May 28, 2024
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...
January 30, 2024
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...
September 28, 2021
—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...
June 15, 2021
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...
May 18, 2021
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...
March 15, 2021
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...
February 9, 2021
Every year new and innovative products are introduced at the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium...
August 3, 2020
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...
July 8, 2020
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...
June 23, 2020
The Important Question: Interview with DRINKS Co-Founder and CEO Zac Brandenberg