A Full House at Emeritus Wine business professionals gather to network, sip, and hear from Jeff Clark  Last week at Emeritus Vineyards, wine business professionals gathered for a sold-out event to discuss one of the most pressing topics in today’s market: access to capital and financing strategies.   The conversation?  Candid.  Insightful.  Practical. The networking?  Focused.  Engaged.  Productive. This wasn’t surface-level discussion - it was real dialogue about the decisions shaping wineries and wine businesses right now.  The Wine Business Group  This is the Wine Business Group, run by AWG Wine Advisors and Women for WineSense. We are a collaborative network for anyone interested in wine business. Each quarter, we get together to discuss the latest industry trends, tackle emerging business topics, and build valuable connections.  AWG Wine Advisors’ Next Event  Welcome to AWG Wine Advisors' firs

February 10, 2026 (Napa / Sonoma, CA) — On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, from 3:00 – 5:30 p.m., the Winemaking & Viticulture Roundtable of the Napa-Sonoma chapter of Women for WineSense (WWS) will host a timely proprietary technical presentation, “Vintage 2025 ETS Insights and New Tech Updates for Red Blotch and Smoke Taint.“ The event opens with a networking wine mingle at Crocker & Starr followed by a behind-the-scenes production tour and an engaging technical viticulture and winemaking research presentation and discussion with guest experts from ETS Labs research scientists Dr. Rich DeScenzo and Dr. Eric Hervé. This presentation will focus on actionable information to help winemaking and viticulture attendees get a strategic first look at vintage 2025 overall, plus the latest technological updates related to Red Blotch disease and smoke taint.  Attendees will hear this first synthesis of proprietary 2025 data and the additional research,

AWG Wine Advisors and Women for WineSense: November's Wine Business Group Roundtable Last week, AWG Wine Advisors and Women for WineSense put on another successful Wine Business Group Roundtable.  Hosted by PEJU Winery near rows of freshly harvested vines, a group of forty-or-so wine industry enthusiasts gathered around to enjoy complimentary bites, drinks, and a Q&A run by our guest speaker, Mario Zepponi. Welcome to the Wine Business Group (formerly the Wine Financial Group)!  We are a collaborative network for anyone interested in Wine Business, no matter how long you've been in the industry.  Each quarter, we get together to discuss the latest industry trends, tackle emerging business topics, and build valuable connections.   Email sdengler@awgwine.com to subscribe and receive announcements about future WBG events!

Please join AWG Wine Advisors (formerly Allen Wine Group) and Women for WineSense for our next Wine Financial Group Roundtable! We are excited to welcome this meeting's speaker, Tony Correia, who will be speaking on Art, Literature, and Economics (anything but the vineyard markets). Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be provided. WHAT: Wine Financial Group Roundtable WHERE: Benovia Winery, Santa Rosa, CA WHEN: Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 | 4 PM - 6 PM SPEAKER: Tony Correia Our Speaker: Tony Correia Recently recognized as one of four top leaders in the wine industry, Tony Correia is widely known as a leading authority on the valuation of vineyards, wineries, and other properties.  He also has been a frequent speaker/instructor on agricultural properties, valuation, taxation, estate planning issues, water rights, wine industry, and vineyard and winery markets, and now is the Principal and Owner of The Correia Company.

Please join us at Goosecross Cellars for our next Wine Financial Group meeting, Wednesday, May 21st at 4-6pm.  We will hear from Nova Cadamatre, Master of Wine and Founder & CEO of Trestle Thirty-One Wine and former Director of Winemaking at Robert Mondavi Winery. Globally recognized as one of the most innovative winemakers today, we are excited to hear what our speaker has to share about the ever-evolving wine business of today and tomorrow. We are also pleased to announce that the AWG Wine Financial Group will be partnering with the WFG operated by Women for WineSense for this meeting and future meetings. Visit our website here for more details.

Afternoon Brief: What Do Neo-Prohibitionists Really Want?

Organizations that advocate for more stringent policies around the sale and marketing of alcohol are gaining momentum. What does this mean for the beverage industry?...