Afternoon Brief: Champagne's Loss Is California's Gain
Wine consumption overall is on the decline, reaching its lowest point since 1996. And while California sparkling wine is far from immune to the gloom, the sunshine state is finding areas of the market that is leveraging with great success, albeit in a few different ways and often simultaneously...
Afternoon Brief: Wine Could Escape Dietary Guidelines
The appointment of Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary could see dietary guidelines for wine scrapped...
Afternoon Brief: This Private Equity Company Is Quietly Becoming a Pacific Northwest Wine Powerhouse
Who is this new Seattle-based competitor scooping up winery after winery? And given the current climate of panic in the industry on the whole, whats driving them and whats the endgame?
Afternoon Brief, January 16th
The #1 Reason Why U.S. Consumers Are Buying Less Wine: The downturn in U.S. wine sales is real and substantial, confirmed by multiple data sources and extends all the way to actual consumption. Pandemic effects, inflation, competition, high inventories and channel switching all have had impacts, but don’t explain the downturn completely...
Afternoon Brief, October 5th
Website Launches to Inform Public About Lawsuits: Hoopes Vineyards, Summit Lake Vineyards and Smith-Madrone Winery are suing Napa County over unconstitutional patterns and practices and have now launched saveoursmallwineries.org...
Afternoon Brief, September 11th
NAWR Applauds First Circuit Court of Appeals’ Decision That Rhode Island’s Ban of Wine Shipments from Out-of-State Retailers Is Discriminatory: The National Association of Wine Retailers (NAWR) released the following statement from its President David Parker concerning the First Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent decision in Anvar v. Dwyer that Rhode Island’s ban on wine shipments from out-of-state retailers is discriminatory...
Afternoon Brief, September 1st
Introducing the Newest AVA in California: Winters Highlands: Winters Highlands has been designated as the newest American Viticultural Area (AVA) by the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)...
Afternoon Brief, August 25th
Sonoma County Winegrowers Team Up with the San Francisco Giants to Feature Local Wines: The partnership will feature a “Sonoma in the City” cloud club theme & new wine region video series...
Afternoon Brief, July 18th
California Wine Grape Growers Need Support to Manage Risks from Wildfire and Smoke: Wildfire smoke exposure presents a unique challenge for viticulture as it can result in mild to severe degradation in wine grapes...
Afternoon Brief, July 11th
PD/GWSS Winegrape Assessment Set at $1.25 for 2023 Harvest: To continue funding crucial research combating winegrape pests and diseases, the Pierce’s Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Board kept the PD/GWSS Winegrape Assessment rate at $1.25 per $1,000 value for the 2023 harvest...