This won't be the first name change at the Dry Creek Valley winery. Originally it was Domaine Michel, until subsequent owner ...

Delicato becomes the No. 5 supplier of U.S. wine overall and in the over-$11-a-bottle category as well as the No. 3 exporter of California wines, the company said.

Niebaum-Coppola has been expanding, and total annual production tops 750,000 cases, according to Wine Business Monthly, a trade publication. Shoemaker would not disclose the company's case production.

If completed, the transaction would make Delicato the No. 5 supplier of U.S. wine overall and in the over-$11-a-bottle category as well as the No. 3 exporter of California wines, the company said.

FILE - Warm sunny days are attracting Wine Country visitors to Francis Ford Coppola Winery on July 13, 2013, near Geyserville, California. Coppola has sold off his wine portfolio to another family ...

Coppola himself frequents the winery and is sometimes found eating at its restaurant. This story was originally published March 5, 2012, 12:00 AM.

Even in the days where automation is king, the workers at the Francis Ford Coppola Winery rely on as many hands-on and old-world techniques as they do new-school ones when it comes to making wine ...

Merlot has been getting a bad rap recently, but lambasting a whole world of wines from this grape is not the smartest idea. Even in California, nice, inexpensive Merlot is still around, and the 2004 ...