Afternoon Brief: WarRoom Cellars Acquires Historic SIMI Wine Brand
WarRoom Cellars, a growing Central Coast wine company, is excited to announce the acquisition of the SIMI brand from The Wine Group (TWG)...
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Afternoon Brief: Industry to Come Together at Premiere Napa Valley 2026
Hosted by Napa Valley Vintners, the 30th Annual Premiere Napa Valley will take place February 1821, 2026. This week-long celebration of Napa Valley wine and community offers an exclusive first look at the highly anticipated 2024 vintage...
Afternoon Brief: Loss of an Icon - Meininger's International Shuts Down
Meiningers International, perhaps the premier wine trade publication of the past decade, has closed...
Afternoon Brief: Global Wine Recovery on the Horizon
The wine industry could be back on an upward trajectory in as little as 12 months, according to one study...
PS News: A Smarter Approach to Sustainable Wine Bottles; Ciatti California Market Report
Afternoon Brief: Loss of Winegrape Smoke Exposure Researchers Criticised
UC Davis researchers have been working on ways to mitigate the effects of climate change in viticulture. Now some of that research is at risk of going up in flames due to job cuts by the Trump administration, and even more pointedly, by what critics are calling cuts by the unelected president, Elon Musk...
Afternoon Brief: Wine Market Council Targets New Audiences for National Survey
Could the future of the wine business rest with millennials as they get older? That was one of the findings of this afternoons Wine Market Council webinar detailing its national study, Attracting More Young Adults and Multicultural Consumers to Wine...
Afternoon Brief: Napa County Wins Round One in Court
Round one in the battle between prosecutor-turned-vintner Lindsay Hoopes and Napa County went to the county, and it could end up costing Hoopes more than $1 million dollars. However, the battle is not over...
Afternoon Brief: Winemaker James MacPhail Reclaims MacPhail Family Wines from Hess Persson Estates
Renowned veteran winemaker James MacPhail, known for crafting exceptional Chardonnay and Pinot Noir wines from Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino Counties, is excited to announce his reacquisition of MacPhail Family Wines from Hess Persson Estates...