Afternoon Brief, February 8
Grape Crush Report Reveals Lighter Harvest for Washington State in 2015: Washington State's wine grape harvest in 2015 totaled 222,000 tons, down 2 percent from the prior year, said a report released today by the Washington State Wine Commission and the United States Department of Agriculture...
Afternoon Brief, February 5
Sonoma County Tourism Agency Sued Over Super Bowl Contract: The First Amendment Coalition filed a lawsuit against the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau on Thursday, challenging a decision by the agency to withhold a copy of its contract with the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee...
Afternoon Brief, February 4
Sonoma County Vintners’ Role Examined After Director’s Departure: Some local winery officials said Wednesday the unexpected departure of Sonoma County Vintners' executive director should trigger a re-examination of the role the trade group plays within the wine industry as well as the community...
Afternoon Brief, February 3
Sonoma County Vintners Announces Leadership Change: Sonoma County Vintners (SCV), the membership association serving as the leading voice of Sonoma County's acclaimed winemaking community, today announced that Executive Director Carolyn Stark has resigned for personal reasons, effective February 2...
Afternoon Brief, February 2
Wine Prices Could Go Up After California Wildfires Leave Tons of Grapes Unusable: California vineyards have been forced to throw away tons of grapes after they became unusable following wildfires that swept through the state last summer...
Afternoon Brief, February 1
Details of Sonoma County’s Super Bowl Pledge Shrouded: The Press Democrat could not ascertain exactly how much three Sonoma County groups are spending on their Super Bowl promotional effort and other details of the initiative after being denied a request for a copy of their contract with the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee...
Afternoon Brief, January 29
Your Favorite Beer and Wine Brands May Soon Be Hidden at the Supermarket: If your drink of choice hails from a craft beer label or a small vineyard, you might soon have trouble finding it at the supermarket...
Afternoon Brief, January 28
Wine Sales Growth Slows to 2% as Consumers Upscale: Growth in U.S. wine sales slowed in 2015 as competition heats up globally to slake the thirst of wine consumers for higher-priced wines, according to experts at a major wine industry conference...
Afternoon Brief, January 27
Wine Market Council Finds Generational and Involvement "Gaps" Increasingly Pivotal to Industry: Detailing its annual findings on the state of the wine industry in New York earlier this week, the Wine Market Council said significant differences in buying habits across generations and the increasing importance of the high-frequency, highly-involved wine drinker are changing the face of the business...
Afternoon Brief, January 26
What Next for U.S. Wine? Unified Symposium's "State of the Industry": This is the Western Hemispheres largest wine industry gathering and there is a lot going on this year, both on the trade show floor and in the ambitious seminar program...
Afternoon Brief, January 25
Direct Wine Shipments to Consumers Grow 4X Faster than Wine Retail Market in 2015: In the United States, 43 out of the 50 states allow direct shipment of wine to consumers, and these consumers continue to embrace this wine-by-mail option...
Afternoon Brief, January 22
Landmark Vineyards and Winery Acquires Russian River Valley’s Hop Kiln Winery: Landmark Vineyards, one of Sonoma's premier producers of luxury chardonnay and pinot noir, announced today its purchase of the historic Hop Kiln Vineyards located in Sonoma's Russian River Valley...
Afternoon Brief, January 21
Silicon Valley Bank Predicts 2016 Decline in Wine Consumption After Decades of Growth: Total and per-capita U.S. consumption to see first drop in more than 20 years; Domestic fine wine shows modest sales growth...
Afternoon Brief, January 20
US Beverage Industry Expo Announces Media Sponsors Wine & Spirits Magazine and Beverage Media: US Beverage Industry Expo, (USBevX), the conference that will take on the topic of the new normal in the alcohol beverage industry, recently announced Wine & Spirits Magazine and Beverage Media Group as the conference's media sponsors...
Afternoon Brief, January 19
Premiere Napa Valley Auction Goes Online: Twenty-five lots at this year's Premiere Napa Valley barrel tasting and futures auction will be offered online for the first time, boosting the chances of another record sale...
