Wines & Vines

In July I attended the annual marketing pep rally known as WineVision. If you've never participated, it goes...

Napa Valley Vintners has won a key battle in its effort to protect the Napa appellation. The California...

Lallemand Oenology, supplier of yeasts, bacteria cultures and fermentation nutrients, was awarded one of four Innovation in Enology...

Cliff Lede Vineyards, Yountville, Napa Valley, opened its renovated tasting room in July. The former S. Anderson Vineyard...

R.H. Phillips Winery, Esparto, Yolo County, Calif., is planning a phased-in 10-year expansion that could ultimately double its...

The St. Helena Viticultural Club, founded in 1876 by H.A. Pellet and Charles Krug, has been revived to...

When Bronco's Fred Franzia challenged restaurants to start offering wines-by-the-bottle for less than 10 bucks, there wasn't exactly...

Why sip your wine from a glass, and actually taste it, when you can inhale it directly into...

Ever wish there was a Web site where you could find past and present release dates for your...

Wall Street Journal wine writers Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher conduct a taste-off in Washington D.C. every four...

In last month's Wine Notes column we called your attention to Mirassou's snappy new package design, which features...

Let's hear it for Chenin blanc! A recent article in Wines & Vines on Chenin blanc drew very...

Sometime around 1998, unknown to the California wine industry, the vine mealybug, a pest accidentally introduced into Southern...

The growth rate of California wine trade shipments quadrupled in the U.S. in 2003, climbing from 1% in...

* The California State Supreme Court came down unanimously on the side of Napa Valley Vintners in its...

* A group of researchers brought together by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has warned state grapegrowers...

* Research conducted by University College, London, has found that drinking as little as one glass of wine...

* The following new viticultural areas have recently been approved by federal officials, according to Wine Institute: *...

Gene Kirkham, founder of Casa Nuestra Winery, and Amelia Ceja of Ceja Vine-yards, have joined a delegation to...

Andy Beckstoffer, who farms more than 3,000 acres of vines in Napa, Mendocino and Lake counties in Northern...