Afternoon Brief: Economy Continues to Press Wine Market
A tumultuous 2025 economy likely depressed wine sales. In 2026, the higher-end segments should continue to outperform, and the grape market should be less oversupplied when harvest begins...
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...
CJ McCollum Launches McCollum Heritage 91 2021 Pinot Noir with Meet and Greet at JankenÂ
NBA Basketball player CJ McCollum to host meet-and-greet at the Pearl Districts pan-Asian Janken restaurant to celebrate newly released McCollum Heritage
Afternoon Brief, May 25th
Drinking Preferences: The Decline of Wine: New data shows a paradox in the U.S. wine industry last year with more regular wine drinkers, but consuming in falling volumes...
Afternoon Brief, November 30th
California Wines Pour Jobs and Dollars into Economy: The California wine and winegrape sector and allied businesses deliver a total economic contribution of $73 billion annually to the state’s economy and $170.5 billion annually to the U.S. economy, according to a new report commissioned by Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG)...
Afternoon Brief, September 15th
Exchange Rates Unlikely to Impact Wine Prices: As the value of the Euro, relative to the dollar, dropped to historic lows, wine industry executives have started to wonder if this decrease will help mitigate some of the other rising costs of importing wine. This is the first time in two decades that the dollar has basically hit value parity with the Euro...
CJ McCollum Continues Willamette Valley Legacy with Debut of 2016 McCollum Heritage 91 Sparkling Blanc de blancs
McCollum Heritage 91 to release its first sparkling wine on September 19, 2022 NEWBERG, Ore. (September 14, 2022) Professional athlete and wine connoisseur CJ McCollum will release his first []
Afternoon Brief, September 13th
Fred Franzia Has Died: Fred died early this morning at his Redwood home in Denair, California, with family by his side. He was 79 years old...
CJ McCollum Reaffirms Commitment to Oregon Wine with Addition of 2021 Willamette Valley Rosé
This April, McCollum Heritage 91 will release fifth wine in its portfolio NEWBERG, Ore. (April 20, 2022) Reaffirming his commitment to Oregon wine, CJ McCollum has announced an exciting []
Afternoon Brief, April 20th
The World’s Leading Bulk Wine Fair Launches Its First-Ever US Show: The inaugural WBWE USA show will be held on June 8th and 9th at Sonoma County Event Center at the Fairgrounds...