Afternoon Brief: Constellation, Brown-Forman and Diageo Face US Lawsuits
Three of the worlds biggest beverage companies, Constellation Brands, Brown-Forman and Diageo, are at the centre of lawsuits in the US...
Afternoon Brief: Global Wine Production Falls to Lowest Level Since 1961
Global wine production has plummeted to a 63-year low after frost, heavy rains and drought ravaged vineyards throughout 2024...
Afternoon Brief, May 23rd
Riverland Wine Growers United in Rejecting Contract Buy-Out amid Industry Uncertainty: Growers from a cooperative in Australia's largest wine producing region have rejected an offer to sell their red wine contracts amid a crisis of global oversupply...
Afternoon Brief, January 22nd
Bomb Blows Up French Wine War: A dispute between French producers and importers of Spanish wine is getting darker, with violence returning to the south of France...
Afternoon Brief, November 14th
Argiano Brunello di Montalcino 2018 Named Wine Spectator’s Wine of the Year: Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, announced Argiano Brunello di Montalcino 2018 as the 2023 Wine of the Year...
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, October 19th
Vintners union vows to stop cheap imports from entering French market and says the government ‘bears a heavy responsibility’...
Afternoon Brief, October 17th
As Restaurant Staffing Evolves, Wineries Reassess Their On-Premise Priorities: The union between wineries and restaurants might have been a marriage of convenience in the beginning, but for decades it functioned roughly the way that both parties wanted...
Afternoon Brief, October 4th
Winery Worker Dies Attempting to Save Colleague from Wine Vat: Two winery workers have died in a freak incident involving a vat of Rioja, after one fell in and the other tried to save him...
Afternoon Brief, October 3rd
Napa Valley Finds Itself between a Rock and a Hard Place: Napa Valley wineries confront a growing set of challenges, including regulatory shifts, evolving tourist preferences and market volatility...