Pushing You Up the Price Ladder

Americans, and others, love to treat themselves. Whether it's $80 jeans or an $80 wine, we deserve it. In case you weren't aware, you are being helped in the premiumization of your consumption by those that stand to gain from it.

Sauvignon Blanc is Hot

SALES of Sauvignon Blanc are hot, that is, you should always serve it cold.  :)

Sauv Blanc trails Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, and Pinot Noir in popularity in the U.S. But Sauvignon Blanc is the one gaining the most in sales (with Pinot Gris second). It seems some consumers are turning to reasonably priced crisp whites.

Does the Wine Industry Worry Too Much?

The vineyard folks worry about climate change, pests, water supplies and more. I figure that's okay because farmers are supposed to worry. When it comes to the future of wine sales, there's a lot of worry to go around and I'm not sure that it's all necessary.

Ken Wilson's Expanding Empire

  Maybe you've heard of Wilson, Mazzocco, or Soda Rock wineries. That's just three of the eleven in the Wilson Artisan Wine collection throughout Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. It's definitely a collection, as Ken collects wineries, B&Bs, and vineyards like others collect bottles of wine. Ken and winemaker Diane Wilson's wineries also collect lots of gold medals. 

 Ken has added a new winery to his bevy of businesses.

Napa Valley Cabernet is the New Merlot

That's crazy! 

Hear me out.

North Coast Wine Challenge 2024, the Big Winners

Yes, it's another wine judging! This one is local and allows wines from all over the region -- Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Lake, Mendocino, Solano Counties.

Marketing a Winery to a Younger Audience

For background, the wine industry foresees big trouble ahead. The generation that fueled the wine boom of the last few decades is aging out, and the younger ones don't seem as interested in wine.

One winery may have found a way to grab onto the future.