Coastal Winegrape Market Won’t Return to Normal Until 2023-24: As the president of Allied Grape Growers, a cooperative of over 450 grape growers in California, Jeff Bitter has had a challenging year….like...
Business “Resiliency” Critical to Economic Success for Wine Industry During COVID-Era Challenges and Beyond: We’re all familiar with the saying that “when the going gets tough, the tough get going,” but...
Wine & Spirits Continue Premiumization, but Growth Eases: As the key holiday-selling season began in earnest on Thanksgiving weekend, the off-premise alcoholic beverage market saw continued deceleration,...
California Liquor Board Bypasses Due Process: A move by California's Alcoholic Beverage Control department ignores a basic legal principle, critics say...
California Wineries Brace for Big Losses During Holiday Season After Looming Lockdown: Following news of a looming shutdown, winery owners and executives throughout the Bay Area said that while they understood...
Drizly Study of Independent Alcohol Retailers Points to Bullish Holiday Outlook: Drizly, the nation’s first and largest alcohol e-commerce marketplace, today released its second annual monitor of North...
Second annual nationwide survey points to COVID-19’s transformational impact on adult beverage retail as online sales growth outpaces in-store; craft hard seltzer, Tequila and Mezcal expected to gain significant...
Napa Valley Grapegrowers 2020 Growing Season Perspective: Napa Valley sets the gold standard for farming. As an established agricultural preserve for over 50 years, the cherished, 30-mile stretch of land...
Enterprise Level Automation and AI Marketing Tools Made Accessible to Wineries: Debuting at the WIN Expo in December 2019, PreferencePro by VinterActive made a serious splash and quickly signed up several...
Improved Dealcoholization Technology Preserves Beverage Quality and Meets New Consumer Demands: “Low and no” are shorthand for one of the beverage industry’s most pronounced trends, a worldwide shift toward...
