By Kathleen Willcox For insiders in California’s wine business, Kirk Lokka has been a beloved figure for decades, but the detail-oriented, low-key and community-minded vineyard manager has managed to maintain [...]
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Crimson Wine Group CEO Jen Locke Recognized as One of Wine’s Most Inspiring People for 2025 by Wine Industry Advisor
Locke’s Leadership Honored for Stewarding 1,000 Acres and Preserving Legacies of Sustainability Across California, Washington, and Oregon NAPA, California, January 21, 2025 – Crimson Wine Group (OTCQB: CWGL) is pleased to [...]
Afternoon Brief, January 21
Could a Pink Powder Sabotage California Wine's Organic Goals? Firefighters battling the Los Angeles blaze are dropping a pink, powdered flame-retardant from planes in a bid to contain the disaster. But experts say the chemicals may have long-reaching consequences for...
Finalists announced in Star Wine List of the Year France 2025
On 10 February, the international wine guide Star Wine List will award Gold Stars to the best wine lists of France for the second time, with an awards ceremony held [...]
Introducing the Soil Room at Spier
Spier’s Love of the Land Made Visible Stellenbosch, South Africa (January 12, 2024) – At Spier, everything starts with the soil. Regeneration is the golden thread that runs through all [...]
Domaine Santa Duc Expands in Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Domaine Santa Duc Acquires 4.7 Hectares of Prime Vineyards in Châteauneuf-du-Pape January 21, 2025 (Gigondas) — Domaine Santa Duc, a renowned name in the world of Rhône wines, proudly announces [...]
ROCO Winery, a Santa Margherita USA Company, Acquires Oregon’s Marsh Family Estate
January 21, 2025 — Metis is proud to announce the sale of Marsh Family Estate, a distinguished vineyard property in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA of Oregon, to ROCO winery, a wholly [...]
Nominations Are Open for the 2025 Private Label Hall of Fame
January 21, 2025 (New York) — PLMA has announced that nominations are now being accepted for the Private Label Hall of Fame, Class of 2025. The nomination period will be [...]
Japanese Sake Becomes a Must-Learn Category for Top Sommeliers
Featured in the Finals of the 2024 ASI European, Middle East & Africa Sommelier Championship January 21, 2025 — In November 2024, the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) hosted [...]
