North Bay Business Journal

  • 2011 winegrape harvest starts later, is lighter

    September 5th, 2011

    The 2011 North Coast winegrape harvest began later and lighter than normal and even more than 2010, which suffered from some of the same early-season bad weather and cool summer conditions of this year.

  • Napa Valley winegrape harvest begins

    August 26th, 2011

    The 2011 winegrape harvest finally is getting under way in Napa County, as sparkling wine producers start crushing a crop is later and appears to be lighter than normal and even last year’s weather-wearied vintage. Domaine Chandon started bringing in Napa fruit Friday. Mumm Napa and Schramsberg Vineyards plan to do so Monday; Domain Carneros, Wednesday.

  • Spotlight on Leaders at Independent Wine Companies

    June 27th, 2011

    Following are profiles of the top day-to-day leaders from the Business Journal’s lists of the largest independently owned wineries under 100,000 cases, published in March, and the largest wine companies, published in May.

  • Wine Industry Business Journal: Spotlight: Leaders of the North Coast’s Independent wine companies

    June 28th, 2010

    Following are profiles of the top day-to-day leaders from the Business Journal’s lists of the largest independently owned wineries under 100,000 cases, published in March, and the largest wine companies, published in May.

  • After Hours: Grand Prix Salute Charity Dinner / Schramsberg Vineyards annual blessing / Costeaux French Bakery double gold medal

    October 12th, 2009

    Aug. 21: The Grand Prix Salute Charity Dinner benefitting the Sonoma Chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities and the Michael Andretti Foundation was held at Andretti Green Winery. / Aug. 18: Schramsberg Vineyards annual blessing of the grapes at the harvest of the first fruit for sparkling wine / Sept. 26: Costeaux French Bakery in Healdsburg won a double gold medal for Walnut Baguette in the Flavored Hearth Style bread category for a total of thirteen medals at Sonoma County’s 2009 Harvest Fair. Published in the Business Journal Oct. 12, 2009.

  • Who’s Who in Independent Wine Companies

    June 29th, 2009

    What follows are brief introductions to the top leaders of independently owned wine companies from the Business Journal’s Independently Owned Wineries list, published in March, and the Wine Companies list, published in this issue.

  • Wine: Hess Collection invests $30 million to increase vineyards, wine quality

    December 15th, 2008

    The Hess Collection founder Donald Hess has started a $30 million, 10-year “quality improvement initiative” to upgrade his Napa County vineyards and wineries.

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