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Afternoon Brief, September 30
Seaport Strike Could Spike NYC Wine Prices, Leave Produce Rotting Offshore, Experts Warn: A looming longshoremen's strike at seaports across the East Coast is slated to hammer New York City's supply chains...
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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...
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Mergers and Acquisitions Aren't Stopping. But Could They Slow Down?
With the raising of interest rates by the Federal Reserve, one may wonder if the recent flurry of M&A can continue. By Barbara Barielle   Daily news in the wine industry includes frequent stories...
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Afternoon Brief, May 11
Wine Brand Equity Stabilising After Covid, But Yet to Fully Rebound: 2022 Wine Intelligence Global Wine Brand Power Index also Reveals that Yellow Tail and Casillero del Diablo Remain the Most Powerful...
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Afternoon Brief, May 20
When Wine Becomes Transformative: There's a new concept taking root in the wine industry: activist wines. Unlike traditional special bottlings produced for wine industry charity auctions and special events,...
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Afternoon Brief, January 21
US Government Shutdown Hits Wine Hard: The longest partial government shutdown in US history is a buzz-kill. And not just for the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who are missing their paychecks,...
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Afternoon Brief, October 11
Who Leaked the Somms' Wine List? - This year's Master Sommelier Diploma Examination taste test has been controversially struck down amid suspicions of cheating by one of the Master Sommeliers overseeing...
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Afternoon Brief, April 10
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Growers Sue Napa Winery for Rejecting Grapes Allegedly Tainted by Smoke A Calistoga couple has filed suit against a Napa Valley winemaker for refusing...
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Afternoon Brief, March 5
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Two ‘Second Acts’ in the Napa Valley Wine Industry: The Araujo and Krupp Families Napa Valley has changed. Just ask the Araujos and...
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Afternoon Brief, November 21
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Napa’s Colgin Cellars Sells Majority Stake to French Luxury Titan LVMH Colgin owners Ann Colgin and her husband, Joe Wender, have agreed to...