The Wine Institute has reported that the majority of California’s 2017 winegrape harvest was not negatively impacted by the wildfires that burned through more than 245,000 acres of the state’s wine regions last month.
California’s deadly wildfires have affected wineries across the world-famous wine region: but many are continuing to operate despite challenging conditions to finish harvest.
Wildfires have been sweeping across California’s world-famous wine regions, with a state of emergency declared earlier this week in Napa, Sonoma and Yuba Counties. California's wine organisations say it is too early to assess the extent of the damage:...
The California wine & winegrape sector, along with associated businesses, makes a total economic contribution of $58bn per year to the state’s economy, according to a report. Meanwhile, $114bn is contributed annually to the US economy.
A study, published in the Journal of Environmental Health this month, tested 65 wines from California, Washington, New York and Oregon in an effort to quantify arsenic levels in wine.
California: home to Hollywood, Silicon Valley, the Golden Gate Bridge, 1,300km of coastline and of course plenty of sunshine. With California Wine Month well underway, the Wine Institute says the industry can capitalise on its positive, aspirational image...
Exports of US wine - 90 per cent of which comes from California -
grew by nearly 30 per cent in 2003, helped by its continued
popularity in the UK. While the weakness of the dollar undoubtedly
contributed to the good growth in Britain...
The strength of the US dollar last year meant that exports of
Californian wine declined 7 per cent in volume terms during 2002.
But value sales were up 1 per cent for the year, with sales to the
biggest market, the UK, up 12 per cent.
