Jeff Siegel
Jeff Siegel is an award-winning wine writer, as well as the co-founder and former president of Drink Local Wine, the first locavore wine movement. He has taught wine, beer, spirits, and beverage management at El Centro College and the Cordon Bleu in Dallas. He has written seven books, including "The Wine Curmudgeon’s Guide to Cheap Wine".
2022 WINnovation Award: Lamothe-Abiet Excellence B-Nature — Naturally Reducing SO2 Without...
The wine industry is constantly faced with new trends, challenges and the pressure to stay ahead of the competition. With that comes the opportunity...
2022 WINnovation Award: GOfermentor’s GOblend — Taking the Guesswork Out of...
The wine industry is constantly faced with new trends, challenges and the pressure to stay ahead of the competition. With that comes the opportunity...
2022 WINnovation Award: Buckeye Corrugated’s VinoPak — Curbside Recycleable and Cold...
The wine industry is constantly faced with new trends, challenges and the pressure to stay ahead of the competition. With that comes the opportunity...
Cross Marketing: Boost Your Bottom Line by Partnering with Like-Minded Businesses
Cross-marketing means forming marketing alliances with local businesses that sell related products, attract similar customers and have common demographics.
By Jeff Siegel
Talk to wine marketers...
You’ve Been Served: TTB Sued Over Wine Ingredient Labels
A lawsuit filed by three leading consumer organizations could finally bring the debate about ingredient and nutritional labeling for wine front and center.
By Jeff...
Sales Data Confusion: Depending on Your Source, Sales are Up…or Down
Getting a consistent take on wine sales in the U.S. remains a crap shoot
even in the data-driven, all-things-can-be-measured 21st century.
By Jeff Siegel
Wine sales...
Should Wine Labels List Ingredients?
TTB is considering rule changes that would require ingredients
and nutritional information on wine labels.
By Jeff Siegel
The U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade...
Will TTB Eliminate All Standards of Fill?
The TTB is asking for comment about eliminating all standards of fill for wine and spirits.
By Jeff Siegel
The wine industry, already beset by supply...
ULC’s Draft Shipping Changes Face Intense Industry Backlash
Will proposed standardization of shipping laws be an
unintentional setback?
By Jeff Siegel
This month, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC; an attorney committee otherwise best known...
Vineyard Automation Will Help Growers Survive Ongoing Labor Shortages
Artificial intelligence, robotics and advanced sensor technology will reinvent vineyard management … eventually.
By Jeff Siegel
Grape growing is a traditional business, parts of which haven’t...
Rethink Packaging: Wine Needs to Embrace CPG Strategies to Attract New...
Wine packaging was designed and perfected for the retail shelf display. So what happens when retail display doesn’t matter quite as much as it...
DTC Crackdown: Understand State Laws to Avoid Entanglement
There could well be a silver lining in the number of states that have stepped up enforcement of direct to consumer (DTC) shipping regulations....
Provi v. SGWS and RNDC
Despite claims of conspiracy and antitrust, outdated regulations may make a decision difficult.
By Jeff Siegel
Online marketplace Provi’s anti-trust lawsuit against the country’s two biggest...
US Treasury Alcohol Reform Report—Wine Industry Implications
Expect to see the federal government try to make significant changes in the way wine is marketed and distributed in the wake of last...
Selling a Wine Business? Here’s What You Need to Know
The situation happens so often these days that it has become a cliché—the Baby Boomer winery owner who knows it’s time to retire, but...
