Author Archives: Donna Whitaker

Canucks Owners to Build Winery in Red Mountain AVA

The family that owns the Canucks hockey franchise is preparing to build a 170,000 square-foot wine production facility and tasting

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Craft Breweries Boost Renewable Energy Use 2% Over 3 Years

The amount of renewable energy used by craft brewers has increased to 8% from 6% in the last three years, the Brewers Association reports in its third Sustainability Benchmarking Report.

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Luna Intros New Winemaker’s Reserve Collection

Luna Vineyards launched a new wine series that has been in the works behind the scenes since 2014: The Winemaker’s Reserve, a

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Wine.Com: What Consumers Are Buying This Year

Wine.com, the nation’s leading online wine retailer, today announced the twelfth annual Wine.com 100. Reflecting the top

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What We’re Reading —

Trump Partially Right and Partially Wrong on French Tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump is partly right but far from completely correct when he says that France’s “big tariffs” make it hard for

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Willamette Valley Vineyards Sales Up 6.2%, Net Down 10%

Willamette Valley Vineyards reports sales rose 6.2% in the third quarter to $5.5 million, but net profit after tax fell 10% to

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