Wine Report 2025: The times they are a-changin’…

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Don’t blame the messenger. Those were the words Rob McMillan emphasized in the introduction to his Silicon Valley Bank State of the U.S. Wine Industry 2025 report, the annual industry overview hotly anticipated each year throughout the

Sandwich, salads chain expands to Montgomery Village

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A new salad-and-sandwich destination rising in popularity throughout Southern California opened its first North Bay location at Montgomery Village this week. Mendocino Farms, known for seasonal, chef-curated menus, brings its bold flavors to 2400 Sonoma Ave. in

Will tariffs sour the local wine industry?

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Canada loves American wine. That’s no overstatement—the nation of 40 million to the north spends about $1.1 billion annually on U.S. wine, much of it from Northern California wine country. Unfortunately for the local wine industry, that

'Exploding birds' freak out residents in California city

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KGO-TV (SAN FRANCISCO) — A disturbing avian mystery is unfolding in a Northern California town where residents have reported birds “exploding.” Residents of a neighborhood in the Bay Area community of Richmond, northeast of San Francisco, claim