Robert Drouhin News Today

I have been blessed to be married and in love with Linda for the better part of my life. To this day, I wake in wonder that we have been together for so long and marvel at the happiness she has brought me. She has been not only my inspiration but my constant companion in life - and on the wine road - since this column debuted back in 2007.

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

Molson Coors, the beer company that produces Coors, Miller, Blue Moon and Leinenkugel, acquired Blue Run, a whiskey company in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Brian Rudin is the new Winemaker and General Manager at Echolands, a winery on the Oregon side of the Walla Walla Valley AVA.