Tag: Jeff Siegel

Wine Industry Advisor has expanded its Wine’s Most Inspiring People (MIP) articles into a monthly series. We will be profiling individuals from within our industry who showcase leadership, innovation,...

The wine industry has unexpectedly lost a voice of authority and perspective. By Jeff Siegel Meininger’s International, perhaps the premier wine trade publication of the past decade, has closed....

Starting with wine made with grapes from the 2024 harvest, still wines sold in the European Union must include ingredient and nutritional information. By Jeff Siegel At first glance, the new European...

Retailers should take advantage of cheap bulk wine to create private label entries. By Jeff Siegel Trader Joe’s private label wine Charles Shaw, the legendary Two-buck Chuck, helped rescue the...

Programs focus on making wine business education more relevant amid an industry downturn. By Jeff Siegel Wine-centric business education, which boomed over the past couple of decades, is facing a brave...

For 2025, Wine Industry Advisor is expanding the Wine’s Most Inspiring People (MIP) articles into a monthly series. We will be profiling individuals from within our industry who showcase leadership, innovation,...

Constellation has seen little growth in its wine business for the past several years. By Jeff Siegel The news that Constellation Brands – once the second biggest wine producer in the United States...

“Product diversification” and a short crop are helping balance continuing oversupply. By Jeff Siegel Want to buy Cabernet Sauvignon from California’s Central and North coasts? Take your pick, vintage...

Silicon Valley Bank’s annual State of the U.S. Wine Industry Report offers an in-depth look at the current struggles shaping today’s wine markets. By Jeff Siegel Perhaps the best news in Silicon Valley...

A new study targeted more than 1,500 consumers between ages 21 and 39, and included both wine and non-wine drinkers. By Jeff Siegel Could the future of the wine business rest with millennials as they...

This government trade policy is a double-edged sword By Jeff Siegel Stuart Spencer, a winemaker and the executive director of the Lodi Winegrape Commission, is hardly an investigative journalist, the...

The “existential” threat of re-imposed European wine tariffs By Jeff Siegel Former President Donald Trump’s call for renewed tariffs on European wine if he’s elected  president were met with a flurry...

Waiting for your distributor to find the time and sales power to sell your wines is no longer good enough. By Jeff Siegel For years — decades, even — the relationship between a winery and its distributor...

Can marketing campaigns and positive press save the wine industry? Sometime next year, the Wine Institute will do something it hasn’t done in decades: launch a wine marketing campaign. “Wine Institute...

Is it any surprise that not enough people in the wine business noticed the anti-drinking efforts and tried to do something about them? Probably not. Over the last couple of years, the wine business has...

Today, estate planning must take into account options such as selling the property to a third party, a merger or acquisition, or even just closing it.  By Jeff Siegel Succession and estate planning...