Heitz Cellars News Today

People who enjoy lively, loud restaurants sometimes say quiet restaurants are like dining in a library. To some people, that would not sound like a bad thing.

On November 16, 2023, Deirdre Mahlan, The Duckhorn Portfolio’s Interim President and CEO, announced the company’s agreement to acquire Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards.

On October 30, 2023, Treasury Wine Estates, the company which also owns Penfolds and Beringer, announced the acquisition of California’s Daou Vineyards.

The Women of the Vine & Spirits Foundation, a non-profit led by President Deborah Brenner, has awarded scholarships to 76 candidates this year.

Ruffino has appointed Olga Fusari as winemaker, overseeing the Super Tuscan blends produced at their Poggio Casciano estate near Florence .

Ana María Cumsille will start as winemaker for Viña Carmen, the Chilean winery established in 1850 in the Andean foothills town of Alto Jahuel.

On September 6, 2023, the Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas, announced its two newest members: Jonathan Eichholz and Mark Guillaudeu.

The online sale is the first to focus on the state’s top wines in more than two decades

The Institute of Masters of Wine welcomes Erin Jolley from the US and Andrea Lonardi from Italy as its newest Masters of Wine.

Cabernet Sauvignon may be the king of Napa Valley, but throughout the rest of California, Chardonnay rules the roost.