Afternoon Brief: Prohibitionists Still Going After Wine
A shadowy international organization is trying to put warning labels on your favorite Cabernet and Chardonnay...
Afternoon Brief: Legislation Introduced to Strengthen “American” Wine Labeling
Today, Assemblymembers Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael) and Central Valley Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom introduced legislation to require that wine labeled as “American” be made from 100 percent American-grown winegrapes...
Afternoon Brief: RNDC Says Reyes Will Buy It in Seven Markets
Less than one year after Republic National Distributing Company’s catastrophic collapse in California, VinePair has learned that the country’s second-largest wine and spirits wholesaler will sell a portion of its national operation to the country’s largest beer distributor: Reyes Beverage Group...
Afternoon Brief, December 1
Monday, December 01 Trending Story Treasury Wine Estates Hit by Major US Write-Down Australia's largest wine producer has slashed the value of its US
Afternoon Brief: Breakthrough with First Disease-Resistant Wine Grapes Shows Hope for a Florida Wine Renaissance
In a milestone for Florida agriculture, researchers have grown and harvested wine grapes that are resistant to the main bacterial disease that has long prevented the state from establishing a large-scale wine industry...
Afternoon Brief: Dr. Laura Catena and Felicity Carter Uncork the Wine and Health Conversation at the 2026 Unified Symposium
The Unified Wine & Grape Symposium will tackle one of the industrys most pressing topics: wine and health. Dr. Laura Catena, physician and fourth-generation vintner, and internationally acclaimed wine journalist Felicity Carter will deliver the 2026 keynote, Wine and Health: Separating Science from Spin on Tuesday, January 27...
Afternoon Brief: More Woes for Wine Industry
Just a month before it was set to open, the private equity firm that bought Duckhorn in December announced that it is winding down the Paraduxx brand...
Afternoon Brief: Vineyard Workers Celebrated and Arrested
In the same week that Napa Valley Grapegrowers gathered to celebrate their 50th anniversary as an organization, ICE arrested farmworkers in another wine region on California's Central Coast...
Afternoon Brief: New Study Shows Pierce’s Disease Investment Saves Winegrape Growers $56 Million Annually
According to a study released today, the California Department of Food and Agricultures Pierces disease (PD) and glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) prevention, control and research efforts save California winegrape growers $56 million annually by reducing losses from the fatal grapevine disease...