Showing posts with label Wineries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wineries. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Sonoma/Napa Winery News

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 Current happenings, mostly related to the slowdown in wine visitation.
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Tasting Fees: Many Wineries Are Getting It

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Tasting room fees have doubled since 2012. Tasting room traffic is way down. Coincidence?
Thursday, June 4, 2026

If We Lose Wineries During the Downturn

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California's wine industry experienced explosive growth in the 2010-2020 timeframe, adding roughly 1,500 wineries between 2010 and 2020 ...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Happy Hour at the Winery

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image from sonomamag.com   More innovation is being used to attract more foot traffic. Several Sonoma and Napa wineries are hosting evening ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

The Coming of Enhanced Wine Tourism

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Wine tourism has always meant visiting wineries, tasting wines, maybe buying, and moving on. Sometimes there might be a look at the wine pro...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Napa Being All Friendly

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Desperate times call for desperate measures. I say this halfway joking.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

The Rise and Fall of Kenwood Vineyards

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Kenwood Vineyards, located in the village of Kenwood in Sonoma Valley, has been a fixture of Sonoma County winemaking for over 50 years. The...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

2025 California Grape Crush Report

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 The state agriculture department has released the 2025 Preliminary Grape Crush Report . Following are a few highlights.
Thursday, March 5, 2026

Large and Small, the Two Wine Industries

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Looking at the differences in large vs. small wineries we'll focus on what's typical for each. Large ones are usually owned by corpo...
Friday, February 27, 2026

Wine Regions Experiencing Growth

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It's not entirely doom and gloom for the American wine biz. There are areas that are adding vineyards and have new wineries planned. Her...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Beautiful Wineries of Sonoma County

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Some of the most eye-catching wineries in the county are listed below. I don't make any claim to these being the most beautiful as beau...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Wine Industry Report for 2026

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The Silicon Valley Bank's Wine Division puts out an annual report on the financial state of the American wine industry. The data comes f...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Veteran-Owned Wineries

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For Veterans' Day, the following are veteran-owned wineries in California. Probably not a complete list, but what I could find online.
Thursday, November 6, 2025

The 2025 Grape Harvest Wraps Up

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It's just about the end of the harvest for everyone, though there's still plenty to do in the cellar. So, how do things looks this y...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Multi-Generational Sonoma Family Wineries

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From Grape Collective , an industry online news website, the author of the  "Keeping It in the Family"  article talks with six ind...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Sonoma County For Zinfandel Lovers

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Sonoma County's premier grape isn't Pinot Noir or Chardonnay. It's actually Zinfandel. No, it isn't the most-planted or most...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Wine Tasting in Sonoma County on Foot

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Visitors often wonder about the best way to experience the wineries with worrying about getting a DUI. Some ways are having a DD, hire a dri...
Thursday, September 4, 2025

Wineries Moving Into Distillation

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  If you can't beat 'em ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Choosing Sonoma County Wineries to Visit

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This is the best list I've seen to help someone choose where to go for wine tasting in Sonoma County. A lot of work went into the articl...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Retrenching in the Wine Biz

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Some of the major players in the industry are reducing their footprint in the wine business. This is a sign of uncertainty in the future of ...