Wine Country Real Estate Wine Industry News

It goes without saying that the vineyard, wine grape and wine industry has an impact on real estate in Napa Valley, Sonoma County and all other wine regions.  Be sure to check back often to read current and past wine country real estate and wine industry news.  Sourced from industry experts to keep you informed.  Also see Vintroux Newsletters and Blogs here.

Wine Country Real Estate and Wine Industry News

April 26, 2024

• Thompson, Huffman Host Press Conference Addressing California Insurance Crisis
• Global Wine Market Moving Into Equilibrium With Low Production And Consumption
• An Honest Conversation About Making Money in Wine
• Construction starts on 8-acre Healdsburg ‘affordable luxury’ hotel campus
• Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport gears up for new base operations, more flights, bigger planes
• North Coast Viticulture Challenges and Resources for Climate Change Adaptation and Management
• MINIMIZING SOIL EROSION: KEEPING A VALUABLE ASSET IN YOUR VINEYARD
• Where Napa Valley is now

April 22, 2024

• Opportunities and Buyers Sought in Saturated Grape, Wine Market
• In a first, California cracks down on farms guzzling groundwater
• Napa Valley Versus Napa Valley
• Establishment of the Comptche Viticultural Area
• Alexander Valley Winegrowers Celebrates 40th Anniversary as an American Viticultural Area
• Ackley Brands acquires Columbia Winery, Hogue Cellars from Gallo
• Sonoma County is a Treasure Trove of Historic Vines
• Festival Napa Valley Announces 2024 Taste of Napa Lineup

April 16, 2024

• California Cabernet’s Hidden Jewel
• Can a Vineyard Software Startup Take Precision Ag to New Levels of Granularity and Increase Revenue?
• New Study Shows How Wine Is Winning Over The 30-Something Crowd
• Napa’s Meritage Resort completes $25 million renovation
• North Bay wine growers are having a tough year, as cheap bulk imports increase
• Are there wine estates within Napa city limits? Yes, but not many; here’s why.
• Ste. Michelle Sells Conn Creek Wine Brand to Third Leaf Wines
• Iconic Sonoma Hotel Reopening After Renovation. Here’s a Sneak Peek
• Owners of Valley Ford Restaurant Taking Over Lucas Wharf in Bodega Bay

April 10, 2024

• Durell Syrah, A Rare and Historic Sonoma County Clone
• Napa-based AI for vineyards closes $3 million in funding
• The “Golden Rule”: Communicating Stories of Old Vines
• Nothing Left To Say, The End Of Wine Writing
• Sonoma County Pinot Noir Attracts Winemakers from Near and Far

April 5, 2024

• Reversion to Norm in DTC
• Sebastopol winemaker ‘floored’ by invitation to state lunch with vice president
• Budbreak 2024: Right on Time
• Wild grape vines of Easter Island identified
• Oak Knoll District Celebrates 20 Years as a Napa Valley AVA
• Best California wines to drink if you have allergies

April 2, 2024

• If you aren’t in the winery compliance world, don’t write about it!
• China lifts heavy tariffs on Australian wine as ties improve
• The World’s Most Wanted Cabernets
• Vineyard management for Wine Quality
• Carneros Is Napa’s Cooler, Quieter Cousin
• Planting Guidelines & Replants
• Before ‘Sideways,’ This Colorful Cast of Winemakers Put Santa Barbara on the Map
• Napa Valley Grapegrowers and Napa Valley Vintners Present Afternoon in the Vineyards
• Global wine glut compounds headaches for struggling California vineyards
• Sonoma County faces heated debate over farm size limitation initiative

March 28, 2024

• Winners Announced for Tenth Annual California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards
• Fun Fact: Dave Matthews Makes Wine. And It’s Wildly Sustainable
• Central Coast Insights Highlights Growth of the Region, Celebrates its Innovative Spirit and Discusses Market and Business Trends
• Mount Eden Vineyard: Man vs. mountain high above Silicon Valley, a grand legacy

March 21, 2024

• Knights Valley, Sonoma County’s Most Elusive AVA
• Pruning and climate adaptation tips for home vineyards in Napa Valley
• Napa Roots See Paso’s Promise
• 12 Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino wineries where you can stay the night
• Founding Winemaker James Hall Buys Back Patz & Hall from Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
• Woody Harrelson on the Worst Wine, Biodynamic Burgundy and Holistic Spirits
• Turnaround predicted for wine sales in the US in 2024
• Plant a vine … become entangled in its tendrils
• California’s property insurer of last resort adds record number of policies in February
• North Coast wine industry cautiously optimistic as 2024 grape season starts
• Introducing the Sierra Foothills Wine Collective
• Digging Deeper into Wine’s Vine-Pull Battle

March 8, 2024

• California to stay drought-free through 2025 following 2 winters of epic storms
• Sonoma County winemaker uncovers ancestral link to California wine icon
• At Roberts Road Vineyard, a Sangiacomo Passed the Torch to His Sons
• Continental Wine Collection Announces Acquisition of Wild Horse Winery & Vineyard

March 4, 2024

• Why economists are brightening their outlooks on 2024 and what’s in store for the North Bay
• “Sideways” at 20: The Santa Ynez Valley is No Longer a Secret Thanks in Part to the Influence of Miles and Jack
• Tripadvisor names Castello di Amorosa as a Top Ten Castle in the world
• The CEO of Gérard Bertrand Group on Turning a Family Wine Business into a Global Brand
• El Dorado County Viticulturist Charles Mansfield Passes Away
• Does a Lot of Rain Mean a Lot of Aquifer Replenishment?
• Minimum Flow Laws in California and Chile

February 28, 2024

• What’s in the proposed blueprint for new housing, hotel on Sonoma Developmental Center property?
• Premiere Napa Valley Raises $3 Million for Napa Valley Vintners
• A Turning Point in Vineyard Care: Targeted Irrigation Eliminates Crop Variability
• Sonoma County Pruning Championship 2024
• Why should we talk about sustainable vineyards?
• It’s going to get cold and rainy again in Sonoma County. Here’s when

February 23, 2024

• Sonoma County Winegrowers 2023 Sustainable Producer Award Recipient River Road Family Vineyards and Winery
• Concrete Posts Grow in Demand for More Grape Vineyards
• Napa Powerhouses V. Sattui and Castello di Amorosa Both Go Organic on Their 350 Acres of Estate Vines
• Sebastopol event showcases Black wine pioneers
• Avelo adds new flights from Sonoma County to Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
• Time between storms this winter reduces flood risk on Russian River
• Silverado Resort in Napa Valley finishes $1.5 million renovation
• At Boeger Winery, a close-knit family makes award-winning wines

February 19, 2024

• Rainy weather makes for another wet California winter
• 2024 Sonoma County Grape Day Highlights
• Nine California Counties Make Top-10 List for Ag Sales in the U.S.
• Ciatti California Report – February
• This French wine tradition has inspired California winemakers. But does it work here?
• California Crushed 3.7 Million Tons of Wine Grapes in 2023
• California North Coast wine grape crop value hits record $1.8 billion
• Napa Valley grape prices see continued surge in 2023

February 2, 2024

• Experts Agree: Direct to Consumer Sales Will Be One of Wine’s Few Bright Spots in 2024
• Navigating wine oversupply — from vineyard to consumer and back
• OpEd: What Dylan Has to Do with Mondavi, the History of California Wine and Other Mysteries of Life
• Sustainability is Sonoma County’s Calling Card
• Alexander Valley Winegrowers Holds their 24th Annual Pruning Contest
• Big Name Wineries on the Block
• Changing the Rules: Hoopes Trial Could Upset Decades of Zoning & Winery Permits in Napa Valley
• Job gains predicted in Sonoma County economic forecast
• Unboxing Owl Boxes
• Winter pruning, the crucial time of the year for vineyards, old vine plantings and wine quality
• Bluewhite rakes in $39M for robots-as-a-service that can be retrofitted to drive any tractor

January 26, 2024

• M&A Review | 2023 Summary + 2024 Outlook
• Allied Grape Growers President Urges California Industry to Remove 30,000 Acres of Vineyards
• What It Means To Be a Bonded Winery in the U.S.
• Sonoma County airport ascends to another record year
• Sonoma, Napa hotels make Condé Nast best in the world list
• Proposal for large new housing project in northwest Santa Rosa lands in front of city board Thursday
• Wine is a gift from God, Pope Francis tells Italian producers

January 22, 2024

• Bin to Bottle Announces Majority Acquisition by Hayden Creek Capital
• Japanese scientists capture plants communicating with each other on video
• California Wine Players See More Consolidation Ahead
• CDFA Holds Hearing on Petition to Change CA Grape Crush District Boundaries, Suisun Valley Vintners and Growers Association
• The 2024 SVB State of the Industry Report
• A Harsh Pill to Swallow: 2024 SVB Report Predicts Tough Times for Wine

January 16, 2024

• Meet the Man Behind Napa’s Buzziest New Cabernet
• Tom Klein — A 35-Year Legacy of Excellence – Sonoma County
• Marimar Estate’s general manager on challenges, surprises after taking over from mother
• SMART receives federal funds to study eastward expansion through Sonoma Valley
• Go “Behind the Cellar Door” with One of Amador Wine Country’s Most Popular Events
• Napa County supervisors approve minor boundary adjustment with Sonoma County
• 3,844 housing units to come online in Napa County, according to plans. Here’s where
• Napa County bites back in winery legal case
• Why Napa Valley Is for White-Wine Lovers, Too

January 8, 2024

• Lake Sonoma, Mendocino reservoirs ‘healthy’ at start of 2024
• California Is Solving Its Water Problems by Flooding Its Best Farmland
• Napa County supervisors poised to OK move of iconic Napa Valley welcome sign
• “The Good Stuff” – Episode 16: Gail Dutton And Mel Sanchietti
• Pierce’s Disease Devastates Vines. Are These New Hybrids the Answer?
• France Buys Back Bordeaux
• Post Harvest Update – Turrentine

January 4, 2024

• Q&A:  Peter Mondavi Jr. on managing his family’s multigenerational wine business
• What, Precisely, Does ‘Old Vine’ Mean In Wine?
• Wine Business News 2023 Timeline

December 22, 2023

• Ridley Scott:  Hollywood and wine industry are fundamentally the same
• Randall Grahm:  Peter Pan Preserving at Popelochum
• California State Controller weighs in on a Napa winery dispute
• Not Much Cheer For Sales This Holiday Season
• 2023 Year In Review – Top M&A Deals
• Paul Hobbs unveils the fresher side of Napa
• In Memoriam, Miljenko Grgich
• Advice from ‘pruning guru’ could transform the world’s vines
• Does Wine have Terroir?  Artificial Intelligence Proves it
• Umpqua Bank beefs up North Coast wine specialty group
• Sonoma County supervisors tap funds to buy Springs property and expand future public plaza

December 10, 2023

• Napa Valley Grape Growers Cut Roundup Use in Half
• Why Napa Green’s Glyphosate Ban is Such a Big Deal
• Can Lowering Mile High Tasting Room Fees Lure The Next Generation of Wine Drinkers?
• Santa Rosa is trying to bring people back down town.  Here’s some of what it is doing
• New Winery Wastewater Order:  Regulatory Overkill or Ecosystem Essential?
• California Vintage a Bumper Crop

November 15, 2023

• A Turning Point in Vineyard Care:  Targeted Irrigation Eliminates Crop Variability
• Avelo Airlines resumes nonstop flights between Palm Springs and Santa Rosa
• Napa Valley produces 4% of the state’s wine and has 27.5%  of the winery permits