California - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Four Corners Wine expands Cali portfolio with new trio

Published: 18 January, 2021

Premium California importer Four Corners Wine has enhanced its portfolio with a trio of new wineries.

Daou Family Estates outlines climate strategy

Published: 17 December, 2020

California’s Daou Family Estates has revealed the ‘three phase approach’ it is employing to tackle heatwaves and cold snaps in the vineyard, which have become more extreme over the past decade.

Roberson adds Cali wines to London Cru

Published: 29 October, 2020

Roberson Wine has expanded its own London Cru brand with two Californian producers, marking the first wines from the wine country to join the portfolio.

CWI webinars to give ‘accurate story’ of harvest across Cali

Published: 26 October, 2020

‘The Harvest Sessions’, a trio of webinars from California Wine Institute (CWI) is promising to give an “accurate story” of the 2020 harvest across the wine country from the perspective of winemakers and growers.

CWI confirms fewer than 20 wineries physically damaged

Published: 12 October, 2020

The California Wine Institute (CWI) has confirmed that fewer than 20 of the 4,200 wineries in the wine country have reported physical fire damage as a result of 2020 wildfires.

CWI confirms reports of affected wineries but "too soon to estimate impact”

Published: 29 September, 2020

The California Wine Institute (CWI) has confirmed that there have been early reports of wineries that have been directly affected by the current California wildfires.

Two wineries damaged by latest Cali wildfires

Published: 25 August, 2020

The Wine Institute (CWI) has confirmed that, as of last night, two wineries in California have experienced damage as a result of the latest wildfires.

California Wine country eludes Hennessy fire

Published: 20 August, 2020

California’s wine country has so far been spared the wrath of the latest wildfires, which broke out in the northern part of the state on Monday.

Flint adds Aubert Wines

Published: 15 June, 2020

Flint Wines has been appointed as the first official UK agent for California’s Aubert Wines.

Roberson talks supercharging online sales as UK e-commerce soars to 10 year high

Published: 14 May, 2020

Overnight, online sales have become the breadwinner for companies up and down the UK thanks to Covid-19 and its not-so-subtle ability to completely reshape shopping behaviours.

Central Coast with Alex Krause, Birichino

Published: 30 March, 2020

Birichino’s flight at the recent Wines of California tasting was a lesson in how to go against the grain, with a focus on native ferments and century-old dry-farmed plantings all made at its Santa Cruz winery.

James Hocking signs three Napa wineries

Published: 06 February, 2020

James Hocking Wine (JHW) has expanded its portfolio with three Napa Valley wineries – CAMi, Pilcrow and Zeitgeist.

Pol Roger expands Napa portfolio with Kinsman Eades and TOR Wines

Published: 14 January, 2020

Pol Roger has expanded it Napa portfolio with the addition of Kinsman Eades and TOR Wines.

Guy Woodward: The irresistible side of climate change

Published: 13 December, 2019

As we flew into her native California last month, my wife was confused. The captain had announced we would be landing in 20 minutes, but looking out the window, she saw an unfamiliar sight. “That’s weird,” she said. “Looks like we’re only just passing over Utah – there’s the salt flats.” Don’t tell me we’ve been diverted, I thought… No, all was on track, and we touched down safely at LAX 20 minutes later. Turns out the vista that had so disoriented my wife was, in fact, the scorched earth of the Golden State, dry beyond recognition.

E&J Gallo acquires Napa’s Pahlmeyer winery

Published: 20 November, 2019

E&J Gallo has acquired Napa Valley winery Pahlmeyer as part of its ‘super premium’ strategy.

New West Sonoma Coast AVA to highlight ‘best Pinot Noir’ in USA

Published: 07 November, 2019

With the official rubber-stamping of a new West Sonoma Coast AVA just weeks away, its vintners have been in London promoting what they describe as “California’s Cote d’Or”.

CWI confirms ‘vast majority’ of Sonoma vineyards and wineries intact

Published: 29 October, 2019

The California Wine Institute (CWI) has confirmed that 'currently' the vast majority of vineyards and wineries in Sonoma County are intact.

Soda Rock winery destroyed as wildfires continue to sweep Sonoma

Published: 28 October, 2019

The historic Soda Rock winery in the Alexander Valley has been destroyed in the current Cali wildfires, which has seen the closure of several major wineries since the fires started last Wednesday.

Cali wildfires take hold of Sonoma

Published: 25 October, 2019

The current wildfires in California has taken hold of Sonoma County.

Golden State pushes affordability message with £50+ tasting

Published: 30 September, 2019

California Wines staged the second of its annual Collectible California tastings at the US embassy late last week, in what the organisers described as “probably the most expensive California tasting ever put on in London” in terms of bottles opened and poured.