Sacramento, CA – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared September 2007 California
 
The Governor toasts California Wine Month

Wine Month in a proclamation praising California’s wine community for its contributions to the state’s economy, lifestyle, tourism and environment. This is the third consecutive year that the governor has honored the California wine industry.

“We are pleased that the contributions of California’s wine community are recognized by the Governor as an important part of California’s economic and social landscape,” said Robert P. (Bobby) Koch, Wine Institute’s President and CEO. “Wine Institute initiated the California Wine Month campaign for September during the annual harvest to showcase the state’s diverse wine regions, beautiful and sustainable vineyards, welcoming wineries and tasting rooms and, of course, outstanding wines.”

SACRAMENTO, Calif.,/PRNewswire/ -- Building on California's allure as America's "Capital of Culinary Travel," the California Wine Institute and the California Travel and Tourism Commission (CTTC) have entered into an historic partnership to promote the state's wine and cuisine offerings to the fast-growing travel segment of culinary connoisseurs -- and those who aspire to be.

In honor of September's designation by Governor Schwarzenegger as California Wine Month, thetwo organizations announced the partnership at a media luncheon today in Sacramento. The cornerstone of the five-year partnership is a national TV campaign featuring Governor Schwarzenegger and wine and culinary celebrities promoting California's rich bounty of wine and food, scheduled for launch this winter....

The world of wine doesn’t lack for competitions. In the United States there are many. If a winery enters often enough, even its most pedestrian effort will receive an accolade from somebody.

But there are competitions and then there are competitions.

Last week Allen Gibbons, Executive Director of the International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC), flew from London to acknowledge...

SAN FRANCISCO – California wines sales in the U.S. reached another all-time high of 449 million gallons (188.9 million nine-liter cases) in 2006 with a retail value of $17.8 billion, according to wine industry consultant Jon Fredrikson, publisher of the Gomberg-Fredrikson Report.  On volume growth of 2 percent, the retail value of California wine sales increased by nearly 8 percent in a highly competitive U.S. market driven by the upward trend in the sales of premium wines, priced $7 and up, where California dominates.  Total California winery shipments to all markets in both the U.S. and abroad increased 2 percent to 541 million gallons (227.6 million nine-liter cases) last year...

The first M.B.A. program for Wine Business in the nation is being launched at Sonoma State University in the heart of Northern California’s wine country. Development of the M.B.A. program coincides with unprecedented growth and increasingly global competition within the wine industry and was stimulated by the wine advisory board that guidesthe...

SAN LUIS OBISPO – San Luis Obispo’s Tolosa Winery will be the backdrop for a unique gathering in support of Cal Poly’s Sustainable Agriculture Resource Consortium on Sunday, June 3...

Washington, DC – Office of Champagne, USA has announced its 3rd Annual Champagne Pairing Culinary Contest. Culinary students from across the country are invited to compete by submitting an original recipe and Champagne pairing recommendation. Winners in three categories – appetizer, main course and dessert – will win a trip to the Champagne region of France, where they will learn firsthand about...

“Oysters are a celebration…romantic, sexy, luminous…
The right wine makes them even more so.”
Sheila Lukins

“A Good Café on the Place St. Michel”
from A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway

“Hospices of Sonoma, the nation's largest Pinot Noir barrel auction, will celebrate its fourth year with a new event format, a change of venue, and the largest-ever field of participating..."

SAN FRANCISCO/PRNewswire/ -- U.S. wine exports, 95 percent from California, totaled $876 million and 404.5 million liters in 2006, an increase of 30 percent in value and 4.0 percent in volume compared to......