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In this episode of Barrels and Roots, I sit down with wine marketing consultant Aliye Melton to talk about what the wine industry may be getting wrong about ...

An Incredible Collection of Liber Pater Wine Will Be Auctioned Off This Fall

“Bionic Eye is allowing us to be more consistent, and that’s what everyone wants out of their product, consistency. What that can mean for a winemaker is more consistency across [...]

Some wineries make great wine. At Bedrock Wine Co., they also make great winemakers. This week we sit down with the next class out of Bedrock U, Allison Badar and Casey Barton, two of the key players behind Bedrock, who somehow found time between harvests and tending...

Plus – notes and thoughts on Résonance, Soos Creek and Domaine Rogue

Afternoon Brief: When Local Laws Threaten a Winery’s Bottom Line As wineries increasingly rely on tastings, events, and other hospitality experiences to drive revenue, restrictive local zoning laws and costly legal battles are forcing producers to rethink how they...

The Gil Family and Rafa Nadal come together in Dominio del Liftado, a new venture born of friendship, shared dedication, and the revival of Monastrell vineyards more than half a [...]

What Michelin stars, Italian appellations, and no-alcohol wine reveal about the economics of differentiation By Angelo A. Camillo, PhD, MBAAssociate Professor, Wine Business Institute, Sonoma State University Restaurants chase Michelin [...]

Bordeaux, spring of 1983. A barrel cellar in the Médoc, low light, rows of new oak.The British critics have already been through — the people who had covered...