Premiere Napa Valley Auction Nets $3.4 Million And Celebrates The Stellar 2021 Vintage

Label for special wines sold in the annual Premiere Napa Valley auction Napa Valley Vintners This week more than 250 wine trade buyers and professionals descended upon Napa Valley to bid on wine lots ...

The Festive Silver Oak Release Day Events Are One Of The Keys To Its Success

The 2018 Silver Oak Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. Silver Oak Cellars Twice a year, crowds anxiously line up outside the gates of the Silver Oak Cellars in the heart of Napa Valley. Encompassing an entire s...

Why California’s $46 Billion Wine Industry Is Better Prepared For Climate Change Than Some Of Its Competitors?

Sunset in the vineyards of Sonoma County, CA getty Climate change poses a significant threat for all of agriculture, but it has particularly disruptive potential for the wine industry. This is because...

American Bottles For An American Holiday

Antique print from the illustrated book The Natural History of Animals (hand-colored engraving), … [+] 1859. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images) Getty Images Not to be all nationalist (though ...

Surprises, COVID Challenges, And A Less Carbon-Intensive Approach

In this companion piece to the “peek behind the scenes” of how a “Top 100” wine industry list actually comes to fruition, Wine & Spirits magazine editor and publisher Josh Greene describes general...

Napa Valley Succeeds With $1.5 Million Raised At 2022 New, More Inclusive Auction Format

Jean Charles Boisset & Team Welcome Guests at 2022 Collective Napa Valley Barrel Auction Alexander Rubin for NVV The famous Napa Valley Barrel Auction that has been running successfully for the la...

Insights From 71 Winemakers And Winery Owners

In the past decade I have met and interviewed dozens of winemakers and winery owners. Below are photographs and quotes from a few, with links to articles. More photos are at my new VinoVoices Instagra...