Willamette Valley Vineyards on hunt for new CEO // You’re About to Hear More About the Evils of Big Alcohol. Here's Why

Willamette Valley Vineyards is on hunt for new CEO as part of its plans to separate the roles of president and CEO.

It’s not just the drink itself being demonised, but the companies who make it.

As Bordeaux reverts to the long-term trend of seeing its share of regional trade decline, a resilient Italy is picking up the pieces – with Tuscany to the fore.

The U.S. surgeon general has entered the controversial debate over alcohol and health — and it could be yet another blow to a California wine industry in crisis.

Dave McIntyre revisits over a decade and a half of covering wine, including the effects of climate change, emerging regions and more.

2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the Granholm v. Heald Supreme Court ruling, one of the most critical milestones for the direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine shipping market.

Regardless of what the current Surgeon General and the New York Times think, moderate drinking is not dangerous.

All of the recent research publications put it in black-and-white that wine turned out to be not harmful in their experiments.

Champagne producer Vranken-Pommery has reshaped its board of directors by separating the roles of chairman and chief executive officer.

Mr. Hanson is a seasoned executive with a strong track record of building, transforming, and scaling consumer businesses.

“Since the end of Prohibition, a body of law has developed that protects public safety by creating a buffer between producer and retailer and banning certain trade practices.”

An Oliver vineyard has been permanently banned from hiring foreign workers. 

Stereotypes are powerful things because they shape the way we perceive reality even when we know they differ from what we see with our own eyes.

A wine aficionado argues that the surgeon general’s warning misses this type of alcohol’s complex joy.

Proposed vineyard wastewater regulations provoked a major hue and cry among Sonoma and Mendocino growers when government officials introduced them in 2022. 

Starting this week, farmers in California's San Joaquin Valley are banned from burning agricultural waste in the field, a legislative mandate aimed at improving air quality that has been decades in the making.

Supported by the department of industry, science and resources, and Wine Australia, the initiative addresses the wine sector’s challenge of reducing carbon emissions while maintaining the standards associated with premium packaging.

Joseph Drouhin is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to sustainability.

The “manifesto” provides 20 pages of recommendations.

The annual Research Survey for Washington’s wine industry is now open. Input from the survey is a key component of the industry-driven, viticulture and enology research program in Washington.

Meg Maker defends the right to drink and enjoy cheap fizz, even as an esteemed wine writer, in her column this month.

Do wine critics rely on an objective standard for evaluating wines? The truth is, I don’t think objectivity is a wine critic’s mission.