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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...
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Wine's Most Inspiring People: Christa-Lee and Darrien McWatters, TIME Family of Wines
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 family’s incredible history and...
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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...
Alex Ryan, Duckhorn Portfolio
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. “No, there hasn’t been a...
AB Hero Wine Keyboard
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...
Wine's Most Inspiring People 2021/2022—Ron Rosenbrand, Spring Mountain Vineyard
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, he had already logged almost 20 years as a premier grape grower at...
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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...
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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 diving for wine. Successfully making and selling wine appears...
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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...
MIP 2021 / Marty Clubb, owner/winemaker L'Ecole No. 41
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 winery—for some 30 years,...