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Afternoon Brief, August 14
How TikTok Could Transform the Wine Industry: Within hours of TikTok announcing that it would allow alcohol advertising in North America, alcohol companies began running recruitment ads for TikTok specialists....
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Afternoon Brief, July 31
WMC Study Echoes Previous Club Member Concerns: Much of the news at this year's Wine Mark Council Direct-to-Consumer report was not especially new: Improved, though still lagging, tasting room visitor...
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Afternoon Brief, January 10th
Association Touts Wine’s Many Assets as It Counters Anti-Consumption Push: It is a little more than a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report that sent shivers through the tasting...
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Afternoon Brief, September 25th
No Signs of a Turning Point Yet for Wine: There has been little change in the trajectory of the U.S. wine market over the past three months...
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Afternoon Brief, February 21st
Alpha Omega Collective Wineries Merge, Unveil New Napa and Paso Robles Tasting Rooms: Alpha Omega winery in Napa Valley, Tolosa winery in the San Luis Obispo Coast and Perinet winery in Spain’s Priorat...
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Afternoon Brief, June 12
The Curious Case of the Withdrawn Wine: US editor W. Blake Gray has many questions – but few answers – about a bottle pulled from an auction this week...
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Afternoon Brief, June 11
Data Shows Economists Are Wrong—Wine Industry Doesn’t Support Trump: Quite recently the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) made headlines by publishing a dataset highlighting presidential campaign...
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Afternoon Brief, June 8
Does the Wine Industry Have a Racism Problem?: As protests against police brutality and racism in police culture continued across the United States and around the world last week, sparked by the death...
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Afternoon Brief, February 14
The country is now virtually closed to foreign travel and in the words of Alexandre Ricard, Pernod Ricards CEO: Night clubs and night bars are all closed in China and those bars and restaurants that are...
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Afternoon Brief, June 29
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: French Police Seize 10 Chinese-Owned Vineyards in Bordeaux French financial police have seized 10 wineries in the Bordeaux area which are owned...