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Afternoon Brief, June 13
Republic National Distributing Company and Young’s Market Company Announce Expanded Partnership: Republic National Distributing Company and Young's Market Company today announced a definitive agreement to partner in all markets in which Young's currently operates. The joint venture partnership expands upon Young's and RNDC's existing partnership in Arizona...
Afternoon Brief, June 10
Ancient Grape DNA Tells the Prolific History of Wine: Grape seeds dating back to medieval and Roman periods share many similarities with the wine grapes we enjoy today...
Afternoon Brief, March 14
Jackson Building a New Winery in Oregon: Jackson Family Wines is building a new winery in Oregon from scratch to help cope with its substantially increased vineyard holdings in the state...
Afternoon Brief, February 17
Strong Competition in Wine Sales Will Increase: The 2017 Wine Business Monthly rankings are out, and the results highlight what everyone in the wine business already knows: The competition in the world of wine sales is staggering...
Afternoon Brief, February 15
Californians Holding Breath as More Storms Loom: California water officials are frantically releasing water today from the Oroville Dam, located about 75 miles north of Sacramento, as concerns remain about erosion of the nation's tallest dam...
Afternoon Brief, February 9
'Red Blotch Like Phylloxera for California': Following a tasting in London on Tuesday this week, Bruce Cakebread discussed some of the issues facing wineries in California, in particular drought conditions and their effect on wine style, before mentioning Red Blotch as the biggest problem for growers in the region at the moment...
Afternoon Brief, October 3
Napa Valley Fruit Versus Napa Valley Wine: A proposal before the federal agency in charge of wine labeling has vintners in emerging regions complaining that Napa Valley is trying to hurt their businesses...
Afternoon Brief, July 8
Paul Hobbs Solidifies Position in the Sonoma Coast Acquiring Goldrock Ridge Vineyard: Winemaker Paul Hobbs has acquired the 42 acre Goldrock Ridge Vineyard, located in the northwest corner of the "true" Sonoma Coast appellation, near the town of Annapolis, CA, thus successfully concluding a quest that began over 3 years ago...
Afternoon Brief, October 8
TTB Establishes 11 New Viticultural Areas Within the Paso Robles Viticultural Area:
On Thursday, October 9, 2014, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau will publish a final rule in Federal Register establishing 11 new American viticultural areas within the existing Paso Robles viticultural area in San Luis Obispo County, California...
Afternoon Brief, August 7
Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison:
Rudy Kurniawan, the first person to be tried and convicted in a U.S. federal court for counterfeiting wine, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison...
Afternoon Brief, July 1
Bye bye Bordeaux! The new bull market for wine:
When a pack of wine collectors arrived in the private second floor of Manhattan's Bowery Hotel last Thursday for an auction held by Acker Merrall & Condit, they weren't there to hold back...
Afternoon Brief, Dec. 18
Trending Story:
Kurniawan found guilty
Wine counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan has been found guilty on multiple counts of fraud worth over $1 million by a jury in...
