Afternoon Brief: The Sustainable Wine Roundtable Marks Two Years of the Bottle Weight Accord
The Sustainable Wine Roundtable (SWR) marks the second anniversary of its groundbreaking Bottle Weight Accord (BWA) with news of two major new names supporting the initiative...
Afternoon Brief: When Wine Stores Become Bars
In a time of challenging sales, brick-and-mortar wine stores are trying their hand at something new...
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: Could a Pink Powder Sabotage California Wine's Organic Goals?
Firefighters battling the Los Angeles blaze are dropping a pink, powdered flame-retardant from planes in a bid to contain the disaster. But experts say the chemicals may have long-reaching consequences for agriculture...
Afternoon Brief: NASEM Report Affirms Benefits of Moderate Drinking
The first of the two alcohol studies that will inform American drinking guidelines has been released...