Shifting Paths: Steps for the North Bay wine industry to counter lower demand, higher costs by Jessica Zimmer· March 20, 2024 12:43 pm·“The pioneers are where the change comes from.”—Alder Yarrow, Bay Area wine blogger The wine industry needs to pivot again,…
Advertising in the Wine Industry Needs to Get Real by Tim Carl· November 1, 2022 4:24 pm·Back in the 1990s the milk industry came up with an ad that included the catchy phrase, “Got milk?” The…
A Love Letter to Sonoma County by Karissa Kruse· November 1, 2022 4:05 pm·As harvest is in full swing in Sonoma County, I am reminded that we live in an incredibly special place.…
A Really Goode Job by Jennifer Worthy· October 28, 2022 6:09 pm·Though the wine industry continues to remain male dominated, California wine companies are striving to diversify their hiring practices. In…
Drive Wines by Frank Sumrall· December 1, 2021 12:29 pm·Located under the sunny small town of Geyserville, the Drive Wines’ tasting room is a step up from its humble…
The Tasting Trail by Christina Julian· July 12, 2021 1:06 pm·This time last summer, The Wine Institute predicted the California wine industry would lose more than $4 billion in 2020,…
Naidu Wines by Michael Aviña· July 9, 2021 1:26 pm·The social movement that is farm-to-table exploded in the past 20 years from a niche market for consumers to a…
The 2020 Grape Harvest Got Walloped by Tim Carl· April 16, 2021 6:58 pm·In early February, the California Department of Food and Agriculture Preliminary Grape Crush Report for 2020 highlighted what many local…
Domaine Carneros by Karen Hart· April 12, 2021 8:01 pm·A pop of a cork, a stemmed glass and tiny bubbles—nothing says celebration quite like a sparkling wine. And Domaine…
Holding the Line by Bonnie Durrance· December 18, 2020 9:25 am·When fire strikes in Wine Country—or anywhere at any time, for that matter—it’s terrible news. In the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)…