Afternoon Brief, January 19

WIN Advisor Logo
Monday, January 19
Trending Story
California Wine Giant Puts One of Its Most Premium Wineries Up for Sale
Imagery Estate Winery in Glen Ellen, which was started in the 1980s by Joe Benziger, whose family also founded nearby Benziger Family Winery, has quietly been on the market since early December. Bids for the nearly 20-acre property are due Jan. 21…
M. A. Silva USA
Featured Article
Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Martha Barra — A Warm and Approachable Mendocino Leader
Few voices are as passionate about Mendocino County as Martha Barra, who, for more than 40 years, has devoted herself to the continuing success of her family’s award-winning winery, Barra of Mendocino…
Wine Industry Network
Today’s News
Facebook Shows Signs of Life with Page Recommendation Issue
Earlier this month Facebook created a substantial amount of chaos by suspending page recommendations from millions of business page owners around the world…
Packamama Plumps for PEF over PET in Industry First
The packaging company famous for its flat plastic wine bottles used by the likes of The Wine Society plans to house wine in a newly patented material – polyethelene furanoate (PEF), which Packamama claims is superior to existing recycled PET products…
2026 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Winners Are in
Santa Cruz Mountains Region Loses Two Winemaking Legends
A Closer Look at Vineyard Nutrition at the 2026 ASEV National Conference
Linganore Winecellars Toasts to 50 Years of Maryland Winemaking in 2026
New Virginia Law Could Threaten Small Wineries in the State
Wineries Branch Out into Trees
75% of Young Wine Tourists Ask AI Ideas and Inspiration for Food and Wine Tourism
More Bad News for US Wine
Winemakers Hit Hard Losing Homes, Vineyards and Stocks in Victorian Fires
Barcelona Wine Week’s Most International Edition Boosts the Global Reach of Spanish Wine
Prowein Zero: Greater Focus on No/Low
ATPGroup
Blogs
20 Grower-Friendly Marketing Ideas
Grape Escapes: Tasting with Winemaker Ellie Loustalot of Nicholson Vineyards
A Horizontal Retrospective Tasting of 2016 Shows It’s a Vintage with Something for Everyone
The Anderson Valley International White Wine Festival 2026
Canard Vineyards: Listening to the Land, A Napa Valley Story
HOBO Data Loggers
Wine Industry Careers
Administrative Assistant/Sales
Garton Tractor – Stockton, CA
Wholesale Sales Representative
Noer Vineyards – Remote (VA)
National Retail Sales Director
A Toast to You – Santa Rosa, CA
More Wine Industry Jobs
Copper Peak Logistics
People
Meet the Sober Somm, Abe Zarate
Second Gen Winemaker Bingo Wathen’s Barieau Wines
WSWA Announces Charles “Charlie” Merinoff as the 2026 Lifetime Leadership Award Recipient
10 Minutes with… Great Wine Capitals President Jo Collins
Katy Keating & Her Peers on Being Pregnant in the Wine Trade
Unified Wine and Grape Symposium
Unified Symposium Exhibitors Guide
Discover Select 2026 Unified Symposium Exhibitors
AWT Labels & Packaging: Crafting Premium Wine Labels with Purpose and Precision
Strong Leaders. Healthy Teams. Successful Wineries.
HotSpot AG: Precision Irrigation Technology Built by Farmers, for Farmers
Wine Industry Network
WIN Marketplace
5 Ton Euro Press
FireHawk Bioherbicide Concentrate
New Years Distilling Special!
Picturesque Vineyard Estate in Dry Creek Valley
More Marketplace Listings
WineDirect Fulfillment
Supplier News
Beyond Dry January: Building Year-Round Non-Alcoholic Success
Say Goodbye to Clogged Filters and Filtration Delays
How LibDib Is Building the Future of Alcohol Logistics: Two New Partnerships, One Seamless Path for Makers
Oxbo Autofill Wins 2026 AE50 Award
More Supplier News
Azmera
Vineyard & Winery
Castle Rock Winery Makes the Case for Balanced Retail Wine Programs
Three Santa Barbara Wineries to Watch at Garagiste Fest
Rosé, Reds, and Chocolate: Tasting & Tour
A Few Things New, Others Remain the Same for French-Owned Virginia Winery
Star Wine List Names 129 Finalists Across the World in the Star Wine List of the Year International Open 2026 Competition
UC Davis

TODAY'S FEATURED VIDEO

Tags:

Abe Zarate, American Society for Enology & Viticulture, AWT Labels & Packaging, Barieau Wines, Barra of Mendocino, BevZero, Bingo Wathen, Breakthru Beverage Group, Bucher Vaslin North America, Canard Vineyards, Castle Rock Winery, Charlie Merinoff, Flint Wines, Great Wine Capitals, HotSpot AG, Imagery Estate Winery, Jo Collins, Katy Keating, Liberation Distribution, Linganore Winecellars, Martha Barra, Oxbo, Packamama, Star Wine List, VinoShipper, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, WISE Academy

Share: