Afternoon Brief: Washington Welcomes It's 21st American Viticultural Area
On October 29, 2024, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published the final rule for the Beverly, Washington appellation to officially define it as a designated wine grape-growing region...
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: Seaport Strike Could Spike NYC Wine Prices, Leave Produce Rotting Offshore, Experts Warn
A looming longshoremen's strike at seaports across the East Coast is slated to hammer New York City's supply chains -- and experts said the labor action could lead to a spike in wine prices, in addition to hundreds of tons of fruit going bad on ships stuck outside the harbor with no place to dock...
Afternoon Brief: Court OKs $140 Million in Vintage Wine Estates Assets Sales
Nearly two dozen wineries, brands and other assets of the defunct Santa Rosa-anchored Vintage Wine Estates portfolio got the green light to change hands in a Delaware bankruptcy court Tuesday...
Afternoon Brief: French Government Asks EU for More Cash to Pull up Vines
Plans have been submitted to the European Commission for 120 million in subsidies to pull up 30,000 hectares of French vineyards...