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Brown-Forman, Korbel Champagne Cellars cease sales partnership
JustDrinksThe tie-up between both companies began in 1965.Brown-Forman is further loosening ties with wine, ending its 60-year sales, marketing and distribution partnership with Californian winemaker Korbel Champagne Cellars. In a joint statement, both companies said...
Ravenswood’s original winery hits the market at $5.3 million
Northbay Business JournalVisitors to the original Ravenswood Winery near Sonoma make their way down the tasting room steps in this file photo from when the it was operating. (PD file photo)The original Ravenswood winery near Sonoma is on the market as part of a...
A History of Winery Consolidation in America
GuildsommIn 2008, Cyril Penn, the editor of Wine Business Monthly, wanted to make sense of the avalanche of winery mergers, sales, and acquisitions that had occurred over the past couple of years. He commissioned a two-page chart to run in the magazine that showed who...
Teardown of former Kohl’s to clear the way for downtown Napa redevelopment
Napa Valley RegisterThe Napa Kohl's closed in March. The department store building, which has had its lettering removed, will be demolished. Sarah Dowling/RegisterWhat's next for Parkway Plaza? Downtown Napa shakeup leaves tenants seeking new homesTake a good look at...
It looked like Napa’s most promising wine empire. What happened?
San Francisco ChronicleCarlton McCoy Jr., CEO of Lawrence Wine Estates, at the Brendel tasting room in downtown Napa in 2023, less than a year before it closed. Lauren Segal/For the S.F. ChronicleJust seven years after a surprising billionaire investor began buying up...
A fire nearly destroyed this famous Napa winery. Then an investment firm took over
San Francisco ChronicleSpring Mountain Vineyard, one of Napa Valley’s most historic wineries, was nearly destroyed by wildfire. Its new owner is in the middle of an ambitious, multi-year revitalization. Santiago Mejia/S.F. ChronicleIn the past five years, a...