Afternoon Brief, March 5

Thursday, March 05
Trending Story
California Grocery Store Wine Scheme: Executives at Top Distributor Charged with Bribery
Executives at the nation’s largest alcohol distributor, Southern Glazer’s, engineered a sprawling multiyear bribery scheme to control which wines were offered on the shelves of hundreds of supermarkets…
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Today’s News
Wine Market Council and Quini Partner on New Research to Decode Consumer Barriers to Wine Flavor
The study will focus on infrequent wine drinkers and non-adopters who regularly consume other alcoholic beverages, a segment that represents a significant growth opportunity for the wine category…
Napa Valley Wine Academy Launches Premier Crew™
The platform offers monthly guided live tasting labs, expert-led tasting practices/exercises, specially priced tasting kits and full access to NVWA’s 400+ video education library and WSET exam prep tools…
Terroir Terror in the Loire
Wine merchants who once turned their noses up at Loire wines have been scouring the length of France’s longest river in search of securing wines sold at lower prices than counterparts from rival French regions…
Wente Family Vineyards Launches National Social Media Internship Competition
Healdsburg’s New Martha Stoumen Tasting Room Is for Night Owls
Gallo Luxury Group Announces the Debut Release of Monte Rosso Estate Wines
Nationally Recognized Donkey Rescue Launches Estate-Grown Organic Wine from Vineyard Unexpectedly Found on Sanctuary Land
High Elevation, Unforgettable Wines: El Dorado Passport Event Returns April 18-19
Winemakers’ Winemaker Award for 2026 to Be Announced at Prowein
Potential Strike at Encirc Plant Could Affect Drinks Bottle Output
Victoria Wine Industry Now Worth $10.8B, Supports 17,178 Jobs
Henkell Freixenet Takes on Full Control of Freixenet
The Wine Trends Defining Hong Kong’s French Restaurants
Fraud Charges Against Sunraysia Wine Grapegrowers Littore Brothers Dropped
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Blogs
The Care and Conservation of Old Vines
Op-Ed: Outdated Restrictions on Wine Sales in Grocery Stores No Longer Make Sense
Regenerative Viticulture at The Vineyards at Dodon
Jamie Goode: Viticulture Is at a Crossroads – But Are New Varieties Really Welcome?
A Guide to Brewery Collaboration Structures, Pt. 4 of 5
HOBO Data Loggers
Wine Industry Careers
Outside Sales Engineer – Equipment
R.F. MacDonald Co. – Sacramento, CA
Wine Storage Consultant
Del Rey Wine Center – Los Angeles, CA
California Sales Director
A Toast to You – Santa Rosa, CA
More Wine Industry Jobs
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People
A Paso Native with Wine in His Blood: An Interview with Direct to Consumer Manager Ryan McGuire
Turks Head Wines Announces New Winemaker, New Chapter
Grace Bowers at Rodney Strong Is Wine Country’s Must-See Concert of 2026
V. Sattui Winery and Castello di Amorosa Announce Brooks Painter as Winemaker Emeritus
Susie Bynum, Third Generation Wine Professional and Daughter of Famed Russian River Pinot Noir Pioneer Davis Bynum, Launches New Collection Defined by Family Heritage, Passion, Craftsmanship, and a Pioneering Spirit
WineGlass Marketing
WIN Marketplace – Grapes & Bulk Wine
2024 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon – Bulk Wine
2024 Premium Merlot – Napa Valley – Bulk Wine
2025 Carneros Chardonnay – Bulk Wine
2024 Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir Shiners
More Marketplace Listings
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Supplier News
Wrap Up Savings with Long-Lived, Low-Cost Slip Sheets
Eurostampa Named Brown-Forman’s Inaugural 2025 Global Packaging Supplier of the Year
No Lo Curious? Don’t Reconstruct Your Flavor. Refine It.
Innovation Rooted in Every Vine
More Supplier News
Wine Industry Careers
Vineyard & Winery
At the 2026 Chianti Classico Collection, Montefili Presents Two New Gran Selezione: Vinea Vecchia and Vinea Nel Bosco
Podcast 780 – Coombsville AVA of Napa Valley Why Is It Special?
Grapevine Virus Diseases That Are Best Detected in the Spring
Villa Milagro Offers Wine Pairing with Four Local Cheesemakers
Annalisa Zorzettig at Prowein 2026: A Spring of Innovation
Wine Industry Network

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