Why one of California’s most prestigious wineries is fighting a state water conservation plan // Calistoga Vintner Services faces $46M total foreclosure

Following nearly a decade of investment in the agrarian Suisun Valley, Caymus Vineyards is fighting a state water conservation policy that it sees as a threat to the burgeoning wine region.

Calistoga Vintner Services faces foreclosure on two properties totaling $46 million in debt. Wine production continues as the company works on a financial restructuring to keep the winery open.

Napa Valley’s Next Phylloxera Crisis?

On Aug. 18, John Gibson made his second pick of the 2026 harvest — Vermentino from the Sierra Foothills — and trucked the grapes down to Legend Napa Valley, a custom crush winery set on a hilltop in Napa County’s American Canyon.

The US technology company Google has updated its guidelines for personalized advertising. According to an announcement on the company's Advertising Policies Help page from early September, personalized advertising for alcohol will be permitted on YouTube starting October 30, 2026, "where locally permitted."

United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Hide and Hedonism Wines founder Evgeny Chichvarkin has revealed that reducing the premium on fine wine failed to attract more customers. Speaking at The Drinks Business Conference, he suggested restaurant markups may not be the main reason fine wine consumption is falling.

The most hated man in American wine asked why an $80 bottle is worth forty times a $2 one. The research answers him, and so does his own guilty plea.

“It’s been a strange weather year,” said Morgan Twain-Peterson, owner of Bedrock Wine Co. “We’ve had a lot more cloudy days like this.”

“I was totally unprepared to harvest in August when I launched a project to grow vines in Normandy”, admits Sébastien Arnaud, a winegrower.

UK wine retailer Novel Wines, renowned for sourcing unusual bottles from countries including India and Croatia, has entered voluntary liquidation after more than 10 years in business, as retailers across the country struggle with profit margin pressures, soaring costs and sluggish consumer spending.

Samuel Robert Winery buys the Pacific Rim's Rainstorm Winery and bulk wine. Proceeds will help settle debts with two Oregon grape growers.

The sale of the 16-acre estate marks his company's exit from Washington.

With wildfires an increasing problem worldwide, Chris Boiling investigates the solutions to smoke taint.

Professional-grade vine maps from one lap, then vine status, sprays, irrigation and phenology recorded on every vine. Try your first block for free.

Firetree Family Farms plans to establish a micro-winery near the city of Napa in Napa County’s Carneros region. The county Zoning Administrator approved the proposal.

Napa County explained its winery rules in federal court. Somehow, even the crackers got complicated.

Behind every bottle at Purple Sky Winery lies an intense, round-the-clock operation.

Carlo DeVito has tasted thousands of wines and written as many stories during 21 years of covering the East Coast industry.