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Afternoon Brief, November 4
California’s Historic Rancho Arroyo Grande Under New Ownership: Rancho Arroyo Grande, a sweeping estate covering over 3,500 acres of wild country within the SLO Coast AVA, is under new ownership...
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Afternoon Brief, October 14
Treasury Wine Estates Settles Lawsuit with Shareholders: Australian wine giant Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has agreed to pay shareholders A$65m ($43.7m) in response to class action proceedings made against...
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Afternoon Brief, August 26
Smoke Taint Revolution - Carbon Fabric to Become Vineyard-Wide Netting: As wildfires become more frequent and intense due to climate change, the need for smoke taint prevention has never been more critical....
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Afternoon Brief, August 12
Ackley Brands Acquires Charles Smith Wines from The Wine Group: Ackley Brands, a family-owned beverage company in Seattle and a leader in the Pacific Northwest wine industry, announces the acquisition...
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Afternoon Brief, August 5
Next-Gen Viticulture - The Future of Intelligent Farming in the Wine Industry: Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries across the globe, and the wine sector is no exception. Amid the growing...
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Drip Drop: California’s Water Supply Is Replenishing — But Unevenly
California manages water through an incredibly complex patchwork of federal, state, county, municipal and water district regulation. By Jeff Siegel   Remember the past couple of years of water cuts...
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Afternoon Brief, June 3rd
Grim Reports Have the Wine Industry in Knots. But Should We Just Calm Down?: Lately, conversations within the wine industry have been punctuated with doom and gloom. Sales are erratic, the climate is unpredictable,...
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Afternoon Brief, December 15th
A Perfect Storm of Disruptions Will Create a Global Champagne Shortage: It’s not your imagination: Champagne is harder to find these days. After a perfect storm of disruptions, the U.S. is currently in...
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Afternoon Brief, November 22nd
Dominus Estate Named Wine Spectator’s #1 Wine of the Year: Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, today announced Dominus Estate Napa Valley 2018 as the 2021 Wine of the Year...
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Afternoon Brief, August 11th
In-Person 5th Annual Wine & Weed Symposium Is Success: Wine Industry Network (WIN) hosted the 5th Annual Wine & Weed Symposium on August 5th at the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country in Santa Rosa, CA....
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