Wine Sales Symposium-2024-08
Wine Industry Network Founder George Christie Presented with Innovator’s Award
Wine Industry Network (WIN) founder and CEO George Christie recently received the Innovator Award at the 10th Anniversary Sonoma County Barrel Auction By Kathleen Willcox    Innovation is a cousin...
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Five New and Interesting Products from the 2024 Unified Trade Show
With 900 exhibit booths, this year’s Unified Wine & Grape Symposium showcased the highest number of exhibitors ever. Among them were many first time exhibitors, and as usual, several companies seized...
Paulee dinner
Community Celebration Overcomes Covid Concerns in Russian River Valley
—Kim Badenfort Health authorities have given the green light for a return to large events provided Covid precautions are taken (Sonoma County Health Orders). While some Sonoma County winery associations...
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Staying on the Forefront of the Pandemic Shift in Beverage Alcohol eCommerce
In March of 2020, the Covid-19 lockdowns and stay at home orders made online beverage alcohol sales soar 240%, and the growth continued through the year. The sudden shift in consumer behavior and regulators...
WISS experts QA
Experts Weigh In on the Biggest Obstacles and Opportunities to Sell More Wine
Next week the virtual Wine Industry Sales Symposium we bring over twenty wine industry experts together across six conference sessions to share insights and experiences to help wineries improve their DTC...
Stephanie Gallo
Gallo Aims for a Diverse Wine Portfolio to Embody and Reflect a Diverse World
In December last year the Federal Trade Commission finally approved the acquisition by E. & J. Gallo Winery (Gallo) of more than 30 wine brands from Constellation Brands, Inc., which was first announced...
BarrelWise
Five New Products from Unified’s Virtual Trade Show Floor
Every year new and innovative products are introduced at the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium...
Wastewater Treatment Process
New Winery Wastewater Regulations Could Cost Small and Midsize Wineries Thousands Every Year
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...
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Trump’s Tariffs on European Wine Backfire on US Wine Industry
Last year the Trump administration placed a 25% tariff on a broad section of European wines as part of the WTO judgement against the European Union (EU) in the Airbus subsidy dispute, which the US argued...
Zac Brandenberg
When Will Big Beverage Alcohol Retailers Get Serious About eCommerce?
The Important Question: Interview with DRINKS Co-Founder and CEO Zac Brandenberg