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December 20, 2024
SWR: Lighter Bottles for Entry Level Wines Is 'the Wrong Message': Producers need to put high-quality wines into lighter bottles to shift consumer perception around bottle weight, Dr Laura Catena argued...
December 19, 2024
Improving the Tasting Room Experience Can Lead to Higher Revenue: Wine tourism is becoming a more important source of revenue, which means maximising sales at the cellar door. Felicity Carter asks how...
December 18, 2024
NASEM Report Affirms Benefits of Moderate Drinking: The first of the two alcohol studies that will inform American drinking guidelines has been released...
December 17, 2024
Wine Market Council Targets New Audiences for National Survey: Could the future of the wine business rest with millennials as they get older? That was one of the findings of this afternoon’s Wine Market...
December 16, 2024
What a Century-Old Grapevine Reveals About a Disease That Plagues Wine Country: In a new study, researchers identified a 120-year old grapevine cutting in the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity that still...
December 13, 2024
Agricultural Workers Reduce Hours or Move Locations to Avoid Wildfire Smoke: Researchers used a novel method involving cell phones to track movement...
December 12, 2024
Breaking: Southern Glazer's in Legal Crosshairs at FTC: The Federal Trade Commission will sue Southern Glazer’s, the world’s biggest wine wholesaler, for illegal business practices that include charging...
December 11, 2024
Sonoma County Vintners Announces “Wine Is Us” Campaign Promoting Positive Benefits of Wine: Sonoma County Vintners (SCV) is excited to announce their new “Wine Is Us” multimedia campaign as part of their...
December 10, 2024
Federal Judge Blocks Largest Supermarket Merger in History: A federal judge in Oregon blocked Kroger's proposed $25 billion tie-up with Albertsons, ruling that the largest merger in US supermarket history...
December 9, 2024
What Do Neo-Prohibitionists Really Want?: Organizations that advocate for more stringent policies around the sale and marketing of alcohol are gaining momentum. What does this mean for the beverage in...