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Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Leading Bordeaux Wine Merchant Accused of Massive Fraud Prosecutors allege that Grands Vins de Gironde illegally blended at...

Tastings to be Held March 6-11, 2018 in New York, Miami, Beverly Hills, and San Francisco NEW YORK, January 9, 2018 – JamesSuckling.com announces the...

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Acquisitions Impact on North Coast Grape Growers Hard to Predict Due to Market “Hesitation” Glenn Proctor has been...

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Constellation Brands to Acquire 9.9% Stake in Marijuana Company Canopy Growth for $245M Alcohol giant Constellation Brands Inc....

Trinchero Family Estates Purchases Mason Cellars, Pomelo Brand: Trinchero Family Estates today announced its acquisition of Mason Cellars, owners of Pomelo and Three Pears wines. As the super-premium ($7-10) and ultra-premium ($10-15) segments continue to show growth, this acquisition adds an important offering to the Trinchero family of brands...

Lewis Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2013 Named Wine Spectator’s #1 Wine of the Year: Wine Spectator, the world's leading authority on wine, today announced Lewis Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2013 as the 2016 Wine of the Year...

Free Flow Wines Sparkles with Innovation on Tap and Beyond the Keg: Free Flow Wines saw the rising popularity of sparkling wines and the category's particular challenges for delivering an optimal by the glass experience as an opportunity to expand the portfolio of services they offer, and their innovative work to create a sparkling keg program for wineries was recognized with a 2016 WINnovation Award...

Winery Association Leaders Converge in Washington, D.C. for Inaugural Conference: "You can't find a successful wine region that doesn't have a strong winery association tied to it." So proclaims George Christie, President of the Wine Industry Network and primary organizer of the Wine Association Leadership Conference that's taking place in conjunction with USBevX 2017, this coming February 22-24 in Washington, DC...

Bordeaux Court Deliberates on Fraud Case Involving More Than 1 Million Bottles of Wine: A Bordeaux judicial tribunal is weighing the fates of eight men accused of trying to pass off more than 1 million bottles of cheap plonk as more expensive Bordeaux from top appellations...

Study Finds Red Wines Gets Higher Scores for No Apparent Reason: Do experts rate red wines more highly than white wines, regardless of price, vintage, and region? Does this mean there is a critical bias toward red wines...

Peter Michael’s Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Au Paradis 2012 Named Wine Spectator’s Wine of the Year: Wine Spectator, the world's leading authority on wine, today announced Peter Michael Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Au Paradis 2012 as the 2015 Wine of the Year...

Wine Industry Has Yet to Embrace Full Potential of Social Media Marketing: There's little doubt that social media marketing has become a cornerstone of modern-day communications and has revolutionized the way companies across the globe now do business...