Tourism Maker's Mark Kicks Off Summer with New Chihuly Exhibition, Reimagined Restaurant Opening Dale Chihuly, Summer Sun, 2010, Maker's Mark Distillery, Loretto, Kentucky, installed 2017 © Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved.
Santa Barbara Wine Improvement Fee Let's give the French this: They understood early on that most wineries don't have enough "heft" to be recognized as brands in the marketplace, so they made the location itself the brand for wines of a certain type produced there: Champagne is produced in
3.8M Visited Napa in 2025, Generated $2.8B Economic Impact In 2025, 3.8 million visitors spent $2.2 billion in Napa County, generating $2.8 billion in total economic impact—a 2.9% increase over the prior year, Visit Napa Valley said as it released its biennial Visitor Profile & Economic Impact Study. Tourism supports 15,300 jobs across
Tasting Room Traffic Dips 8% at Sonoma County Wineries In Napa County, the picture is far worse: tasting room visits fell 18% last year. Napa relies heavily on international travel, and Visit California say international travel to California fell 2% last year. This year, the organization projects a 2.7% increase in international travels, partially due to the FIFA