COVID’s Winery Wake Up Call: Winemaking is important, but the wine sales game has changed dramatically...
Five Months In – What We Have Learned: The COVID-19 pandemics effect on the market is essentially five months old now and we have some clearer data and patterns to use to make better decisions...
Napa, CA (June 30, 2020) – Since 2011, the Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation has served Napa County’s Latino community, providing educational and professional development opportunities for more than...
New Report from Sonoma State University Shows $9.6 Billion Loss to CA Economy from Wine Industry Decline
Rohnert Park, CALIFORNIA – The Wine Business Institute at Sonoma State University has issued...
Wise Villa Winery became one of the first wineries to reopen nationally, with a few states beginning to remove their stay-at-home orders and allow customers back inside albeit without tastings.
Lost Revenue of 36 to 66 Percent Projected for Most Wineries
SAN FRANCISCO — Revenue losses for the nation’s more than 10,000 wineries and more than 8,000 winegrape growers due to COVID-19 could reach...
Source: Zepponi & Company
Santa Rosa, Calif., April 6, 2020 – Now, several weeks into COVID-19’s appearance and rapid spread in the U.S., the virus’s impact on the beverage alcohol industry...
Despite wineries being shuttered and millions of people sheltering in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers have not stopped buying wine, but have increasingly turned to other channels for their...
The 3rd edition of ProWine Asia (Singapore) scheduled for July 13 – 16, 2020 will be postponed to March 2 – 5, 2021. The region’s leading wines and spirits trade fair is jointly organized...
Grand Prairie, Texas, March 27, 2020 – Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), a world-class distributor of fine wines and spirits in North America, takes pride in its Core Value of Family....
San Jose, CA, March 26, 2020 — Online sales have suddenly become a critical path for wineries, wine retailers and other small businesses forced to forego in-person on-premise sales due to widespread Shelter-In-Place...
Consumers have been stocking up in preparation for an extended COVID-19 pandemic and sheltering in place. Most of the purchases have of course been focused on perishables and toilet paper, but alcoholic...
With Tasting Rooms Closed, Napa's Wine Country Workforce Feels the Sting: As the economic ramifications of shuttered tasting rooms and a hobbled hospitality sector become clearer in Napa Valley, businesses...
Checks of $300 each to be Distributed to Those Most in Need in Napa, Mendocino and Lake Counties Via Chambers of Commerce
(Rutherford, Calif.—March 23, 2020) – Andy Beckstoffer of Beckstoffer Vineyards...
A Call To Set Aside Self-Serving Politicking In Favor of
A Rational Response to A Human and Marketplace Emergency
(Sacramento, CALIF)—If ever there was a moment that demonstrated both the utility and necessity...
SANTA ROSA, CA— Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Shelter in Place Order in Sonoma County, local farmers and ranchers are still providing a stable food source for our community.
While most of...
