Volunteers and for-profit businesses shouldn’t be served together. That lesson has proved to be fatal for a small California winery. As reported by the San Jose Mercury News, Westover Winery’s “use of volunteer workers has put [it] out of business after the state squeezed [it] like a late-summer grape for $115,000 in fines.” The winery owner claimed ignorance of the …
It’s a Vineyard Seller’s Market Speakers at financial symposium compare data and trends in West Coast states by Paul Franson Rising vineyard prices in California have caused acquisition activity in the Pacific Northwest to increase. Napa, Calif.—The 23rd Wine Industry Financial Symposium, designed to bring together lenders and the wine business, was held earlier this week at the Marriott …