Afternoon Brief, December 17
Gallo to Acquire The Ranch Winery, Tripling Its Production Capacity in the Napa Valley: E.&J. Gallo Winery has agreed to acquire The Ranch Winery, a custom crush winery in St. Helena, California, located between Highway 29 and the Silverado Trail. The facility spans more than 70 acres and has a grape crush capacity of 30,000 tons. It also has 4.6 million cases of bottling capacity and 8 million gallons of storage space...
Afternoon Brief, December 16
Counterfeit Claims Spark Defamation Action: Wine experts are embroiled in a defamation lawsuit, in which the chairman of The Wine Institute of Las Vegas claims a San Francisco consultant accused him of being a "criminal [who] should be in jail"...
Afternoon Brief, December 15
A Toast to Father & Daughter Winemaking Teams: There's a new generation in wine. Fathers and Sons working together is nothing new and certainly not exclusive to the wine industry, but women are increasingly breaking into wine, and some of them come from within established wine families...
Afternoon Brief, December 14
Resveratrol Could Replace Sulfites in Wine: Researchers in Argentina have come up with a possible alternative to sulfites in red wine and it's something that should please the health conscious - resveratrol...
Afternoon Brief, December 11
Is the Napa Valley Vine Trail Compatible with Growing Grapes? Whether the Napa Valley Vine Trail and farming are a good mix is a new question facing the county Board of Supervisors...
Afternoon Brief, December 10
Rudy Kurniawan's Fake Wines Get the Death Penalty: It's been a busy two days in the saga of convicted wine counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan...
Afternoon Brief, December 9
FEMA Releases Severe El Nino Disaster Response Plan For California, Arizona, Nevada: The FEMA Region 9 office, in Oakland, CA has established an El Niño task force charged with preparing the regional office and its partners for the impacts of El Niño...
Afternoon Brief, December 8
Gallo Survey Finds That Today's Wine Drinkers Are Diverse with an Appreciation of New Offerings for More Occasions: Whether it's relaxing at home, dining out at a restaurant or celebrating with friends and family, Americans are enjoying wine at a wider variety of occasions than ever before...
Afternoon Brief, December 7
Canada and Mexico Given Approval to Implement Over $1 Billion in Damaging Tariffs on American Exports, Including Wine: The World Trade Organization announced today that it is authorizing Canada and Mexico to move forward with a combined $1,009,760,000 in retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. noncompliance on Country of Origin Labeling for muscle cuts of beef and pork...
Afternoon Brief, December 4
North Coast Wineries See Opportunities, Challenges Ahead in 2016: The North Coast wine industry remains in a relatively strong position going into 2016 despite a much lighter grape harvest this year and persistent environmental concerns, especially as its water use comes under greater scrutiny in a drought era, industry analysts said Thursday...
Afternoon Brief, December 2
Awards Recognize Importance of Wine Industry Innovators: Great wine is often the perfect blend of art and science. Winemakers clearly provide the art and deservedly, receive most of the credit. However, much of the science comes from the collaboration between wineries that are trying to make better wine, growing higher quality grapes and operating more efficiently, and the suppliers that provide the products and services needed to do so...
Afternoon Brief, December 1
Truett-Hurst Sues Landlord in Winery Lease Dispute: Publicly owned startup vintner Truett-Hurst has taken the owner of its Russian River Valley winery and tasting room to court, claiming the action is necessary to prevent eviction ahead of what the wine company speculates could be a move to position the property for sale...
Afternoon Brief, November 30
Regular US Wine Drinkers to Reach Over 100m by 2025: 'Next-Gen' consumers are set to swell the number of regular wine drinkers in the US to well over 100m over the next decade, according to a new report...
Afternoon Brief, November 25
Competing with Craft: Is the Meteoric Rise of Craft Beer a Threat to US Wine? With craft beers continuing to win over US drinkers, are millennial consumers abandoning traditional wines for trendy beers?
Afternoon Brief, November 24
Okanagan Wineries Ask for Stronger Police Presence After Rash of Break-Ins: A group of winery owners in the South Okanagan says the province needs to do more to stop thieves from stealing computers, equipment and wine...
