The company is in discussions with "various parties to improve the prospects of its Australian and U.K. businesses," Victor, New York-based Constellation said in a PR Newswire statement today. Any equity stake in Adelaide-based Australian Vintage would be "non-controlling," it said.

Many would-be winemakers see room for their new ventures in emerging, sometimes untried regions across the continent. But the West Coast has thousands of established producers.

Confronted by a three-year West Coast drought, grapegrowers and winemakers in Northern California and Oregon are taking emergency measures to reduce water use.

V. Sattui Winery is launching six new micro-websites simultaneously to update the world on how multi-faceted the winery is.

West Coast vineyards harness the energy of the sun in new and inventive ways.

Brown-Forman announced today that long-time winemaker Terry Adams has decided to retire next year after spending nearly 30 years at Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards

The original makers of Côtes-du-Rhône are said to have descended from Greek explorers who settled in southern France about 2500 years ago, it claimed.

n late January, Sacramento will be the center of the wine and grape world as industry professionals gather for the 2010 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium, described as one of the largest events of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.

Professor Cartledge talks about the recent publicity surrounding his claim that the ancient Greeks introduced the grape-vine and viticulture to what is today's South of France.

Scheid Vineyards Inc. announced its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended August 31, 2009.

Natural wine isn't a certification as much as a belief that the wine should be the result of the absolute minimum of intervention from the winemaker Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/30/FDU31ABCI6.DTL#ixzz0ViCJUXQ0

Walmart has stepped up efforts to mobilise local political support for new store openings in US cities and urban areas that were last month identified as a growth priority for the retailer by Mike Duke, its chief executive.

After years in operation under different owners, the Napa-Sonoma Visitors Center and adjacent cafe shut down in August, a victim of the down economy.

Unlike many foreigners visiting Wine Country during harvest, Mark Guptill and John Bradbury have traveled nearly 7,000 miles to get sweaty and covered in grape must.

From plant to pick to press to pour, computer simulation game lets you run your very own French vineyard

Trinchero Family Estates has been named American Winery of the Year by Wine Enthusiast Magazine. The award, part of the 10th annual Wine Enthusiast Wine Star Awards, will be presented to the Trinchero family at a gala dinner in New York in January of 2010 and featured in the December "Awards" issue of the magazine.