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2008 California harvest slightly down
California’s 2008 wine grape harvest is down 6% on the previous year, according to preliminary reports.
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2008 vintage guide for California Cabernet Sauvignon
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2008 vintage guide for California Merlot
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1998 vintage guide for California Cabernet Sauvignon
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1976 vintage guide for California Merlot
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1983 vintage guide for California Merlot
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Monterey: Frontier fever
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Top California restaurants
The Golden State offers a wealth of eating choices, from humble, family-friendly bistros to Michelin starred restaurants. Matt Stamp MS reports.
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Gallo continues spending spree with Napa vineyard buys
E&J Gallo winery has bought more than 100 hectares of vineyard on the fringes of Napa Valley, as part of its drive to invest in estates producing premium wine.
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California Chenin Blanc vineyard listed as heritage site
One of California's oldest Chenin Blanc vineyards has been listed by the state's Historic Vineyard Society, as part of efforts to preserve the region's winemaking heritage.
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Californian Chardonnay: 10 exciting producers
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Treasury Wine Estates continue to cut overheads in Australia and California
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is to sell three of its wineries in Australia and close down another in California as part of continued plans to cut overheads.
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Napa wineries rocked by powerful earthquake
The most powerful earthquake to hit northern California for 25 years has left more than 100 injured and wreaked havoc in wine cellars across Napa Valley and Sonoma County on the eve of harvest.
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Napa quake is a ‘wake up call’ for wineries
A powerful earthquake that rocked winery buildings and threw barrels across cellars near Napa in California should act as a warning to producers, some winemakers believe.
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Napa Valley Vintners pledges $10m to quake relief
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Napa quake winery damage nears $50m
California's biggest earthquake for 25 years caused close to $50m of damage at wineries and farms in Napa, according to an initial estimate that experts believe is still set to rise.
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Earthquake cost to Napa wineries tops $80m
Spilt wine has accounted for the bulk of wineries' estimated financial losses following California's worst earthquake for 25 years, with total costs now believed to be more than $80m.
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Napa police find French Laundry’s stolen DRC
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Yao Ming seeks $3m in crowdfunding to promote Napa wine
Chinese basketball star-turned-wine producer Yao Ming is using crowdfunding to try to raise US$3m to help build a visitor centre for his wines in California's Napa Valley.
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Napa: Copia wine centre sold to development firm
Napa’s ill-fated former Copia wine centre has been sold and is a step closer to redevelopment, possibly including a presence for the Culinary Institute of America.
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Duckhorn buys Three Palms Vineyard in Napa Valley
Duckhorn Wine Company has acquired the prized Three Palms Vineyard in Napa Valley after 37 years of making acclaimed Merlot using its fruit.
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Shafer drops lawsuit over ‘Hillside Select’ name
Napa Valley's Shafer winery has agreed to drop legal action against nearby rival Howell Mountain Vineyards over use of the Hillside Select name on wine labels.
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BR Cohn winery sold in California
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Drought fails to dampen California spirits for 2014 harvest
Many winemakers in California believe the state's drought will not drastically affect this year's harvest, which they say is running two weeks early and is expected to yield a healthy crop.
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Google Street View offers virtual tours of California wineries
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Video: Barbara Banke launches La Jota in UK
Watch Decanter's interview with Barabara Banke, owner of Jackson Family Wines. who was in the UK last week for the launch of La Jota Winery.
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Thieves steal $300,000 of DRC and Screaming Eagle from The French Laundry
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French Laundry DRC thieves probably ‘had buyer in place’
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California winery Kosta Browne gets new majority owner
A US-based private equity company has bought a majority stake in Kosta Browne, a California winery with a cult following that sells its signature Pinot Noir for $100-a-bottle.
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Graphic: California leads global vineyard price rises
Data from estate agency Knight Frank shows that Sonoma in California has seen some of the steepest rises in vineyard prices. See the charts below for more details.
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Gallo Glass faces lawsuit over ‘hazardous waste’ in wine bottle factory
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California wine sales hit record amid tariff fears
Shipments of California wine hit a new record of 268.6m cases in 2014 thanks to increasing sales in the US, show new figures, but there is concern over the potential fallout from a trade dispute.
