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Afternoon Brief
Afternoon Brief, January 19th
January 19, 2022
Following a Mixed Year for the US Wine Industry, Silicon Valley Bank Predicts Generational Shifts and Climate Change Will Be Turning Points for Wine Industry in Years Ahead: Silicon Valley Bank (SVB),...
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Afternoon Brief
Afternoon Brief, January 18th
January 18, 2022
With Napa Cab Increasingly Out of Reach, Could It Be Sonoma’s Turn for the Spotlight?: It’s hard to talk about California wine without immediately turning to Napa Valley. And with good reason. California...
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Wine Industry Needs to Ramp Up Recruitment in Competitive Job Market
January 18, 2022
HR experts discuss key techniques to recruiting and maintaining a strong wine business team. —Melanie Young Building a strong workforce is essential for many industries, including wine, especially with...
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Afternoon Brief
Afternoon Brief, January 17th
January 17, 2022
Henkell-Freixenet, the world's biggest sparkling wine company, has acquired Bolney Wine Estate, an English wine producer located in Sussex, southern England...
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Afternoon Brief
Afternoon Brief, January 14th
January 14, 2022
Joel Gott Wines Buys Napa's Historic Edge Hill Winery: Joel Gott Wines has purchased Napa’s historic Edge Hill property from Rudd Estate. The deal includes 25 acres, 6 of which are planted to a red field...
“This work is hard, lonely, and rewarding at the same time, and that’s okay.” —Julia Coney
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Wine's Most Inspiring People: Julia Coney—Writer, Educator, Speaker
January 14, 2022
Over the last year and a half, Julia Coney’s influence within wine continues to deepen, inspiring wine professionals to become more thoughtful about how their work can make a meaningful impact on the industry....
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Afternoon Brief
Afternoon Brief, January 13th
January 13, 2022
Wine Spectator's Kim Marcus, 1959–2022: Longtime senior editor helped shape the magazine's global coverage of wine for more than three decades...
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Wine's Most Inspiring People: Tony Wolf—Viticulturist, Educator
January 13, 2022
Lucie Morton says she remembers when Tony Wolf first appeared on her radar. He was a recent Cornell graduate, and she was a member of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, looking...
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Afternoon Brief
Afternoon Brief, January 12th
January 12, 2022
The Wine Industry Pledged to Improve Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity—Has Anything Changed?: In 2020, several critical events caused the wine industry to reckon with the underrepresentation and mistreatment...
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Wine's Most Inspiring People: Donniella Winchell—Executive Director, Ohio Wine Producers Association
January 12, 2022
Growing up on a Concord grape farm, Donniella Winchell never had the desire to pursue a career in the grape or wine business. Instead, after college, she took her talents to the classroom and taught history...