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Wine Chronicles: The Wine Club Discount Mirage
Summary: Dan Berger examines wine clubs and streaming pitches that promise steep discounts on bottles tied, directly or indirectly, to famous winemakers, vineyards and luxury benchmarks. He argues that many of these offers rely on vague claims…
A Bretonnia rework is definitely on Creative Assembly's 'to-do list' for Total War: Warhammer: 'It's not quite the finest of wines now
'We really enjoyed making it when we did, but as we skilled up, as individuals developed, and as the tools have improved, yeah, it shows its signs of age. It's certainly on our to-do list, it's on our radar, just like the Vampire Counts were, and…
Waterslides, lazy rivers, and llamas? Inside the viral $3M wine country ranch with its own private water park.
By Emily Landes Real Estate Reporter If spending $3 million to get a 2,000-square-foot house on a postage-stamp-size lot in San Francisco sounds like a ripoff, check out Santa Rosa, where there's a house at that price that's 50% bigger and comes…
Naramata's Upper Bench Chardonnay takes Best of Show at 2026 Trends Wine Awards
Co-owner and head winemaker Gavin Miller joins winemaker Josh Edwards in the vineyards of Upper Bench on the Naramata Bench. Chardonnay is having a moment on the Naramata Bench. At the 2026 Trends Top B.C. Wine Awards, Upper Bench Estate Winery and…
Trump's Canada tariffs force California winery to sell up
President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war with Canada has drained the life from a family-owned California winery that's being forced to close over a dramatic drop in exports to the Great White North. McManis Family Vineyards is selling off 3,500…
Women Winemakers & Culinarians Foundation Launches 2026 'Pink Wines for the Pink Ribbon' Campaign Benefiting BCRC
Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The Women Winemakers & Culinarians Foundation is bringing its Pink Wines for the Pink Ribbon campaign back to Santa Barbara County this October, uniting women winemakers and…
Heidi Klum is selling $10 'Blood bags' you can fill with wine for Halloween
Heidi Klum has teamed up with Apothic for Halloween, with the collaboration giving wine drinkers the chance to sip their red wine straight from a blood bag. The partnership comes ahead of Klum's 25th annual Halloween party, which Apothic is…
Aldi item wins gold after its wine was named one of the world's best
A bag of coffee beans from ALDI has won gold at a prestigious awards event, showing you don't need to spend a small fortune to enjoy life's little luxuries. The new Lazzio Luxe Reserve Nicaragua has won gold in the Espresso - Large Chain category…
BC wineries barely survived wildfires. Now comes a trade war and provincial barriers
In August, heavy grape clusters — the best harvest in years — graced Lightning Rock Winery's vineyards. At that moment, the Summerland, BC, wildfire ripped over nearby hills, smothering the crops under thick smoke. Ron Kubek has owned…
Gundlach Bundschu, One of California's Oldest Wineries, Files for Bankruptcy
The second-oldest winery in Sonoma County and one of the oldest continually operating wineries in the state, Gundlach Bundschu, founded in 1858, has filed for bankruptcy, three months after its sibling property Abbott's Passage closed its doors.
Winemaker Chapel Down lifts profit guidance amid strong millennial demand
News from the City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. English winemaker Chapel Down has revealed a boost from…
This Fall's Top Nail Trends Remix 2026's Biggest Looks
Let's face it: We contain multitudes. You have a sun and a moon sign for a reason. You can be both soft and powerful. Accomplished and in development. Independent and, at times, needy. Fall nail art trends are an ode to contradictions—to…
This extravagant California winery owner just bought his most distinctive estate yet
Jean-Charles Boisset — the owner of Napa Valley's Raymond Vineyards, Elizabeth Spencer Winery and the Oakville Grocery, as well as Sonoma County's Buena Vista and DeLoach, and others — just made one of his most noteworthy purchases…
Winemaker Chapel Down lifts profit guidance amid strong millennial demand
English winemaker Chapel Down has revealed a boost from strong demand among millennial drinkers as it upgraded its profits guidance. It came as the Kent-based company cheered a “high-quality” harvest so far this year as it benefited…
Hundreds of cards sent to woman in Ilkley care home on 106th birthday
A woman celebrating her 106th birthday has been inundated with hundreds of cards from around the world after staff at her care home made an online appeal to mark the milestone. Eileen Warham, who lives at Mayfield View in Ilkley, received well…
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