Wineries

For 14 years, Ernest Vineyards focused on single vineyard wines from the West Sonoma Coast. Now it's closing. “Like many small producers, it’s a very challenging time with costs escalating and sales declining,” owner Erin Brooks told the San Francisco Chronicle. “It’s really quite that simple.

Arista Winery, Healdsburg, Calif., is closing down production after the 2024 vintage. Mark and Ben McWilliams say they have stopped making new wine and will release the remaining 2024 bottlings while supplies last. “The industry is shifting,” Mark McWilliams said. He and his brother, co-owner Ben McWilliams, had to

Mission Bell Winery, one of the wineries divested by Constellation Brands in 2020, is laying off about 200 workers as a “transitionary supply contract” with Gallo for the making, cellaring and storing its Black Box brand. The contract was part of CBrands sale of the winery.

Chateau Buena Vista in downtown Napa, Calif., and JCB Tasting Salon in Yountville were closed within the past month. Chateau Buena Vista is part of Jean-Charles Boisett's Boisett Collection, which includes not only winery estates and brands, specialty food markets and luxury goods. Esther Mobley of the