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ARTICLES
Where Will Wine Sales Come from Next Month?
Despite wineries being shuttered and millions of people sheltering in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers have not stopped buying wine, but have...
Pandemic Alcohol Stock-Up Skews Toward Wine
Consumers have been stocking up in preparation for an extended COVID-19 pandemic and sheltering in place. Most of the purchases have of course been...
Tracking the Impact of the Coronavirus on the 3-Tier Market
The wine industry has weathered many obstacles, be they fires, phylloxera, or prohibition. Today we face uncharted waters with the coronavirus. Our path forward...
Oregon Wine a Leader in Biodynamics
Even though Oregon only produces one percent of the wines made in the United States, this states accounts for 52% of total vineyard acres that received biodynamic® certification from Demeter USA, a not-for-profit that offers biodynamic certification to farms.
New Napa Ballot Initiative Splits Wine Industry, Set to Repeat Measure...
After the controversial and hotly debated Measure C was narrowly defeated in Napa County, the organization responsible for bringing the measure to the ballot, Napa Growers and Vintners for Responsible Agriculture (NGVRA), is attempting to get a new initiative on the November 2020 ballot ...
NEWS RELEASES
TTB Alcohol Beverage Labeling and Advertising Regulations Final Rule
On April 2, 2020, TTB will publish a final rule to address certain proposals included in Notice 176, Modernization of the Labeling and Advertising Regulations for...
Exhibitor Registration Open for 9th Annual North Coast Wine Industry Expo
Limited booth space remains for 2020 WIN Expo
April 1st, 2020, Healdsburg, CA – Exhibitor registration is now open with a limited number of booths...
Sonoma-Cutrer Introduces Weekly Virtual Wine Tastings
What: Sonoma-Cutrer, known for producing world-class Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in the esteemed Russian River Valley, invites you to join “Wine Down Wednesday” with...
France Lifts EU Law for Champagne Wine Labeling Regulation and Concedes...
Faire La Fête Champagne Celebrates Freedom from Former Crémant Designation (Officially Adopting What Consumers Have Called It for Years)
LIMOUX, France (April 1, 2020) —...
Oregon Winery Forms Strategic Partnership to Help Serve Oregon’s Restaurant Workers...
Stoller Wine Group Partners with The Botanist House, Meals on Wheels People, and Young’s Market Company
April 1, 2020, Willamette Valley, OR –The Stoller Wine Group of Dayton,...
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Innovative Winemaking System Offers Covid Distancing ‘Gentle, Clean, Closed’ Press Operation...
Let’s face it. Conventional winemaking is a labor intensive, messy business.
Between manual or mechanical punch downs and arduous barrel...
Grow Your Brand Presence in the US Market
If you are looking to get your wines in-front of US top on-premise buyers and sommeliers. Enter Your Wines...
Powerful Tools for Wineries Changing from Barrel Ageing to Oak Ageing
Vivelys has been talking about oxygen management for years; they have established themselves as the experts in the field,...
Innovative Dissolved Oxygen Probe Maximizes Accuracy, Efficiency for Winemaking Operations
For more than fifteen years Flotek, a leading, worldwide manufacturer’s agency focused on the biotech and food & beverage...
Humanely Excluding Migratory Swallows and Other Birds at Wineries
Every April, wineries experience the return of migratory birds looking to nest and hatch their eggs. Migratory birds are...
AFTERNOON BRIEF
Afternoon Brief, April 1
Coronavirus Brings Quick Changes to State Alcohol Laws: States are temporarily relaxing laws on alcohol purchases, providing a major win to the beer, wine and spirits lobby during the coronavirus pandemic...
Afternoon Brief, March 31
Where Will Wine Sales Come from Next Month?: Despite wineries being shuttered and millions of people sheltering in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers have not stopped buying wine, but have increasingly turned to other channels for their wine purchases...
Afternoon Brief, March 30
U.S. Wineries Estimated March Loss More Than $400 Million: A survey conducted by the Wine America trade group found about 10% of U.S. wineries have collectively lost about $40.4 million so far in March - and extrapolated those numbers to assume the entire sector lost more than $400 million this month as a result of the coronavirus pandemic...
Afternoon Brief, March 27
Wine Lessons from a Past Epidemic: The 2003 SARS epidemic hit Chinas wine trade hard. While some companies collapsed, others came out stronger. Ian Ford speaks to Felicity Carter about what he saw...
Afternoon Brief, March 26
Facing Staggering Losses, Napa's Hospitality and Service Sectors Discover Insurers Won't Pay: Business owners across sectors of California's hospitality and service industry have come to a disturbing realization: the substantial losses they've sustained in the wake of a coronavirus-prompted state lockdown are not covered by their insurers...
