September 5, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: SVB on Wine: Premium Wine Sales Decelerating It’s easy to tell people what they want to hear. It’s harder to tell them what they don’t...
June 20, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: No Simple Solutions for Sonoma’s Glut of Downtown Wine-Tasting Rooms As summer heats up and more tourists come to Sonoma for wine-tasting, among...
March 9, 2017
Total Wine Shipments to the US Expanded 3% to 399 Million Cases in 2016: For 12-months ending December 2016, Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates reports that total wine shipments into the US market expanded...
December 29, 2016
10 Timeless Lessons About Business from the Founders of the Biggest Wine Brand in America: Last month I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, the founders of the world's...
December 9, 2016
Wine Harvest Report 2016: A Record-Breaking Haul Has Washington Vintners in Good Spirits: Washington vintners are calling 2016 the longest harvest they can remember.The extended season allowed their grapes...
September 1, 2016
Next Generation Santa Cruz Mountains: Carrying On Paul Draper’s Legacy: Draper recently announced his retirement after 46 vintages, turning over the keys of the kingdom to a new group of winemakers in...
June 9, 2016
E. & J. Gallo Purchases Wine Brand Orin Swift Cellars: Winemaker Dave Phinney has a knack for making delicious, stylish wines with memorable labels and attractive price points but also for understanding...
March 15, 2016
Gallo, Constellation Claim Nearly Half of Domestic Wine’s “Hot Brands”: It's no secret that E.&J. Gallo Winery and Constellation Brands are powerhouses in the U.S. wine market. Indeed, the two companies...
February 25, 2016
California Wine Exports Set Record in 2015: U.S. wine exports, 90% from California, reached $1.61 billion in winery revenues in 2015, an all-time record and a 7.6% increase from 2014. Volume was up 4.1%...
December 14, 2015
Resveratrol Could Replace Sulfites in Wine: Researchers in Argentina have come up with a possible alternative to sulfites in red wine and it's something that should please the health conscious - resve...