One of the most influential people in the history of the Washington wine industry, passed away Monday after a lengthy illness. Lake, believed to be 65, collapsed Monday at his home in Issaquah, Wash., and could not be revived.

Forty wine buyers from all over the United States are in Washington this week.

All three of Canada's largest wine producers are working on new labels for some of their best-selling wines after complaints that consumers were being hoodwinked into thinking they were made from Canadian grapes.

Chief executive Terry Leahy said the company has had to make adjustments in reaction to the realities of the economic situation.

Hundreds of tons of premium winegrapes are being offered for sale.

When Conde Nast announced Monday it was shutting down Gourmet, the news shocked the culinary world.

When it launched its program to divert used wine corks from landfills in 2007, ReCORK America, a wine cork recycling program sponsored by Amorim of Portugal, struggled to find a viable means to recycle the used plugs.

Lots of local winemakers at the top of their game, who are making prestige wine at prestige prices, are also producing more affordable wines on what's known as a second, or sister, label.

The first demonstration of a renewable method for hydrogen production from wastewater using a microbial electrolysis system is underway at the Napa Wine Company in Oakville. The refrigerator-sized hydrogen generator will take winery wastewater, and using bacteria and a small amount of electrical energy, convert the organic material into hydrogen, according to a Penn State environmental engineer.

This past weekend 713 hardy French men and women stripped down to send a message about climate change. They posed nude in French vineyards to warn the world about the impact of global warming on the French wine industry.

The wine industry just might be ripe for cloud computing. Patrick Oates, CEO of Wine Management Systems is sure of it.

The only bright spot in Missouri's revenue picture - and this is one of those good news/bad news things - is that people seem to be drinking more. We don't mean beer.

Most of the world's winemakers worry about the weather because great wine is made in the vineyard, but in Lebanon they worry about other things.

The British-owned chain of small markets, which has 70 stores in recession-plagued Southern California, is struggling with overhead and a price war in the supermarket industry.

Legendary actor has long enjoyed wine and the good life

"In a sense, we become personal wine shoppers for people as we get to know them. We have a great track record of introducing our clients to the next great thing.

Not content to add just one new operation to its organic, sustainable business, Long Meadow Ranch will soon be adding a wine tasting room, farm-to-table restaurant, seasonal market stand and demonstration garden at its new venue at 738 Main St. in St. Helena.