Shipping and Delivery of Alcohol are Two Different Beasts // How the world's largest cork company makes 22 million wine stoppers

The Portuguese company Corticeira Amorim is the world's largest producer and distributor of cork.

Could the no and low movement save the wine industry? By Kathleen Willcox  The resistance among hardcore oenophiles to the rise of low and no alcohol

When did wine become so uncool and what is the industry doing about it? I recently asked my 25-year-old sister who she thought of when she thought of wine. I expected the common tropes—Barolo-sipping Wall Streeters and stuffy Septuagenarians sitting on a cellar of Château Lafite. “Wine moms,” she said, flatly. “The suburban Millennial ones,…

French harvest: An updated official forecast for the 2024 harvest predicts France will produce one of its smallest vintages of the past century

It looks like the 2024 harvest on the Central Coast will yield a lighter crop than last year due to 2023’s wet and chilly weather, especially in the spring, and small and stunted berry sizing from the long heat waves the area experienced this summer.

Hirsch Hill, a family-owned Yarra Valley winery, has announced a major supply partnership with Qantas Airlines.

Identifying why the vast cohorts of Millennial customers were fleeing away from wine has never been difficult for me…

Changing tastes and a changing climate see wine regions famously known for their reds producing some spectacular new vintages of white.

At wine-focused establishments with hundreds of bottles on the list, can guests expect sommeliers to sample every single one? Find out here.

Enhancing the antioxidant potential of wine through fermentation is an exciting area of research that highlights the unique role of yeast in boosting melatonin levels.

Wildfires can damage crops, even if flames come nowhere near the plants. One outcome can be an unpleasant flavor and smell of wine that is made from grapes

He's either all in, or not in at all. In his early twenties Kevin White was more of a PBR and cheap red wine drinker.

An innovative approach to production and marketing gives the fifth generation Napa Valley winemaker many reasons to be hopeful for this harvest season and beyond.

Capsule and closures firm Crealis Group has reduced the carbon emissions of its Enoplastic brand's Derma75 product.

In California's Napa Valley, the nation's unofficial wine capital, one varietal reigns supreme: cabernet sauvignon. But climate change is threatening the small blue-black grapes for which cabernet sauvignon is named.

The California Legislature’s 2024 session yielded a small number of bills that stand to exacerbate the legal and regulatory challenges faced by California farm employers.

I’ve posted quite a bit over the past year on alcohol and health because it is a serious issue for wine lovers as well as for the wine industry. And there is some evidence that public health authorities,

The producers remaking the Northwest’s singular Rocks District—home to the world’s wildest Syrah-based wines.

The story of Yangarra nicely tracks with the revival of Grenache as a key variety in Australia, where the McLaren Vale has become the spiritual home for this grape, producing some remarkable examples.