Afternoon Brief: Lyle Wineries Assess Damage from Burdoin Fire, Start to Reopen
Just over two and a half weeks after the Burdoin fire burned through the Lyle/Bingen area of the Columbia River Gorge, local wineries are still assessing the extent of damage and, in some cases, starting to reopen...
Afternoon Brief: Digital Disruption - 5 Gamechangers for the Wine Industry
Wine consumption is declining, and looming tariffs threaten to choke the market. But new technologies offer the wine industry a chance to reposition itself more securely for the future...
Afternoon Brief: How Constellation Brands' Wine Exit Reflects a Changing Industry
The uproar surrounding the news report that Constellation Brands, once the second largest wine company in the United States, was trying to sell its remaining wine brands wasn't surprising. But as shocking as the news may have seemed, it's just one more sign that the US wine business has changed significantly over the past several years...
Afternoon Brief: How TikTok Could Transform the Wine Industry
Within hours of TikTok announcing that it would allow alcohol advertising in North America, alcohol companies began running recruitment ads for TikTok specialists. Whats surprising is how few wine companies joined in...
Afternoon Brief, November 13th
Italian Watchdog Launches Wine Bottle Cartel Investigation: The Italian competition authority, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), has launched an investigation into a possible cartel among manufacturers of wine bottles...
Afternoon Brief, July 25th
Alexandre de Lur Saluces, Longtime Proprietor at Bordeaux’s Château d’Yquem, Dies at 89: The aristocrat was a global ambassador for the Sauternes icon, then waged a bitter battle to prevent LVMH’s takeover...
Afternoon Brief: Research Shows Prosecco Is a Grape Variety, Not a Geographical Region
The culmination of five years research by Professor of Law Mark Davison at the Faculty of Law at Monash University in conjunction with Macquarie University, the study counters the European Unions (EU) attempts to limit the use of the term Prosecco...
Afternoon Brief, February 21st
Alpha Omega Collective Wineries Merge, Unveil New Napa and Paso Robles Tasting Rooms: Alpha Omega winery in Napa Valley, Tolosa winery in the San Luis Obispo Coast and Perinet winery in Spain’s Priorat announced their official merger today, strengthening the three brands to formally create the Alpha Omega Collective...