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Afternoon Brief, August 19
California Put Wine Industry Profits Above Farmworker Safety During 2020 Wildfires, Study Finds: Researchers from the University of California – Irvine and the National Center for Atmospheric Research...
AB Hero Vines
Afternoon Brief, July 19
Mixed Messages in Winery Sales: If you want some good news about the wine industry, and I know you do, it is that five months after buying one of Australia’s largest wine companies, Bain Capital is still...
AB Hero Glamor Grapes
Afternoon Brief, July 21st
California Winery Owner Arrested Over Lobbying: He was friends with Donald Trump, Michael Jackson and Jeffrey Epstein, but now he is talking to the Feds...
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Afternoon Brief, May 25th
Michigan Wine Shipping Lawsuit Targets Napa Vintner, 3 Others: Michigan is suing three wineries, including one in the Napa Valley, plus a wine retailer alleging they shipped wine into Michigan without...
AB Hero Cork
Afternoon Brief, May 13th
Constellation Invests in Donae Burston’s La Fête du Rosé: The North American drinks giant deal for a piece of the growing Provence rosé brand is Constellation's first in a new commitment to invest $100...
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Afternoon Brief, May 10th
Gallo Lays Off Most Clos du Bois Winery Workers: The Clos du Bois winery has laid off most of its workers and closed winemaking operations at the Geyserville facility...
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Afternoon Brief, March 11th
Virtual 2021 Sonoma County Barrel Auction Presented by American Agcredit, Registration Open: Sonoma County Vintners announces the seventh annual Sonoma County Barrel Auction, presented by American AgCredit,...
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Afternoon Brief, March 10th
Treasury Wine Estates Reaches Long-Term Agreement with the Wine Group: Treasury Wine Estates Limited today announced further progress on plans to deliver the future state premium US wine business, with...
AB Hero Glamor Grapes
Afternoon Brief, March 1st
Wine Embraces an Online Future: In-person wine tastings with producers are going away, the wine auction business is moving online, and storytelling is now as important as wine quality. These were a few...
AB Hero Young Vines
Afternoon Brief, January 27th
Experts Say Robust Ecommerce Programs Are Key to Wine Industry Survival in Foreseeable Future: While fourth quarter numbers are still being crunched and the gains and losses of 2020 have yet to be fully...
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Afternoon Brief, January 4th
Mondavi’s Judd Wallenbrock Predicts a Premium Year in 2021: It’s apparent in speaking with Judd Wallenbrock, CEO of C. Mondavi & Family (parent company to Charles Krug), that he is highly optimistic...
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Afternoon Brief, December 15th
International Experts Discuss a Reimagined Wine Industry at Wine2Wine Business Forum: At the virtual exhibition, professionals from around the globe focused their attention on inclusivity, and how transparency,...
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Afternoon Brief, December 2nd
Napa Valley Grapegrowers 2020 Growing Season Perspective: Napa Valley sets the gold standard for farming. As an established agricultural preserve for over 50 years, the cherished, 30-mile stretch of land...
AB Hero Winery Construction
Afternoon Brief, November 23
Enterprise Level Automation and AI Marketing Tools Made Accessible to Wineries: Debuting at the WIN Expo in December 2019, PreferencePro by VinterActive made a serious splash and quickly signed up several...
AB Hero Bud BreaK
Afternoon Brief, October 26
Can California’s Top Wine Region Survive the Era of Megafire?: As the climate crisis brings increasingly unpredictable fire seasons, the future of the $43 billion industry is uncertain...
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Afternoon Brief, April 23
Gallo’s Acquisition Strategy Is Gift That Keeps on Giving for Premium Wine: The premium branded wine market can do with all the help it can get which is what makes E&J Gallos acquisition strategy potentially...
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