Maresh Red Barn from Knudsen Vineyard

"This is the most brazen water grab bill we've seen since at least the mid-1990s," said John McManus, head of the Golden Gate Salmon Association, a fisheries group. "What it boils down to ... is the backers of this bill, a small number of people in the western San Joaquin Valley, are saying, 'To heck […]

With several complaints from the United States against liquor retailing practices already in play in Canada, including a complaint to the World Trade Organization over grocery store sales of domestic wines in British Columbia, NAFTA renegotiations present a significant opportunity for the U.S. wine industry. Canada is No. 1 country for U.S. wine exports, but […]

Beaulieu Vineyard Number 5 -- or BV5 - was purchased for $14.3 million

Approximately $500 million of the $2.4 billion increase comes from the Proposition 13-required inflationary increase not to exceed 2 percent on properties that did not change ownership, had no new construction and were not in a decline-in-value status.

Olivier Decelle and Pierre-Jean Villa have acquired the historic Rhône estate and its 24 acres