After being forced to fight a far too long battle by the makers of "Two Buck Chuck," the Napa Valley Vintners have finally secured protection of the name Napa Valley for wines only from Napa.  As Dr. Vino describes here wine with a brand name "Napa Ridge" can no longer ...

Guest columnist Richard Olsen-Harbich of Long Island's North Fork winery Raphael has a great piece on the importance of location -- everywhere around the world -- at the always interesting Lenndevours. As he says: Remember a merlot grape -- the same merlot grape -- grown in upstate New York or ...

Clonal Aspects of Winegrowing Symposium Friday, June 22, 2007 Co-Organizers: Deborah Golino, University of California, Davis Jim Wolpert, University of California, Davis When selections of the same grapevine variety from different sources are compared, subtle performance differences between selections of the same wine grape variety become apparent. These differences are caused by mutations...

When it comes to growing wine grapes, does elevation matter? A group of scientists, vintners and more will meet mid-June in Lake County to discuss the matter, what they're calling "the first international high-altitude viticultural and winemaking symposium .

Den Hoed family hands off Wallula Vineyard--known for its spectacular views and superior wine quality--to Long Shadows Vintners

At Frog’s Leap Winery, Rutherford STARTS DAY Some of the most influential minds in organic winegrowing will convene on July 17 & 18 at Frog’s Leap Winery for the Napa Valley Grapegrowers’ 3rd Organic Winegrowing Conference. The Conference is a must-attend event for those interested in organic agriculture and producing organically-driven wines. Highlights of the two-day event include...

Kunde Estate has announced its “Eco-Green Tours” and expanded “Sustainable Winegrowing Hike” schedules for 2008. Added to the schedule is the May 10th dog-friendly date, providing a rare wine country ... . The balance of the “Sustainable Winegrowing Hikes” will also raise funds for the Sonoma Ecology Center. Altogether, 50% of the proceeds from the May 10th hike and the “Sustainable Winegrowing Hikes...

The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA), established by Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), today unveiled its 2006 Progress Report indicating a 24 percent increase since 2004 in the number of California wineries and vineyard businesses working to adopt practices that are sensitive to the environment and society at large. Industry leaders...

A palomino draft horse outfitted with a Mennonite-made harness pulled a spring-tooth harrow through the vineyard rows at Frog's Leap Winery in Rutherford, California last week-(see below), site of the sold-out Napa Valley Grapegrowers 2008 Organic Winegrowing Conference & Tradeshow . The strong, compact Haflinger horse captured onlookers' attention with its energetic gait and handling of tight...

Average prices for Bordeaux are rising, the Bordeaux AOC Winegrowing Union says...