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Wine firm wins crushing victory in tax case

By   /  Friday, January 30th, 2015  /  Agribusiness, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on Wine firm wins crushing victory in tax case

A Buellton wine company had a $400,000 tax bill erased in a Board of Equalization decision that could set a precedent for classifying “custom crush” producers and microbreweries that lease space and equipment to other vendors.

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Region’s craft brewers expand despite drought, tight supplies

By   /  Friday, December 19th, 2014  /  Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Region’s craft brewers expand despite drought, tight supplies

On average, craft brewers use between six and eight gallons of water to produce just one gallon of beer. And while the drought has set back some breweries in the northern half of the state, tri-county brewers say they’re upping annual barrel production with little trepidation of future water issues.

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‘Prost!’ Figueroa Mountain to trek from Buellton to Bavaria

By   /  Friday, November 7th, 2014  /  Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on ‘Prost!’ Figueroa Mountain to trek from Buellton to Bavaria

Buellton-based craft brewer Figueroa Mountain is headed across the pond with plans for a brewery and taproom in Germany.

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Turn of fate on 9/11 spurred dramatic career shift to winemaking

By   /  Friday, March 21st, 2014  /  Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on Turn of fate on 9/11 spurred dramatic career shift to winemaking

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Peter Work and wife Rebecca watched from the Newark, N.J., Airport as the twin towers of the World Trade Center went crashing down in a cloud of dust and debris.

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Business is brewing: Firestone Walker climbs in craft beer rankings

By   /  Friday, February 21st, 2014  /  Features, Restaurants, Top Stories, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on Business is brewing: Firestone Walker climbs in craft beer rankings

A server pours beer at Firestone Walker Brewing Co.’s Paso Robles campus, where the firm is building out more production space to gear up for more bottling. (Alex Drysdale / Business Times photo)

Firestone Walker Brewing Co. has big plans on tap, including another expansion at its Paso Robles campus, a new beer and the opening of a pilot brewery in the Los Angeles area.

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Sanford, free of debt, looks to future at Alma Rosa Winery

By   /  Friday, February 21st, 2014  /  Central Coast, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on Sanford, free of debt, looks to future at Alma Rosa Winery

Richard Sanford, free of a crushing debt burden, says he is excited about the future of Alma Rosa Winery and Vineyards and his role there, even though he has lost ownership.

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The maverick of the valley: New Vintners’ chief has bold plan for Santa Barbara wine country

By   /  Friday, December 6th, 2013  /  Small Business, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture, Women Inc.  /  Comments Off on The maverick of the valley: New Vintners’ chief has bold plan for Santa Barbara wine country

Morgen McLaughlin believes that some of the best wines in the in the world are being produced in Santa Barbara County, but that message hasn’t been getting out to consumers or the media.

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