Afternoon Brief, April 12th
New Survey Reveals America’s Favorite Wine: A new survey from YouGov analyzing the wine drinking habits of U.S. citizens has revealed more about America’s wine culture. The study examined both the frequency that Americans enjoy wine as well as their specific preferences...
The Sun Also Rises: Solectrac Shifts Business Model to Remain Relevant
Interim CEO Robin Mackie addresses rumors of the company’s demise. By Alexandra Russell “I hate for the truth to ruin a good story, but we’re still here, we’re still […]
Afternoon Brief, April 11th
The Sun Also Rises: Solectrac Shifts Business Model to Remain Relevant: Interim CEO Robin Mackie addresses rumors of the company’s demise...
Afternoon Brief, April 9th
Santa Rosa Electric Tractor Maker Solectrac Evicted from 1 Location, Owing $65,000 in Rent: The Sonoma County-based electric tractor company undergoing a major reorganization was evicted from its Santa Rosa location and owes $65,223 in back rent, the property owners say...
Afternoon Brief, March 23rd
Berkeley Man Who Destroyed $250 Million of Wine in Fire Dies: Mark Anderson who embezzled thousands of bottles of wine from his clients and set fire to a warehouse in 2005, destroying 4.5 million bottles of wine worth $250 million, has died...
Afternoon Brief, September 26th
Red Blotch Virus Detected for First Time in Australia in Wine Grape Collections: A grape disease that hasn't been found in Australia before has been identified in three separate states...
Afternoon Brief, August 3rd
40 Million Bottle Catalan Wine Scam Goes to Court: Six individuals involved with Catalan producer Grupo Reserva de la Tierra are accused of making upwards of €14 million a year from distributing falsely-labelled bottles from 2019 to 2021...
Afternoon Brief, July 28th
Growing Forward Recap: Preparing for the Risk Factors of Smoke & Fire Exposure: On July 27, 2022, Wine Industry Network hosted its most recent Growing Forward webinar, this time focusing on wildfire smoke in the vineyards — and its effect on the resulting wines. It’s a hard topic to accept and address, but one that becomes integral to the industry’s forward progress...
Afternoon Brief, June 7th
Colorado Rising: Behind the World’s First High Desert Hybrid Wine Region: Colorado has been producing locally grown and bottled wine since 1890, but it’s just now reaching that adolescent stage of development, in which it establishes who, precisely, it is — and how it relates to the rest of the world...
Afternoon Brief, May 9th
Casella in Huge Vineyard Sell-Off: Casella Family Brands is selling 35 vineyards covering 7,258 hectares in South Australia and Victoria...