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A Taste of Napa’s Best: Winery and Chef Lineup for the 2025 Napa Valley Barrel Auction Announced
Napa Vintners4/15/2025 – Saint Helena, CA – The Napa Valley Barrel Auction is back, offering an extraordinary opportunity to taste and bid on small lot wines while being immersed in the heart of Napa Valley’s world-class wine and culinary scene. As excitement grows...
Global wine consumption falls to six-decade low as inflation bites
DecanterCredit: Tatiana Sviridova / Moment via Getty ImagesWorld wine consumption fell 3.3% last year to the lowest in more than six decades, with inflation weighing on purchasing power, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine reported.The global wine industry...
Zillow to prohibit listings that are privately marketed starting in May
InmanLeo Pareja, Errol Samuelson and Glenn Sanford | Image by: Zillow Group, eXp Realty and CanvaThe new policy, which eXp Realty became the first brokerage to commit to, takes effect in May and comes after a decision by NAR to amend its Clear Cooperation Policy,...
Schiff’s first Senate bill proposes tax credit for hardening homes against fire, disasters
Los Angeles TimesA chimney is all that remains of a home destroyed by the Eaton fire in Altadena, shown in March. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Schiff said the bill would help families making less than $300,000 per year protect themselves and their homes by...
Federal government cuts big Napa County fire prevention grant
Napa Valley RegisterA Cal Fire air tanker dropped re retardant on ridge near a home on Old Lawley Toll Road north of Calistoga while ghting the Toll Fire on July 2.Napa County just saw its big federal wildfire prevention grant go up in smoke. The county announced...
The Wine Group to acquire six brands from Constellation
The Drinks BusinessCalifornian company The Wine Group has entered into an agreement to acquire several brands, facilities and more than 2,670 hectares of vineyard from Constellation.Headquartered in California, The Wine Group already owns a number of best-selling...