With tasting rooms and most wholesale accounts closed, wineries up and down the East Coast limped along early the COVID-19 pandemic, surviving on some combination of wine clubs, online sales, and curbside...
by Ana Ferreira
The new social and economic environment created by Covid-19 is accelerating dramatic changes on what and how consumers buy. The habits of a generation have changed in a matter of weeks....
The two standard sizes for wine barrels, 225 liter/59 gallon barrels, also called a barrique bordeleaise, and its Burgundy counterpart, 228L/60 gallons, have been with us for centuries, and are not about...
Symposium Tracks Will Focus on Wholesale and Direct to Consumer Channels
Healdsburg, CA, August 10, 2020 – Wine Industry Network (WIN) announced today that it is launching a new Wine Industry Sales Symposium....
Brianne Cohen is the principal in a new lifestyle brand and business based out of Los Angeles, California. She has been producing events and weddings for over 10 years...
McFinn Technologies, located in the heart of Kenosha, Wisconsin, has been setting the standard for industry-grade flexible impeller and centrifugal pumps designed specifically for the wine industry since...
In this interview (video above), we talk with Michael Kaiser, Vice President of Government Affairs / WineAmerica, a grassroots advocacy organization for the American Wine Industry and the only national...
Knowing which tools to carry is the bigger challenge, and a few cloud-based software platforms stand above the rest...
This year organizers of the 3-day Oregon Wine Experience are hoping to break the $1 million mark as the auction weekend, just like many others across the country, is forced to go online due to COVID-1...
It is the middle of the summer and what is usually an incredibly busy and profitable tourist season has been nipped in the bud, so to speak, by what is being called the novel coronavirus.
The California state water board is working on an update to the winery general order to provide a permitting process with water discharge requirements (WDR) that make sure wineries are in compliance with...
PHILO, Calif. – August 3, 2020 – Milla Handley, founder of the acclaimed Handley Cellars, and a respected leader in the Anderson Valley wine community, died on July 25th. A pioneering winemaker, in 1975,...
“Weird is the new normal.”
So opines Ron Dillon, manager of the bustling, successful Lodi Wine Labs located in the Central Valley hub of California when discussing what is becoming an annual...
Haas is a firm believer that, even when the pandemic has subsided and the industry can get back to "normal," virtual tastings for trade—NOT consumers—will be one of the few COVID-19 evolutions that will...
COVID-19 has affected more than winery relationships with consumers—it’s affected relationships with distributors, wholesalers, sommeliers, and retail market trade as well...
The landmark deal will include Geyser Peak, Atlas Peak, XYZin and Outlot wines
NAPA, CA (July 22, 2020) — Family owned-and-operated fine wine importer Quintessential will become the custodian of all U.S.-produced...
