Afternoon Brief: Family Winery Appeals Napa County’s Multimillion Dollar Fine
A family-owned winery filed a motion today asking a court to vacate a judgment requiring the winery to pay nearly $4 million to Napa County as punishment for routine business activity...
Afternoon Brief: Sonoma County Harvest Fair Announces Best of Class and Gold Medal Winners
The Sonoma County Harvest Fair, now in its 50th year, has released the results of its annual professional wine competition...
Afternoon Brief: Distilled Spirits Council Statement on the Federal Government Shutdown
The federal government shutdown will have a significant and detrimental impact on the Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the lead federal agency responsible for permitting, regulating and collecting taxes on distilled spirits...
Afternoon Brief: Supreme Court Is Next Stop for Wine Importer's Lawsuit Against Trump's Trade War
A federal appeals court agreed with a ruling that the President overstepped when he imposed universal tariffs, but the decision has been stayed pending appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court...
Afternoon Brief: Natural Cork Council Applauds US-EU Trade Agreement Seeking Cork Tariff Exemption
The Natural Cork Council announced its support today for the Trump administration's signing of a trade agreement between the United States and the European Union that exempts natural cork products from additional tariffs...
Afternoon Brief: Inside NYC's Wine Retail Apocalypse: How Tariffs, Pot and Ozempic Are Decimating Wine Retailers
From the dramatic fall of storied institutions to the rise and subsequent struggles of digital innovators, the wine retail sector presents a case study of an industry in flux...
Afternoon Brief: Digital Disruption - 5 Gamechangers for the Wine Industry
Wine consumption is declining, and looming tariffs threaten to choke the market. But new technologies offer the wine industry a chance to reposition itself more securely for the future...
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: Duckhorn to Consolidate Portfolio, Close Tasting Rooms
The US luxury wine group will prioritise investment in Duckhorn Vineyards, Kosta Browne, Decoy, and Sonoma-Cutrer, alongside Goldeneye, Calera, and Greenwing...
Afternoon Brief: Trump's Promise of Mass Deportations Looms over California's Wine Industry
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed to launch what he called "the largest deportation program in American history," targeting more than 11 million people...