San Francisco Giants Announce Giants Wine Club, Presented by Sonoma County Winegrowers // Ciatti California Report - August 2025

First-ever MLB wine club features a diverse selection of wines, further solidifying the Giants’ connection to wine country. 

"Eerily quiet": Market muted as harvest looms

The colorful insects are draining nutrients from grapevines, stunting their growth and grossing out winery visitors.

When you mix alcohol with the Constitution, it is imperative to get the proportions right.

“We like to think outside the bottle and put first what young consumers actually care about.”

Polarising views emerged after db shared the news that a Napa winegrower was suing its neighbour for planting Redwood trees near its vineyard, which the vintner said would "contaminate the flavour" of its wine.

Health, flavour, function, and transparency are driving buying decisions.

After a down year in 2023, the French rosé category has regained positive momentum in the U.S. market, as pricing stability has returned, offering consumers a more attractive price-value equation.

Workers got an early start picking unripe grapes that will be used to make verjus, an acidic juice that can be used in vinaigrette.

A recent visit to Black Chalk vineyard and winery in Hampshire’s Test Valley highlighted that a bumper harvest could be on the way for the English wine sector.

Canyon fire in Ventura county, north of Los Angeles, is a ‘very dynamic situation’ and 0% contained, officials say.

Local growers said hundreds of hectares of working vineyards had been destroyed while grapes from other plots risked being unusable after being covered in fire-retardant chemicals, or because smoke will spoil their taste.

The wine industry is in a depression - external forces play a role, but the industry has worsened it by ensh*ttifying things and driving consumers away.

The lexicon of Pinot noir is a case study in cliché.

Fighting for or against something from the inside is the best strategy.

Sojourn Cellars, renowned for its single-vineyard wines from Sonoma & Napa, has been strategically acquired by a small group led by industry luminary Pat Roney.

South Australian winery Maxwell Wines has acquired McLaren Vale wine producer Fox Creek Wines, in a move it says aims to safeguard the legacy of the region’s wine heritage amid the rapidly shifting national landscape.

Artificial Intelligence promises efficiency, prediction, and personalisation. But can a culture built by hand survive a world run by machines?

WineSpeak simplifies complex wine terminology into consumer-friendly language.