California's oldest family-run winery has filed for bankruptcy protection, another sign of the struggles in the wine industry.

The family behind Gundlach Bundschu, founded in Sonoma County in 1858, said it couldn't reach an agreement with lenders to restructure its debt, so it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to buy breathing room as ...Read more

When Canada banned American alcohol as a response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs last year, McManis Family Vineyards took a big hit.

Exports to Canada, largely to Ontario, had made up approximately 40% of the family-owned business’s export sales — about 75,000 cases. From July 2025 to July 2026, this number fell to approximately 5% ...Read more

The agriculture industry’s fight against the glassy-winged sharpshooter received a modest influx of cash from the California Legislature following the end of its 2026 session.

The Legislature directed the California Department of Food and Agriculture to provide $10 million to county agricultural commissioners from the agency’s existing ...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- We have had a pretty crummy summer in Western Pennsylvania this year. If the intense heat wasn’t unbearable enough, we also our fair share of drenching thunderstorms and nearly 30 tornadoes. Yet it’s still hard to believe fall is almost here.

With the change of season, our bounty of local tomatoes, sweet corn and cantaloupe ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Ponzi schemer got a six-year prison sentence Thursday for his boozy bamboozle to trick investors into thinking they were giving loans to wine collectors who were putting up their rare bottles as collateral.

The wine didn’t exist, but the hangover was real — Stephen Burton’s scheme siphoned more than $83 million from 141 ...Read more

A California wine cap maker is laying off more than 60 employees at a Modesto facility.

The company, G3 Enterprises, said the challenges faced by the broader wine industry — declining consumer demand, inflation, rising expenses and increased competition — prompted the cuts.

"Like many companies in our industry, we have experienced changes ...Read more

There’s no sugar coating it: I’m a sucker for copycat recipes. Sometimes it’s the thrill of the chase, other times it’s frugalness. But it’s always great fun.

The concept isn’t new — just page through any Minnesota church cookbook worth its salt to find recipes for Nut Goodie Bars, a riff on our own Pearson’s candy bar. Now, ...Read more