Tag: Lodi WIne
Afternoon Brief, December 4th
Washington Winery Wants Answers as to Who Drained Thousands of Gallons of Wine Estimated at over $600K: Investigators have not made any arrests and have no suspect information...
Afternoon Brief, November 13th
Italian Watchdog Launches Wine Bottle Cartel Investigation: The Italian competition authority, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), has launched an investigation into a possible cartel among manufacturers of wine bottles...
Afternoon Brief, October 31st
Treasury Wine Estates Announces Historic Acquisition of DAOU Vineyards: In a groundbreaking move poised to transform the Paso Robles region and the wine industry at large, Treasury Wine Estates proudly unveils its agreement to acquire DAOU Vineyards, renowned as the fastest-growing luxury wine brand in the United States, for an impressive price tag of $1 billion...
Afternoon Brief, October 25th
Underground Cellars Saga Rumbles On: Legal wrangling in the case of the failed wine club hinges on who actually owns the wines involved...
Afternoon Brief, October 17th
As Restaurant Staffing Evolves, Wineries Reassess Their On-Premise Priorities: The union between wineries and restaurants might have been a marriage of convenience in the beginning, but for decades it functioned roughly the way that both parties wanted...
Afternoon Brief, September 25th
No Signs of a Turning Point Yet for Wine: There has been little change in the trajectory of the U.S. wine market over the past three months...
Afternoon Brief, August 14th
Maui Wildfires Kill Dozens and Devastate Communities and Hospitality Businesses: The historic town of Lahaina, popular with tourists, has lost hundreds of buildings, including restaurants like Fleetwood's on Front St., owned by musician Mick Fleetwood...
Afternoon Brief, July 31st
DTC Market Trends Toward a Re-Balanced Standard: The direct-to-consumer wine market is still trying to figure out what the new normal looks like. Is it the pandemic’s hyper growth? Is it the pre-pandemic’s pretty good growth? Or is it something else entirely?
Afternoon Brief, July 24th
Livermore Winery Owner Dies After Car Crash: A two-car collision Friday afternoon resulted in the death of a 59-year-old man, the Livermore Police Department said. The driver was identified as Mitchell Katz, the Alameda County Coroner’s Office confirmed to KRON4. Katz was the owner of Mitchell Katz Winery in Livermore...
Afternoon Brief, July 18th
California Wine Grape Growers Need Support to Manage Risks from Wildfire and Smoke: Wildfire smoke exposure presents a unique challenge for viticulture as it can result in mild to severe degradation in wine grapes...
Afternoon Brief, July 10th
Will the Loss of Insurance Carriers Lead to a Coverage Crisis in California?: Allstate, State Farm and now Farmers aren’t writing new homeowner or commercial insurance policies in California. For businesses and homeowners in the North Bay hit hard by wildfire and other disasters, what’s next?...
Afternoon Brief, June 28th
Why Independent Wine Retailers Are Making Custom Cuvées: Private-label wines have long existed for restaurant and retail chains, but now a growing number of small wine retailers are collaborating with boutique wineries to make their own limited-release wines...
Afternoon Brief, June 6th
Global Grape Production in 2022 Reached the Second Highest Peak of the Last Twenty Years: Since 2000, the share of non-pressed grapes has significantly increased, mainly due to the rise in production of table grapes that has almost doubled in twenty years...
Afternoon Brief, May 16th
Bill to Expand Wine, Beer Licenses Opposed by ‘Packies’: The state's package store industry is digging in for another fight against "Big Alcohol" over efforts on Beacon Hill to deregulate the tightly controlled alcoholic beverages market...
Afternoon Brief, May 1st
Abrupt Closure of San Francisco Wine Startup Leaves Customers with Thousands of Bottles Stuck in ‘CloudCellar’: The offer was enticing: Pay $25 for a bottle of wine, and you might get upgraded to a bottle worth $100 or more. Better yet, the San Francisco tech company Underground Cellar promised: It would store your wine purchases — up to 500 bottles — for free in a “CloudCellar,” then ship them to you whenever you wanted...
