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This July, Dutton Estate Winery in Sebastopol, CA is hosting an expert-led class entirely focused on the differences between wines aged in different containers. The experience is titled “Dutton Wine…

Every person, country, business and industry is experiencing the effects of climate change. Extreme weather conditions create shortages, transportation challenges, and so many other issues. It is unsurprising that winemaking,…

You’re at a dinner party and it’s time to open a new bottle of wine. There are a range of wine bottles available on the bar, a few with corks…

Dry January is behind us, but non-alcoholic wine and other alcohol-removed beverages aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. But you can’t talk about alcohol-removed wine without raising the question: how do…

From fermenting in stainless steel wine drums to using UV robots to combat vineyard pests, it’s so amazing to see how an industry as longstanding and steeped in tradition as…

What does it mean to say a container is ‘wine grade’? Well, that means that container is safe to use for the transportation and storage of wine. Now, there isn’t…

The past twenty months have not been a picnic for any industry or individual. While we are certainly not grateful for the hardships and heartache we have all faced over…

When canned wines started to pop up in stores a lot of folks scoffed. To many in the wine industry, canned wine seemed like a cheap trend, something entertaining but…

The seemingly never-ending innovation is what we love about the wine industry. It’s an industry that leans as heavily on tradition as it does on trying something new. For example,…

French-wine lovers rejoice, after a 16-year trade dispute between the U.S. and E.U., the governments have reached an agreement to drop tariffs on certain imported wine and spirits. The tariffs…