Year In Review: Top Wine Stories Of 2025

Robert Mondavi was once a name to be reckoned with in California – how the mighty have fallen.

Three of the world’s biggest beverage companies, Constellation Brands, Brown-Forman and Diageo, are at the centre of lawsuits in the US.

Hotel prices are slamming wine tourism.

Community rallies to help beloved vineyard manager seized by authorities.

After 80 years, the giant US company is exiting the wine business.

A form of investment once rare among California wineries is quietly reshaping the industry.

The lengthy dispute over a creek that flows through an historic vineyard in Napa Valley might finally be resolved this week.

E&J Gallo is closing yet another of its San Luis Obispo County properties as it continues to withdraw from the Central Coast.

Napa Valley’s Duckhorn Vineyards announced today that company will be winding down its Canvasback, Migration, Paraduxx, and Postmark brands.

The sudden sale of Washington's Chateau Ste. Michelle could well have been a cash-free deal.

A well-known California winemaker’s daughter has co-opted part of her father’s vineyard for a project of her own.

By now, you’ve heard the news that RNDC will exit the California market, effective September 2, 2025. We want to provide context.

Californian company The Wine Group has entered into an agreement to acquire several brands, facilities and more than 2,670 hectares of vineyard from Constellation.

“Wine is a product that is exactly what the emerging consumer is seeking, they just don’t know it.”

Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ) is in negotiations to sell its entire wine portfolio to two other top producers in a deal that would see the fifth largest U.S. company throw in the towel on what’s been a brutal fight for share in a decreasing wine market.

The alleged bribes included luxury watches, designer handbags, and trips to Hawaii and Las Vegas.

Lead representatives of Sonoma County’s wine industry are exploring a proposal to add a new self-imposed tax on direct-to-consumer sales, a move that could raise millions of dollars annually.

Operating as a collective, they say, reduces the pressures and offers more opportunities to grow while maintaining the integrity of each brand.