Afternoon Brief: August Depletions Show Sharp Declines - Can the Holiday Trends Turn the Tide?
August brought another challenging month for the beverage alcohol industry, with both wine and spirits experiencing sharp year-over-year declines. The overall weakness highlights ongoing consumer and channel pressures....
Afternoon Brief: Green Medal Awards Promote Wine Industry Sustainability
To identify and promote what vintners and growers were doing, Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers got together in 2002 to create a workbook to enable growers and vintners to assess their current sustainability practices and how to improve on them...
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, March 14th
Wine Blogger from New Jersey Disappeared in Italy 5 Years Ago—FBI Seeks Help Trying to Find Him: The FBI is asking for the public’s help as they continue to search for a New Jersey native and self-described wine blogger who was last seen nearly five years ago in northern Italy...
Afternoon Brief, February 2nd
‘Emergency’ €80 Million Promised to French Winegrowers Amid Farmer Protests: France's government has promised an €80m 'emergency fund' for crisis-hit winemakers, as ministers also try to de-escalate widespread farmer protests covering many agricultural sectors...
Afternoon Brief, January 26th
Axe Falls Again at Vintage Wine Estates: After announcing the sale of several wine brands last week, VWE is now offloading employees...
Afternoon Brief, January 19th
Ryan Klobas, Chief of Napa County Farm Bureau, Dies: Peter Nissen, president of the Farm Bureau’s board, said the bureau is “shocked and saddened” to learn of Klobas’ death...
Event Type: Conference, Seminar, Trade Show
Location: Horseshoe Bay, TX
Date: 2/4/2024
Afternoon Brief, May 31st
The Jackson Family Partners with Ensemble Investments, LLC to Purchase Sonoma County’s Vintners Resort: The Jackson family has formed a strategic partnership with Ensemble Investments, LLC (Ensemble), a leading developer, owner and operator of luxury hotels and commercial real estate, to purchase Vintners Resort – an intimate, four-diamond California certified green resort on a vineyard estate – from its founders, the Carano family...
Texas Hill Country Wineries Win 64 Medals at the TEXSOM International Wine Awards
AUSTIN, Texas (May 31, 2023) Texas Hill Country Wineries brought home a total of 64 medals at the 2023 TEXSOM International Wine Awards. Over 2,300