Afternoon Brief: Learn From the Best - Tap into the Minds Shaping the Future of Wine
Members of the wine industry seeking solutions to their most pressing problems will have a suite of experts providing insights, advice and answers to the industrys most complicated questions at the 13th Annual WIN Expo on December 4, 2025...
Afternoon Brief: Wine Institute Launches the Share Wine Co-Lab
Developed after more than a year of consumer research and creative collaboration, the platform offers wineries practical tools, expert insights and interactive learning opportunities to engage todays consumers in fresh, relevant and authentic ways...
Afternoon Brief: Distilled Spirits Council Statement on the Federal Government Shutdown
The federal government shutdown will have a significant and detrimental impact on the Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the lead federal agency responsible for permitting, regulating and collecting taxes on distilled spirits...
Afternoon Brief, September 25
Afternoon Brief: Sonoma County Puts Wine Tax on Hold
Sonoma County Vintners have put on hold a plan to tax local wineries to create a special Wine Business Improvement District. The plan would tax Sonoma County wineries 1% on sales, using that money to market the region and its wines...
Afternoon Brief: Breaking News - RNDC Settles with Provi
Provi takes on the industry giants and wins. Here is the docket entry...
Afternoon Brief: National Association of Wine Retailers Statement on Tariffs
The NAWR believes free and fair trade is the cornerstone of a robust wine economy both in the US and internationally. When barriers to trade between countries are erected, the wine industry in the United States suffers, as do wine consumers who pay higher prices...
Wines Most Inspiring People 2025: Marian Leitner-Waldman — Designing Wine for the Modern Consumer
By Laurie Wachter The wine industry has been grappling with attracting younger generations for more than a decade. Marian Leitner-Waldman, co-founder and
Afternoon Brief: Southern Glazer's in Legal Crosshairs at FTC
The Federal Trade Commission will sue Southern Glazers, the worlds biggest wine wholesaler, for illegal business practices that include charging small retailers higher prices than its biggest customers...