Afternoon Brief, January 7th
Gallo Set to Dominate the Bargain Basement: Monopolies should be feared; sometimes not for the obvious reasons...
Afternoon Brief, January 6th
Completion of $810 Million Gallo-Constellation Wine Portfolio Deal Should Stabilize Grape, Distribution Networks: It’s a key milestone in Constellation’s multiyear move toward a more upscale portfolio, while it gives Gallo more wines in the under-$11-a-bottle category and additional wineries in which to make them...
Afternoon Brief, January 5th
E. & J. Gallo Winery Completes Acquisition of More Than 30 Brands from Constellation: E. & J. Gallo Winery (Gallo) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of more than 30 wine brands from Constellation Brands, Inc...
Afternoon Brief, January 4th
Mondavi’s Judd Wallenbrock Predicts a Premium Year in 2021: It’s apparent in speaking with Judd Wallenbrock, CEO of C. Mondavi & Family (parent company to Charles Krug), that he is highly optimistic about the future of wine in 2021...
Afternoon Brief, December 31st
Wine Sales Grow Despite Tough Times: Rosé and sparkling wine sales are continuing to climb, even through the global pandemic...
Afternoon Brief, December 30th
RNDC: Winery Success in 2021 Requires Sales Channel Understanding and Flexibility: Philana Bouvier, VP Fine Wine, Supplier Business Development at Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), a world class distributor of fine wine and spirits in North America, has some advice for 2021...
Afternoon Brief, December 29th
How the Coronavirus, Wildfires Are Changing How California Fine Wines Are Sold: The North Coast wine business had been facing slowing sales growth and increasing competition from other premium adult beverages even before this year’s coronavirus pandemic response led to months-long stretches of closures of key sales channels in tasting rooms and restaurants and wildfires caused tens of thousands of grape tons to not be harvested...
Afternoon Brief, December 28th
Coastal Winegrape Market Won’t Return to Normal Until 2023-24: As the president of Allied Grape Growers, a cooperative of over 450 grape growers in California, Jeff Bitter has had a challenging year….like much of the wine producing community...
Afternoon Brief, December 24
Gaylon Lawrence and Master Sommelier Carlton McCoy Jr. Announce the Acquisition of Napa Valley’s Legendary Stony Hill Vineyard: Gaylon Lawrence and Master Sommelier Carlton McCoy, Jr., have acquired legendary Napa Valley winery Stony Hill Vineyard. Jaimee Motley has been appointed as Winemaker, while Laurie Taboulet will take on the role of Estate Director...
Afternoon Brief, December 23rd
Winery eCommerce Data Reveals Keys to Growing Sales: “The number one thing wineries need to do in 2021 to grow their eCommerce sales is utilize personalization,” says Zach Kamphuis, General Manager of Commerce7...
Afternoon Brief, December 22nd
The HENRYs Offer the Greatest Opportunity for the Wine Sector in 2021: Damien Wilson, Ph.D, The Hamel Family Faulty Chair of Wine Business at Sonoma State, is never boring. That bodes well for his students, of course, but for the rest of us, his colorful analysis of the wine industry and his predictions for the future are always layered with a bit of humor...
Afternoon Brief, December 21
Business “Resiliency” Critical to Economic Success for Wine Industry During COVID-Era Challenges and Beyond: We’re all familiar with the saying that “when the going gets tough, the tough get going,” but for an industry that was turned on its head this last year by the ravages of Covid-19, the better adage might be “adapt or die.”...
Afternoon Brief, December 18
Smoke Taint Reduces California Wine Crop: A reduced harvest is good news for wineries, but not necessarily for consumers...
Afternoon Brief, December 17th
Wine Country Is Officially Closed for Wine Tastings Under Bay Area’s New Regional Stay-at-Home Order: After several months of back-and-forth opening and closing restrictions, Bay Area wineries were handed a clear and absolute message on Wednesday: They must all close to visitors. Most notably, the new guidelines mean that wineries in Napa County, the country’s most famous wine region, will have to shut their doors as of midnight on Thursday...
Afternoon Brief, December 16th
Enoforum, Europe’s Largest Scientific Technical Wine Congress, Coming to America: Ponte dell’Olio, Italy – ENOFORUM, the largest scientific technical congress in Europe for the wine sector, is coming to the United States on May 5-6, 2021 in Sonoma County, CA...
