January 25, 2017
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Judgment of Paris No Clear-Cut Decision
It’s practically written into the annals of time at this point. A young English wine merchant organizes...
January 17, 2017
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Meritage – Death of a Marketing Label
As searches for the term enter a terminal tailspin, W. Blake Gray asks why producers still call wines Meritage…
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December 23, 2016
As explained in a statement, the fusion of these two winemaking bodies brings together two regions that have been growing closer since the 1990s as producers from the Côte d'Or have increasingly invested...
December 14, 2016
Davis Family Vineyards Files Trademark Infringement Lawsuit: Today, the award-winning and family operated, Healdsburg-based Davis Family Vineyards filed a lawsuit for trademark infringement and unfair...
November 22, 2016
How Millennials Are Breaking Down Class Barriers Post Brexit and Trump: Food - and wine in particular - are the next industries to see similar disruption because, according to John Gillespie of the Wine...
October 19, 2016
Charles Smith Reshapes Washington Wine Industry: When Charles Smith makes a move, the earth moves. On Monday, a big "crack" was heard throughout the Washington wine industry when it was announced that...
October 18, 2016
EPA Honors Jackson Family Wines with Green Power Leadership Award: Jackson Family Wines announced today that it has received a 2016 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection...
July 22, 2016
The Wine Industry May Not Be at the Conventions, but It's Watching: Presidential candidates used to be able to win their party's nomination by courting bigwigs over drinks at the bar outside the convention...
July 13, 2016
On-Premise Beverage Alcohol Consumption Continues to Decline: The on-premise beverage alcohol market was unable to capitalize on an improving economy, as consumption decreased for the third consecutive...
April 29, 2016
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Wine M&A Experts: Deals Abound in Buyer’s Market
A string of recent wine brand and property sales in the West Coast – including high-price North...