105,000

The average salary (in U.S. dollars) of a winemaker in Sonoma County, California, in 2015 (according to the most recent Wine Business Monthly Salary Survey). By comparison, winemakers in Napa Valley made $102,000 on average last year, and winemakers in Washington State made $83,000. Winemaker salaries are the lowest in the northeastern U.S.–$61,000.

Anti-white Bias?

Pink Kink

In the they-must-have-been-looking-at-each-other-through-rosé-colored-glasses department, right after Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie purchased (for $60 million) the 17th century Provençal estate Château Miraval, the rosé sold at a rate of 1000+ bottles an hour for five… Continue reading

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