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Napa Valley wine train '100 percent wrong', says CEO

The chief executive of the Napa Valley wine train has apologised for his staff after their eviction of 11 women spurred a wave of criticism on social media.

Napa Valley wine train faces social media wrath

California fires rage but vineyards safe, says Napa Vintners

Napa Valley Vintners has tried to calm concerns that the 2015 Napa wine harvest is under threat from a spate of California fires.

Constellation buys fast rising Meiomi Pinot Noir

BR Cohn winery sold in California

Mumm kicks off earliest Napa wine harvest for years

Google Street View offers virtual tours of California wineries

Californian Chardonnay: 10 exciting producers

Anderson Valley can be Burgundy of California, says producer

Long Meadow Ranch winery has bought a 59 hectare estate in Anderson Valley, where it intends to emulate Burgundy by focusing on single vineyard Pinot Noir.

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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.

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.

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.

Napa Valley 'leader' Joseph Phelps dies

Napa Valley pioneer Joseph Phelps – an ‘extraordinary and visionary leader’ in the fields of wine, construction and philanthropy – has died at the age of 87.

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.

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.

Napa debates limit on winery numbers

Permits to build wineries have become ‘like gold’ in Napa Valley amid rising debate among officials, residents and winemakers over the number of estates the region can sustain.

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.

Gallo Glass faces lawsuit over ‘hazardous waste’ in wine bottle factory

A subsidiary of E&J Gallo Winery is facing legal action brought by the state of California, alleging that the firm used ‘hazardous waste’ in its production of wine bottles - a charge the company denied.

Napa police find French Laundry's stolen DRC

Most of the $300,000 of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and Screaming Eagle wines stolen from The French Laundry restaurant in California on Christmas Day have been found in a warehouse thousands of miles away.

Financial pressure forcing vineyard sales in California's Paso Robles

More than 20 vineyards and wineries in California's Paso Robles region have changed hands in the past two years as 'lifestyle' owners have succumbed to financial pressures and sold up, according to a new report.