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What if a gigantic El Niño is coming. Should California winegrowers be worried? ‘We built this land’: descendants of enslaved people are reclaiming their history across South Africa’s vineyards Slavery was integral to the country’s wine industry. Now a handful of wineries are addressing its legacy and righting

Innovate Gallo’s Winery Closures Reveal What Customers Want Beyond the Product Wine businesses surviving a difficult market offer a lesson for every company: customers stay when they know the people behind the product. (Inc.) The Excellence Trap: Why Prestige, Certification, and Innovation Do Not Always Pay What Michelin stars,

‘I lost my entire export business overnight’: the toll of Trump’s tariffs on US wine When America thwacked tariffs on Canadian wines, Doug Frost MW, who runs Echolands Winery in Washington, lost his entire export business overnight. He fears that the aftershock for US wineries will span far past

How El Niño Impacts a Wine Vintage This year’s “super El Niño” could be the strongest since 1950. Here’s what that means for winemakers around the world, from welcome rainfall to devastating storms. (SevenFifty Daily) Will They Come For the Official Beverage of the West? Advocates of wine

A Corked Bottle Can Smell Muted and Taste Flat. A Screw Cap Takes That Gample Away. In 2000 a Napa winery charged $10 more for its screw-capped Cabernet. Taste what a closure controls, in 3 experiments, one under $25. (Polished Palate) How forklift technology helps beverage warehouses Yale expert

A 600-Year-Old Wine Family Left Chianti's Rulebook in 1971. It Took Chianti 30 Years to Catch Up. Tignanello left the Chianti Classico rules in 1971, sold for about $6 in 1974 by Piero Antinori's account, and costs about $185 today. Chianti's grape