Ste. Michelle’s Cutbacks Upended Washington Wine Last Year. How Are Growers Faring? // The Debate Over Wine Sales at Grocery Is Evolving

A year after Ste. Michelle Wine Estates announced it would purchase 40 percent less fruit, Washington-based growers and producers take stock of a changed landscape.

As wine manufacturers innovate to reclaim sales, new research shows that the playing field is more level.

The pace and significance of consumer change is more rapid than ever. This is impacting all CPG category trends, including Beverage Alcohol.

Colter’s Creek Winery, located in Juliaetta, Idaho, was destroyed by fire July 26th. The entire inventory of the winery was also destroyed.

The planned mass layoffs will affect nearly 400 workers across four California counties this fall.

The Santa Rosa-anchored producer of over 30 brands warned state employment officials it could cut as many as 377 employees, mostly in Mendocino, Sonoma and Napa counties.

On Monday, thick morning fog extended far inland to Wine Country, the East Bay valleys and the Santa Clara Valley. Meanwhile, San Francisco remained shrouded in fog all day.

Thousands of firefighters are struggling to contain blazes ripping through large parts of the U.S. and Canada, including the Park Fire in northern California that has torn through 350,000 acres.

Recovered and recently renewed varieties such as Graciano, Mazuelo and Maturana are now entrusted by winemakers all over Rioja to produce some incredible varietal wines or play a larger role in exciting new blends and styles.

We are so used to seeing vines growing neatly in rows in vineyards that sometimes it’s easy to forget that these are wild plants, used to growing as lianas.

A multi-year research project is showing promise for the use of hyperspectral remote sensing with autonomous vehicles to detect grapevine leafroll associated viruses (GRaVs) and grapevine red blotch virus (GRBV) for more efficient scouting of infected vines for rogueing and replacement.

Diageo’s full-year results to the end of June were not what chief executive Debra Crew would have wanted to mark her first full year in charge.

Sales of domestic table and sparkling wines through NIQ off-premise outlets topped $823 million in the four weeks ended June 15, down 4% versus a year ago.

Meanwhile, most other key export markets show signs of decline.

Exploring new possibilities for the South's native grape with Erik Martella and Windsor Run Cellars at the Wisdom Table.

If there's one thing a small, intimate wine region such as Priorat needs, it's small, intimate events, which are a great excuse to visit the region, and ideally have a great deal of fun at.

Feudi di San Gregorio is located in the province of Avellino, known in the wine industry by its ancient name of Irpinia.

Katharina Prüm of JJ Prüm in the Mosel tells David Williams about her experiences of wine growing over the past two decades.