Tag: Constellation Brands
Afternoon Brief, June 20
10 Business Lessons Learned from the Founders of America's Biggest Wine Brand: Last month I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, the founders of Barefoot Wine...
Afternoon Brief, April 29
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Wine M&A Experts: Deals Abound in Buyer’s Market
A string of recent wine brand and property sales in...
Afternoon Brief, April 21
California Vintners Grapple with New State Law on Worker Payments: Vintners are still grappling with a new state law that mandates additional pay provisions if they compensate employees by how much they pick rather than through a straight hourly wage...
Afternoon Brief, April 12
Winery Projects Sugarloaf and Bordigioni Rise on Highway 12 Near Oakmont: Along a stretch of state Highway 12 at Oakmont Drive, the frame of a large production facility is rising out of a large dirt field that has been graded by backhoes and trucks...
Afternoon Brief, April 11
Vision and Robots Team Up for Wine Production: Robots and robotic-based vision systems are slowly replacing the tedious, time-consuming tasks involved in wine production...
Afternoon Brief, April 6
Constellation Buys the Prisoner Wine Company for $285 Million: Less than a year after buying Meiomi, the company sees potential in the red blend Dave Phinney created...
Afternoon Brief, April 4
California’s Wine Industry Leads the Nation in Economic Benefit: The nation's multi-billion dollar wine, grape and grape product industries in the United States contribute more than $162 billion annually to the American economy, according to industry research firm MKF Research...
Afternoon Brief, February 11
U.S. Wine Export Market Ripe for Growth: Washington wine grape growers should be looking to New Zealand as a model for premium wine production and theres opportunity for growth...
Afternoon Brief, January 15
Kendall-Jackson Wine Maker Buys Former Evergreen International Headquarters: The company behind Kendall-Jackson wines is buying more property in Oregon wine country after winning an auction for the former corporate home of a defunct airline...
Afternoon Brief, January 13
El Nino Conditions Already Weakening: While robust storms keep passing over California, sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean are already starting to cool, signaling an eventual end to El Nino...
Afternoon Brief, January 12
AB InBev Caught Up in Illegal Tax Break: At least 35 multinational companies, including brewer AB InBev, are being ordered to pay a total of 700 million (£525m) after benefitting from an illegal tax break in Belgium...
Afternoon Brief, January 11
The 2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Winners: The winners of the 2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (SFCWC) were announced on Friday, after receiving a record 7,162 entries this year the highest number of wine entries to date...
Afternoon Brief, January 8
Napa and Sonoma Vintners See a Surge in Vine-Killing Pierce's Disease: Thousands of vines were uprooted in 2015, raising fears that warm weather is allowing the disease to spread...
Afternoon Brief, January 4
The Labeling Lies of Expensive Wines: The labels on more affordable wines can be more trustworthy than their pricey counterparts...
Afternoon Brief, November 20
Massive El Niño Gains Strength, Likely to Drench Key California Drought Zone: One of the most powerful El Niños on record continues gathering strength and is looking increasingly likely to bring heavy rains to key Northern California areas that provide water for the rest of the state, according to a new forecast...
