Anniversaries

Fine wine importer Demeine Estates is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of import partner La Chablisienne, which was founded on April 8, 1923. The cooperative has weathered many challenges, both societal and agricultural, and today consists of 270 winegrowing families who together own vineyards and produce 25% of the wine made

The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States was found on March 20, 1973, when the leadeers of three separate spirits industry organizations met at Bacardi's office in Miami to vote to consolidate the Bourbon Institute, the Distilled Spirits Institute, and Licensed Beverage Industries into one organization. The

Bella Oaks, one of Napa Valley’s most storied vineyards, turns 50 this year. Belle and Barney Rhodes, cosmopolitan Napa pioneers, seasoned wine experts, and collectors, purchased the 14-acre site in Rutherford that would become the Bella Oaks vineyard in 1968. In 1973, on the recommendation of Joe Heitz of

Yamhill Valley Vineyards was founded by Denis Burger and Elaine McCall.  It rapidly developed a reputation for quality wines, outcompeting French Burgundies  in a blind tasting at the Steamboat Pinot Noir Conference. The second generation has now taken up the reins. Denis and Elaine's daughter, Jenny Burger, is

PEJU Province Winery—the family owned and operated winery in the heart of Rutherford—celebrates its 40th anniversary and looks ahead to the next 40 years by launching a new philanthropic initiative and community partnership, museum experience on the property, and a series of events at the estate and across