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Afternoon Brief, December 7th
Why Napa Green’s Glyphosate Ban Is Such a Big Deal: Last month, Napa Green, a sustainable wine-growing certification for Napa Valley vineyards, announced that members must phase out the use of the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in popular weed killer Roundup...
Afternoon Brief, December 6th
New Lawsuit Challenges Protectionist California Wine Distribution Law: The National Association of Wine Retailers announced its support today for a lawsuit challenging a discriminatory and protectionist California restriction on out-of-state wineries selling directly to California retailers and restaurants...
Afternoon Brief, December 5th
AI Can Tell a Wine’s Vineyard with 100% Accuracy: AI may have just replaced another profession: wine tasters...
Wish You Were Here: 11th WIN Expo Delivers Education, Access and...
If you didn’t attend the 11th annual WIN Expo last week, expect to hear from clients and colleagues over the coming weeks about what...
Afternoon Brief, December 4th
Washington Winery Wants Answers as to Who Drained Thousands of Gallons of Wine Estimated at over $600K: Investigators have not made any arrests and have no suspect information...
Afternoon Brief, December 1
NYC Wine Shop Faces Panicked Customers Who Fret Their Prized Vintages Are Lost or Sold:
Afternoon Brief, November 30
US Ramps Up Wine Exports: American producers are finally starting to take the international wine market seriously and looking beyond their own borders...
Afternoon Brief, November 29
Taiwan Firm Embroiled in Multi-Million Dollar Wine-Related Financial Fraud: Ten individuals have been indicted in Taiwan for allegedly defrauding investors of nearly 65 million, partly through a scheme involving a wine-themed investment fund...
Afternoon Brief, November 28
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Concern About Minimum Unit Pricing in France
Concern has been raised by wine producers about setting a minimum price for alcohol in...
Afternoon Brief, November 27th
‘Hundreds of Millions’ of Wine Labels to Be Destroyed: New European Commission guidelines concerning the labelling of wine bottles could result in a huge number of already printed labels being destroyed, according to the Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins (CEEV)...
Afternoon Brief, November 22nd
Wine's Demand and Demography Dilemma: Instead of chasing the Millennial dollar, wineries should be taking care of older consumers...
Afternoon Brief, November 21st
Angry French Winemakers Plan Mass Protest in Narbonne: Tension has been running high in southern France and winemakers are planning a major protest in Narbonne later this month over a crisis facing the industry...
Afternoon Brief, November 20th
Extreme Weather and Falling Demand Are Pushing Wineries into the Red: High input costs and declining consumption are adding to the woes of small, independent wineries...
Afternoon Brief, November 17th
First Winery to Commit to 300 Gram Bottle: Today a small winery in Zillah Washington was the first winery in the USA to commit to the new 300 gram bottle from Verallia...
Afternoon Brief, November 16th
The Duckhorn Portfolio Announces an Agreement to Acquire Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards: The Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (NYSE: NAPA) (the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards (“Sonoma-Cutrer”), one of the largest luxury Chardonnay wineries in the U.S., from Brown-Forman Corporation (“Brown-Forman”), for approximately $400 million to be paid in a combination of Company stock and cash...