Tag: Ciatti Company
Ciatti’s Global Market Expertise Unites & Benefit Buyers and Sellers of...
International wine broker Ciatti Company uses global market expertise and relationship networks to unite and mutually benefit buyers and sellers of bulk wine, grapes,...
Afternoon Brief, October 18th
A New Report Sheds Light on Millennial and Gen Z Drinking Behaviors: Where have all the younger drinkers gone? It’s the question that everyone who works with beverage alcohol has been asking themselves...
Afternoon Brief, September 12th
The California Bottle Bill: 8 Important Takeaways: One of the biggest changes in the California wine industry since the end of Prohibition begins on Jan. 1, 2024, and it looks like many of the state’s producers either don’t know about it or aren’t prepared for it — or both...
Afternoon Brief, August 14th
Maui Wildfires Kill Dozens and Devastate Communities and Hospitality Businesses: The historic town of Lahaina, popular with tourists, has lost hundreds of buildings, including restaurants like Fleetwood's on Front St., owned by musician Mick Fleetwood...
Afternoon Brief, August 11th
CEO Stole over $4 Million from Company to Build Winery, Farm and Horse Ranch, Feds Say: A German man is accused of building a boutique winery, farm and horse ranch on his private Virginia property with money stolen from his company, federal prosecutors said...
Afternoon Brief, July 18th
California Wine Grape Growers Need Support to Manage Risks from Wildfire and Smoke: Wildfire smoke exposure presents a unique challenge for viticulture as it can result in mild to severe degradation in wine grapes...
Afternoon Brief, July 17th
Vino Farms Vineyard Management Company to Pay $1.4 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Worker Pay, Breaks: One of Sonoma County’s largest vineyard management companies has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it failed to pay workers for all the hours they worked and failed to allow workers meal and rest breaks...
Afternoon Brief, July 12th
Growing Cover Crops Under Vineyard Vines Is a Sustainability Strategy: Practice can cut herbicide use, reduce labor and provide ecosystem services for grape production...
Afternoon Brief, May 16th
Bill to Expand Wine, Beer Licenses Opposed by ‘Packies’: The state's package store industry is digging in for another fight against "Big Alcohol" over efforts on Beacon Hill to deregulate the tightly controlled alcoholic beverages market...
Afternoon Brief, May 8th
Willamette Valley Wineries Hire Fire Litigation Lawyers to Investigate Suing Pacific Power for Grape and Wine Losses Arising from the 2020 Labor Day Fires: Today Willamette Valley Vineyards, Brigadoon Wine Co., Samuel Robert Winery, Retraite, LLC (fka Lingua Franca – LS Vineyards Holdings, LLC), and Elk Cove Vineyards Inc. announced they have hired a well-known legal team to investigate filing suit against Pacific Power, a division of PacifiCorp, in the Oregon state circuit courts...
Afternoon Brief, April 12th
Washington Wine Industry Rallies to Aid Family of Late Winemaker Ross Mickel: Last Labor Day weekend, winemaker Ross Mickel of Woodinville's Ross Andrew Winery died in a seaplane crash near Whidbey Island. Now, Mickel’s friends in the wine industry are working to help his surviving daughter and to potentially carry on some of the work he started...
Afternoon Brief, March 16th
Chateau Ste. Michelle Partners with Live Nation as First-Ever National Wine Sponsor: Chateau Ste. Michelle, Washington’s founding winery and host to the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved summer concert series, has partnered with the world’s leading live entertainment company Live Nation to become its first-ever national wine category sponsor...
Afternoon Brief, March 9th
California Wine Country’s Race to Build Wine Palaces: Today, there are over 8,000 legally bonded wineries in America with California leading with over 4,763 in 2021 according to Statista. Even Alaska has 24 wineries. While the total number of wineries has doubled since 2009, the production of wine has only gone up 3% in the same period. So, why has the number of wineries increased much faster than the actual gross production of wine?
Afternoon Brief, February 17th
Paso Robles Winery Sexual Harassment Case to Continue in Court: A federal judge denied a Paso Robles winery’s efforts to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. government in late January, court records show...
Afternoon Brief, February 15th
An English Lord and Lady Are Selling Their Napa Valley Vineyard for $35 Million: Once upon a time, winery acquisitions almost always tended to happen in secret, brokered by investment bankers...
