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Revelton Distilling Earns Three Gold Medals and Three Best-in-Class Honors at the 2026 International Women's Spirits Competition
June 29, 2026 (Osceola, IA) — Revelton Distilling Company has earned top honors at the 2026 International Women’s Spirits Competition, with each of the three spirits it entered receiving both...
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Matt Moore Appointed General Manager for Johnson Brothers of Iowa
October 9, 2025 (St. Paul, MN) — ohnson Brothers is pleased to announce the promotion of Matt Moore to General Manager for Johnson Brothers of Iowa. Moore brings more than 20 years of beverage...
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The Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award Nominations Are Now Open 
February 27, 2025 (Des Moines, IA) — Nominations for the Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award are now open through April 15, 2025.  The World Food Prize Foundation established the Iowa...
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Afternoon Brief, December 23
Wine Excise Tax Reduction Extension Becomes Law: The consolidated appropriations package, which includes a one-year extension of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (S. 362/ H.R. 1175)...
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Afternoon Brief, January 23
DTC Channel Is Reaching Maturity for Wine: Larry Cormier, General Manager, ShipCompliance by Sovos, presented the topline results from their annual Direct to Consumer Wine Shipping Report based on the...
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Afternoon Brief, March 15
French Wine Capitalizing on U.S. Drinking Trends: Major trends in the U.S. wine market including premiumization, sparkling wine, and rosé play to the strengths of French wine leading to a 14.2% value growth,...
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Afternoon Brief, February 23
Gina Gallo and Jean-Charles Boisset Honored with The Robert Mondavi Wine & Food Award by The Collins College of Hospitality Management: Gina Gallo, Senior Director of Winemaking of the Ernest and Julio...
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Afternoon Brief, November 22
How Millennials Are Breaking Down Class Barriers Post Brexit and Trump: Food - and wine in particular - are the next industries to see similar disruption because, according to John Gillespie of the Wine...
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Afternoon Brief, August 15
Clayton Fire in Lake County Destroys Lower Lake Winery: Though the Clayton fire has destroyed one winery, Lake County vintners reported Monday their $61 million industry remained largely unscathed to...
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Afternoon Brief, November 6
Objections May Scuttle Jackson Wine Purchase in McMinnville: Two parties have filed objections to Jackson Family Wines purchase of two mirror-image buildings in a set of three on the campus of the former...
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Afternoon Brief, October 5
Technology Used to Fight Back Against Fakes: Counterfeit wines and spirits are big business from Glasgow to Guangdong, and the fakers are not just targeting premium brands such as top of the range Cognacs...
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Afternoon Brief, August 18
Positive Wine Industry Survey Results, but PR Efforts Still Needed: Survey results released by Sonoma State's Wine Business Institute last week ran contrary to the impression given by several recent stories...
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Afternoon Brief, July 7
Hops production lags behind the expansion of craft breweries: Iowa’s craft beer brewing industry has been steadily growing, and in some ways is like the resurgence of the wine industry in Iowa.
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Afternoon Brief, April 29
Naked Wines turns to London Stock Exchange to help its next phase of growth: Naked Wines is preparing for the next stage in its rapid growth by joining a London Stock Exchange business support progr...
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Afternoon Brief, April 7
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Economic impact of Iowa’s wine industry grew nearly 80 percent over four years, study says Frank, Rimerman + Co., a California-based consulting...