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Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Dennis Murphy—Founder & Winemaker, Caprio Cellars
“We give regularly and as often as possible. There's no reason to wait until the holidays. People need help year-round. And if more companies...
Afternoon Brief, January 10th
California Wine Industry Lost More Than $250 Million in Value Due to Port Disruptions: California’s wine industry lost more than $250 million in value last summer because of crushing supply chain disruptions at West Coast ports, a new economic report reveals...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Christa-Lee and Darrien McWatters, TIME Family of...
Tradition and progress often appear to be opposing factions, especially in our increasingly politicized world. But Christa-Lee and Darrien McWatters manage to honor their...
Afternoon Brief, January 7th
Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Alex Ryan—CEO, The Duckhorn Portfolio: Alex Ryan knows full well that the company he runs is trying to do something that has almost never been done successfully—which makes the challenge all that much more exciting...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Alex Ryan—CEO, The Duckhorn Portfolio
Alex Ryan knows full well that the company he runs is trying to do something that has almost never been done successfully—which makes the...
Afternoon Brief, January 6th
Republic National Distributing Company Purchases White Mountain Beverage: Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), the national distributor and broker of premium wine and spirits, purchased White Mountain Beverage, an independent Anheuser-Busch wholesaler, combining wine and spirits with beer to have one consolidated route to market...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Ron Rosenbrand—Viticulturist, Spring Mountain Vineyard
Ron Rosenbrand didn’t need a fire to cement his legacy at Spring Mountain Vineyard in Napa. By that awful late September night in 2020,...
Afternoon Brief, January 5th
World Bulk Wine Exhibition Coming to Sonoma California June 8th-9th: Following the success attained in Amsterdam in 2021, the WBWE faces a new challenge: its first-ever trade fair in the USA...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Cathy Huyghe—Writer, Entrepreneur, Meditator
In the wine industry, the extreme is expected: sipping and spitting through hundreds of wines in a matter of hours, tastings in caves, scuba...
Afternoon Brief, January 4th
Sonoma County Winemaking Club Hit with COVID Outbreak: By the time Dec. 11 rolled around, the Garage Enologists of Sonoma County were a bit starved for normalcy. The well-established amateur winemaking club had conducted most of its monthly meetings via Zoom since the start of the pandemic...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Marty Clubb—Co-Owner, L’Ecole No. 41
A Walla Walla industry leader and community builder.
Ask Marty Clubb how a one-time corporate financial analyst ended up running a top-notch, highly-respected Washington state...
Afternoon Brief, January 3rd
Wine’s Most Inspiring People Awards: Each year, Wine Industry Advisor chooses 10 individuals within the wine industry who showcase leadership, innovation, and inspiration. For the first time in 2021, WIA opened up the submission process to the industry at large...
Afternoon Brief, December 30th
What Are the Future Digital Technology Trends In Wine? New OIV Study Reveals Answers: Robots in the vineyards, AI wine critics, and block chain 4x4QR codes to track wine and provide transparency to consumers. These are just a few of the topics that were presented by a panel of wine technology experts as part of a recent 2021 OIV study...
Afternoon Brief, December 29th
A Father of Franciacorta: Franco Ziliani, Pioneering Winemaker of Italian Sparkling Wine, Dies at 90: Ziliani's passing came at a historic milestone, 60 years after making his first groundbreaking vintage of a Champagne-style sparkling wine for Berlucchi, the winery he came to own through his long partnership with Count Guido Berlucchi...
Afternoon Brief, December 28th
Wine Industry Advisor’s Top Articles of 2021: In 2021, Wine Industry Advisor increased its focus on creating original editorial content. We’ve enhanced our list of contributors to include some of the industry’s best wine writing talent, and have been able to provide you—our broad audience of professionals and enthusiasts—the latest, most important information about key topics facing our industry...
