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Kosmic Kitty® Is “Out of This World” with Reverse Wine Snob
Back-to-Back Reviews for Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc Add to a Stellar Run of 90+ Point Scores and Gold Medals August 11, 2026 (Rolling Hills, CA) — Kosmic Kitty® Wines is [...]
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Women for WineSense Launches “Vines & Voices San Francisco” Speaker Series at San Francisco Wine School
A celebration of women, sustainability, and the stories behind exceptional small-production wines August 11, 2026 (South San Francisco, CA) — Women For WineSense Napa-Sonoma is proud to announce the launch [...]
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Afternoon Brief, August 11
Howell Mountain Winemakers Sue Napa Vintner over Pickett Fire Smoke Damage Three Napa County wine businesses have filed a lawsuit against high-profile vintner Jayson Woodbridge, alleging that smoke from last year's Pickett Fire ruined their 2025 harvests on Howell Mountain...
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Live Harvest Update from the Santa Lucia Highlands
Thursday, August 20, 4 pm PT/7 pm ET on Zoom August 11, 2026 (Santa Lucia Highlands, CA) — The 2026 winegrape harvest in California may be the earliest on record, [...]
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Washington Wine Industry Announces Recipient of Allen Shoup Memorial Fellowship
Selection committee awards fellowship to Dennis Fraley August 11, 2026 (Seattle, WA) — The Washington wine industry has named Dennis Fraley of Florence, South Carolina, as the recipient of the [...]
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2026 U.S. Open Cider Championship Registration Ends October 9th
August 11, 2026 (Oxford, OH) — Registration is now open for the 2026 U.S. Open Cider Championship. Ciders must be registered by October 9th. This year, American and importers’ entries [...]
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International Sommelier Guild Delegation Tours Georgia’s National Wine Regions in Light of ISGCooperation with Georgia’s National Wine Agency
August 11, 2026 (Tbilisi, Georgia) — A delegation from the International Sommelier Guild (ISG) visited Georgia from 18 to 24 July 2026, as part of an initiative organized by Georgia’s [...]
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🎧Ep. 2757 Wine Education and Business with Frank Smulders MW & Lisa Lazzaretto IWA
Welcome to Clubhouse Ambassadors’ Corner and Episode 2757 of the Italian Wine Podcast. In this episode, Lisa Lazzaretto IWA is joined by Frank Smulders MW ...
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Quintessential and Classic Wines of California Announce Strategic California Partnership
Combines complementary strengths to expand statewide reach and drive growth August 11, 2026 (Napa, CA) — Quintessential and Classic Wines of California today announced a new strategic partnership that will [...]
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Dana Macaulay Joins CIRQ | CHEV Estate as Director of Brand Experiences and Communications
August 11, 2026 (Windsor, CA) — CIRQ | CHEV Estate, by Sarah and Michael Browne, is proud to announce the appointment of Dana Macaulay, CSEP, as Director of Brand Experiences [...]
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WWC26 – A match made in Heaven, by Ginger Hillery
In this nostalgic entry to our 2026 wine writing competition, Ginger Hillery pairs wine with memories.
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Alexander Valley Wine Week Returns September 21–27 with Exclusive Experiences, Harvest Adventures, and Insider Access to Sonoma County Wine Country
Marquee event for the popular Sonoma winegrowing region features grape stomping, blend-your-own-wine experiences and rare behind-the-scenes winery access for one week only. August 11, 2026 (Healdsburg, CA) — Following a [...]
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Vintage Roots Celebrates 40 Years of Organic & Biodynamic Wine with Landmark Tasting
August 11, 2026 — Vintage Roots, the UK’s original organic wine specialist, will celebrate its 40th anniversary with its largest Trade and Press Tasting to date. Bringing together some of [...]
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Commerce7 Launches Peers Reporting, Giving Wineries a Live Benchmark Against Their Actual Market
New reporting capabilities let wineries compare sales, tasting room, and wine club performance against a live peer cohort matched by custom variables, powered by the largest winery data set in [...]
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Cultivating skills, confidence and community in the vineyard
Louise Hurren takes a look at French social inclusion projects that are creating new opportunities for hundreds of people a… …
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Understanding Italy through Wine – What Makes Italy the Most Diverse Wine-Producing Country on Earth?
What do Italian cars have to do with Italian wine? Everything, apparently. Turns out, Italian cars are as fundamental to the DNA of Italian culture and way of life as Italian wine! The brand Fiat, for example, is as synonymous with Italy as is say, Barolo, Brunello, or Chianti. Now, you may be wondering why […] READ MORE The post Understanding Italy through Wine – What Makes Italy the Most Diverse Wine-Producing Country on Earth? appeared first on Grape Experiences.
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Extreme heat is reshaping Italy’s sparkling wine industry with early harvests and nighttime picking
Extreme heat is reshaping Italy's sparkling wine industry with early harvests and nighttime picking
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Ep 274 – What Does It Take to Become a Top Sommelier? Inside the UK Sommelier of the Year Competition with Emma Denney, 2026 Winner
What does it actually take to become the UK Sommelier of the Year? And how do the world's best sommeliers blind taste wine under pressure? In this episode of Eat Sleep Wine Repeat, Janina sits down with Emma Denney, the newly crowned UK Sommelier of the Year 2026 and Director of Wine at Claridge's, to go behind the scenes of elite sommelier competition, blind tasting and fine wine service. Emma takes us inside the competition - from identifying grape varieties, regions and vintages in a blind tasting, to recognising wine faults by aroma alone, tackling food and wine pairing and serving Champagne under pressure. She also explains how professional sommeliers build their tasting knowledge, read the clues in a glass and develop the confidence to make decisions quickly. But this isn't just an episode about becoming a sommelier. Emma is a brilliant guide to some of the wine world's most fascinating regions and producers. We dive into Champagne and grower Champagne, Northern Rhône Syrah and H
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Turning the Tables on Nicole MacKay
Nicole MacKay is a writer and editor specializing in wine, food, and travel. She brings a wealth of expertise and creativity to the wine industry as managing editor of Wine [...]
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125 People. One Night. $2.8 Million.
PURPOSE 2026 shatters records in Paso Robles, proving once again that the size of a room has little to do with the size of its impact. August 8, 2026 (Paso [...]
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WIN Insider Series with Jim Trezise
In this WIN Insider episode, George interviews Jim Trezise, a legendary figure in the US wine industry, about his remarkable career from Navy journalist to transformative leader of New York [...]
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In the Glass: Can Sumoi Xarel-Lo 2025
A compelling white wine from the Mediterranean coast of Spain
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Afternoon Brief, August 10
Australia’s Treasury Wine Takes $394 Million Charge to Revamp US Business; Shares Climb: Australia's Treasury Wine Estates (TWE.AX), said on Monday it would overhaul its U.S. business by fallowing vineyards, impairing brands and writing down inventory, resulting in a post-tax charge of A$558.4 million ($394.4 million)...
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📺Meridith May on What Makes Wine Worth Talking (and Writing) About | Wine Voices
Meridith May has spent decades telling the stories that shape the wine industry.In this episode of Wine Voices, Barbara Fitzgerald sits down with the Publish...