January 15, 2018
By Elizabeth Hans McCrone
Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan thinks the way he got into wine isn’t much of a story, but he’s wrong.
It began more than a decade ago, when he was on a nine month long project for...
October 31, 2017
Impacts from Fires Still Unknown but Believed to Be Minimal. Glenn Proctor has been in the business of predicting market trends for the wine industry for thirty plus years, and he’s seen his share of ups...
September 18, 2017
Contrary to popular belief, Dom Pérignon was not the first monk in France to discover the magic between wine fermentation and carbon dioxide to create the bubbles in a bottle that led to champagne.
September 13, 2017
“We have to understand this … that in 25 years, there won’t be people alive who have lived without it.”
August 31, 2017
The classic “wine snob” model, epitomized by images of cork sniffing connoisseurs spending lavish amounts of money on bottles culled from famous European cellars, may well be making way for consumers embracing...
May 24, 2017
The Role of Texture in Wine Packaging. The lab supervisor of a well-known Sonoma County winery approached me recently with a lovely bottle of Cote des Roses by producer Gerard Bertrand...
February 2, 2017
Industry Follows Napa’s Lead in Charging Premium Prices for ‘High End’ Experiences
January 3, 2017
by Elizabeth Hans McCrone
You wouldn’t necessarily identify Atlanta, GA as the hub of wine industry technology activities, but that’s exactly where Justin Charbonneau launched his brainchild, GrapeConnect;...
December 5, 2016
With the election dust settling, wine industry officials are working to refocus their efforts on a host of regulations, laws and policies certain to affect the wine business at both state and federal levels...
November 30, 2016
No one knows exactly how much wine may become damaged due to temperature fluctuations during transport, but data collected by a savvy entrepreneur suggest the problem is much more widespread than commonly...