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Afternoon Brief, July 8
California Vineyard Touts Propane Amid Bans: Environmental and health advocacy groups have launched a vigorous campaign against the use of natural gas in recent years, arguing it contributes to climate...
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Afternoon Brief, October 11th
Inflation Drags on Wine’s Return to Pre-Pandemic US Restaurant Sales: A hoped-for rapid return of U.S. consumers to pre-pandemic levels of ordering wine and other beverage alcohol at restaurants, bars,...
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Afternoon Brief, December 13th
Oregon Welcomes Its 22nd American Viticultural Area (AVA): Lower Long Tom: The Oregon Wine Board announces the federal recognition of Lower Long Tom AVA, the tenth nested AVA in the Willamette Valley and...
More than 85 percent of Pelee Island’s wine is sold in lightweight bottles. / Courtesy Pelee Island Winery
Canada's Struggle with Sustainability
Canadian winemakers grapple with a lack of vendor-diversity, resulting in less sustainable packaging options and impeding market reach. —Andrew Monro When it comes to wine-growing regions of the world,...
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Afternoon Brief, July 21
Ohio Attorney General Cries Foul on Wine.com and Other Wine Retailers: The state's attorney general is attempting to use a 21st Amendment power to stop direct deliveries from out-of-state retailers, raising...
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Afternoon Brief, August 9
The Wine Mavericks That Heralded a New Generation at U.C. Davis - Recently, I had dinner with my partners uncle, Dan Baron, and he opened a bottle from his new label, Complaint. Vinified in Napa, California,...
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Afternoon Brief, March 15
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Robust Sales for Premium, Small-Production Wines While sales of domestic wines were flat in February at $2.8 billion, a deeper dive into the data...
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Afternoon Brief, March 7
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Regulators Investigate Napa, Sonoma Wineries and Distributors for Illegal Trade Practices Federal and state agents visited more than 30 wine-related...
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Afternoon Brief, March 9
Total Wine Shipments to the US Expanded 3% to 399 Million Cases in 2016: For 12-months ending December 2016, Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates reports that total wine shipments into the US market expanded...
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Afternoon Brief, November 14
Lawsuit over Paso Robles Vineyard Wells Reveals Growing Water Fight: A lawsuit in California's Paso Robles wine region could impact how vintners in an increasingly thirsty region get their water...
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