk’s 2025 Workforce Report revealed hospitality leaders are more likely than anyone else in business to be struggling with their mental health, the scale of the problem became impossible to ignore.

The latest sales figures are bad news for producers hoping high-end wines will get them through these tough economic times.

Falling demand hits centuries-old ‘en primeur’ system under which fine wine is sold before it is bottled.

Sweden currently has a reasonable selection of wines vintage dated prior to 2000.

San Diego County is home to 172 active and planned wineries, a 3.6% increase from the prior year’s count (166), reflecting steady industry reinvestment and interest. 

We are witnessing a transformation in global trade dynamics that is fundamentally reshaping the international wine market.

“We feel this is a time to invest in the United States,” Adolfo Rebughini, general manager of Veronafiere, the producer of Vinitaly, said.

A new scientific trial in Spain aims to settle the question, once and for all, of whether wine in moderation has health benefits.

Tánaiste Simon Harris has strongly indicated that a plan to introduce health labels on alcoholic drinks is set to be delayed.

The Napa Valley Vine Trail is slowly reorienting how visitors and residents experience California’s most famous and prestigious wine region.

Traverse City Tourism is preparing to launch a new festival intended to show off the region’s agricultural and culinary industries – and potentially fill a late-summer hole left by the departure of the Traverse City Film Festival. Traverse City Food and Wine is planned to take place August 21-23, featuring “carefully curated tasting experiences” throughout …

Rootstocks serve multiple purposes for grapevines, including dealing with vineyard soil pests and acting as the interaction points for water and nutrient up ...

A Virginia winery's community springs to action in a time of need.

Winemaker Alejandro Fargosonini and I speak about saving fruit from America's farms, re-wilding, and getting the grant money necessary to keep his operation running.

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