March 22, 2017
New Company Breaks Barriers to Distribution for Small Producers
Consolidation continues to make distributors bigger and fewer while the number of producers grow with new small producers enter the market....
March 15, 2017
Major trends in the U.S. wine market including premiumization, sparkling wine, and rosé play to the strengths of French wine leading to a 14.2% value growth, surpassing runner-up New Zealand at 13.7%,...
January 26, 2017
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U.S. Wine Tops $10-A-Bottle Average for First Time, Expert Says
Consumer thirst for higher-quality wine has pushed the average bottle price in the...
January 18, 2017
Silicon Valley Bank Predicts Consumers Will Pay Slightly More for U.S. Wine in 2017: Silicon Valley Bank released its annual State of the Wine Industry Report today. The 16th annual State of the Wine Industry...
January 16, 2017
Sustainable Sonoma Wine Could Fetch $7-a-Bottle More, Survey Says: U.S. wine consumers are willing to pay more for wine - up to several dollars more per bottle - produced using "sustainable" practices,...
October 26, 2016
Wine Industry Wants Greater Say in Sonoma County Groundwater Regulation: Vintners and wine industry representatives on Tuesday pressed Sonoma County supervisors to give farming interests a greater say...
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...
June 2, 2015
Drought Is Bearing Fruit for Washington Wineries: American wine, for all the hype and hyperbole in recent years about Idaho rieslings or Pennsylvania pinot noirs, is still overwhelmingly a California...
May 22, 2015
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A California winery claims HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is infringing on its rights
The three-eyed raven is now also the subject of a trademark...
May 21, 2015
Sweeping Trade Bill Passes a Key Senate Vote: A flurry of last-minute deal-making on the Senate floor on Thursday rescued President Obama's ambitious trade agenda from defeat, breaking a filibuster to...