Sonoma’s Bold Idea to Woo Younger Wine Drinkers: Raise Prices

In the famed wine country, trade leaders proposed a new ‘tax’ to offset the graying consumer base. The backlash was swift.
KQED

Surviving Sonoma Vineyards Figure Out How to Attract Tourists, Adjust to Environment After Wildfires

See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9, PLUS and Passport schedules. Videos from KQED Live Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor ...
The Press Democrat

Sonoma County wine auction raises $1 million for local nonprofits

The annual charity event was presented by the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation, which has helped raise more than $44 million in local grants since its founding in 1988.
Forbes

Vineyards And Valentines: Spend Your Next Romantic Getaway At The Lodge At Sonoma

Nestled in California's wine country, The Lodge at Sonoma offers a winter hideaway in one of this season’s top 2024 destinations. Whether you’re still ringing in a brand new year or looking for a ...
MarketWatch

Duckhorn to buy Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards for $400 million in big chardonnay play

Duckhorn Portfolio, a public Napa Valley wine company known for putting California merlot on the map, has struck a deal to buy chardonnay producer Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards for about $400 million. The ...
Robb Report

This New Sonoma Sparkling Wine Is as Good as Your Champagne

Making sparkling wine is not just different in the winery; the entire process starts in the vineyard. Grapes destined to become bubbly are picked with lower sugar and ripeness levels than those meant ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Sonoma County winery Balletto Vineyards hires associate viticulturist

The winery in Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley hires Herb Rowland a 16-year veteran with Gallo in management of vineyards in Sonoma County and the California Central Coast. West Sonoma County ...