January 7, 2026
U.S. Wine Retailers Statement on Dietary Guidelines: The National Association of Wine Retailers (NAWR) applauds the recently released “Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030” for its adherence to...
April 30, 2025
Vinarchy - A New Global Wine Company: Vinarchy combines the assets of wholly-owned Accolade Wines with the Australian, New Zealand and Spanish wine businesses formerly owned by Pernod Ricard, which were...
April 16, 2025
Wine Parties Like It's 1961: Wine production is at its lowest since 1961, but that's okay – consumption has also fallen to a 55-year low...
April 8, 2025
How Will Tariffs on Every Imported Bottle of Wine Impact US Consumers? President Trump’s global trade strategy means higher wine prices—10 percent for New Zealand, 20 percent for Italy, France and Spain,...
April 3, 2025
Tariff Winners and Losers in Wine and Spirits: US President Donald Trump declared trade war on the entire world on Wednesday, slapping new tariffs on almost every product made anywhere outside the US....
February 4, 2025
Los Angeles Wildfires Devastated the Local Wine Industry. What's Next?
Wine businesses are navigating the effects of the Los Angeles fires, spearheading relief efforts, and forging a path forward...
December 30, 2024
WMC Announces Member Webinar on 2025 Wine Market and the Popularity of NoLo Wines: What are the opportunities to sell wine in 2025? With the year starting with “Dry January,” there is a possibility to...
December 11, 2024
Sonoma County Vintners Announces “Wine Is Us” Campaign Promoting Positive Benefits of Wine: Sonoma County Vintners (SCV) is excited to announce their new “Wine Is Us” multimedia campaign as part of their...
November 14, 2024
La Crema Named American Winery of the Year: La Crema, a pioneer in cool-climate winemaking and celebrated winery at the forefront of the industry for over 40 years, has been awarded American Winery of...
October 3, 2024
Wine Marketing Surfs the Youth Edge: Trying to attract new wine drinkers is a sensible policy, but how young do some campaigns want them to be?
September 18, 2024
Class Action Says Alberstons, Safeway Wine 'Member Price' Sales Are False: A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Albertsons Companies of deceptively employing fake strikethrough reference prices for...
September 4, 2024
6 Surprising Findings from Wine Market Council DTC Study: In a deeper analysis of the recent Wine Club/DTC Consumer Survey data, WMC researchers identified several surprising findings about how wine consumers...
August 21, 2024
New Research Reveals an Increase in Visitor Diversity, Visitor Spend and Domestic Travelers in California's Napa Valley: The comprehensive research report finds that visitor spending and related tax revenue...
July 24, 2024
Large California Wine Producer Files for Bankruptcy, to Sell Assets: Vintage Wine Estates (VWE.O), one of the largest U.S. wine producers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, citing overexpansion,...
July 10, 2024
Finally, Some Good News About Smoke Taint: Smoke taint is a scourge that can ruin a harvest. But as Jeff Siegel discovers, research has unlocked some answers...
June 12, 2024
Sonoma County Wine Auction to Be Hosted at Historic Chateau St. Jean Winery: Sonoma County Vintners Foundation is delighted to announce that the charitable Sonoma County Wine Auction has been renamed as...











