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Afternoon Brief, October 20
Global Wine Production Expected to Fall by 5% Due to 'Climatic Events': Global wine production is expected to fall by 5% in 2016 because of "climatic events" causing steep drops in production in most of the southern hemisphere, particularly Chile and Argentina...
Adler Fels Announces Brand Re-Launch After 35 Years
New Wines Key for Future Growth
October 20, 2016 (Santa Rosa, CA) – Adler Fels has announced that it has completely renovated its established brand...
Alpha Omega Surges Ahead with New Solar and Energy Storage Microgrid
System marks the largest commercial microgrid system for a Napa Valley winery and in the entire PG&E utility service territory
RUTHERFORD, Calif. (October 20, 2016) –...
Afternoon Brief, October 19
Charles Smith Reshapes Washington Wine Industry: When Charles Smith makes a move, the earth moves. On Monday, a big "crack" was heard throughout the Washington wine industry when it was announced that Smith had sold his eponymous wine brand to mega-giant Constellation Brands for a reported $120 million...
AdVini Expands Its Presence in Burgundy
AdVini, owner of Domaine Laroche in Chablis, expands its presence in Burgundy with the acquisition of Maison Champy in Beaune, as well as Domaine Laleure-Piot, in Pernand-Vergelesses.
Founded in...
Afternoon Brief, October 18
EPA Honors Jackson Family Wines with Green Power Leadership Award: Jackson Family Wines announced today that it has received a 2016 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Afternoon Brief, October 17
Constellation Buys Five of Charles Smith's Washington Wine Brands for $120 Million: Constellation Brands added to its burgeoning collection of premium wine brands, announcing this morning an agreement to purchase five Washington brands from Charles Smith Wines for $120 million...
Afternoon Brief, October 14
Loss of Sales, Result of Wine Industry’s Failure to Meet Mobile Challenge: Have wine brands across the industry embraced promoting themselves through the use of mobile apps? Scott Stanchak, who teaches graduate level e-commerce marketing at NYU, and is the Managing Director, Mobile Marketing Strategy, at The New York Times, thinks not...
Afternoon Brief, October 13
Napa Valley 2016 Harvest Wraps Up Right Before Region’s First Storm: The 2016 Napa Valley Winegrape Harvest is officially "in" this week, just as the season's first storm heads towards Napa Valley...
Zipz Wine Unzipping the Potential of the Single Serve Market
One innovative idea can be the key to accessing new marketplaces and segments, but the technical challenges to implementing that idea can be daunting...
Afternoon Brief, October 12
Sonoma County Grower Credits Great Growing-Season Weather for a Great 2016 Wine Grape Crop: By the end of the first week of October, the 2016 harvest was all but over for veteran Sonoma County wine grape grower Duff Bevill...
Afternoon Brief, October 11
First Big Rains of Rain Season Heading Toward Napa: Napa County could soon get a wet wallop, but local grape growers and Safeway Open golf tournament officials expect to weather the blow...
King Estate Receives Demeter Certification
Now the Largest Biodynamic Vineyard in U.S.
(Eugene, OR) – King Estate Winery is now officially the largest Biodynamic® vineyard in the United States as...
Afternoon Brief, October 10
Vintage Wine Estates Purchases Napa Valley’s Delectus Winery: Vintage Wine Estates announced today the purchase of DELECTUS Winery, a producer of high-scoring, luxury appellation red wines...
Afternoon Brief, October 7
Jackson Family Wines Partners with Breakthru Beverage Canada: Jackson Family Wines is establishing a new sales partnership with Breakthru Beverage Canada, transitioning part of its sales operation to the company...
