A golf outing used to be about golf. Everything was secondary to the day’s competition and the night’s recollection of the same. Now there is a… … CHEHALEM WINERY The grapes at Chehalem Winery, located in Newberg in the Willamette Valley. Sources: Lake Chelan Wine…

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Learn about the World Caps & Closures Markets … LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, April 30 / MARKET WIRE/ — US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Latin America and Rest of World Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Billion Units for Years 2001…

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File photo by Shaun Ho / The Collegian Her hands were stained dirt-purple after a long day of hard work. People looked at her funny and questioned why she hadn’t washed up. Kristine Austin’s reply, “I work in the wine business.” Most customers walk into Fresno State’s farm market and see…

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The literature of wine is ripe with descriptions (and barely concealed avarice) about wine buying. Here’s Thomas Jefferson in 1787, acquisitive and even geeky in his wine pursuit, writing to a friend: “I cannot deny myself the pleasure of asking you to participate of a parcel of wine … It is of…

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Sauvignon blancs from New Zealand have shocked and thrilled the wine world since they became widely distributed 20 to 30 years ago. … In recent years, many New Zealand wine makers have tried to make their wines less offensive and in that process have lost some of its…

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