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Afternoon Brief, October 15
October 15, 2025
Online Alcohol Marketplace Provi Settles Antitrust Lawsuit Against Southern Glazer's: Online wholesale alcohol platform Provi has settled its federal antitrust lawsuit accusing Southern Glazer's, the largest...
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Afternoon Brief, October 16
October 16, 2024
The Annual SVB State of the Industry Survey is Closing: These are the final days to participate in the 2024 State of the Industry Survey. We have a soft close scheduled for Friday the 18th but have decided...
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Afternoon Brief, September 30
September 30, 2024
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
July 31, 2023
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?
July 18, 2022
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
May 11, 2022
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
May 20, 2019
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
January 21, 2019
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
October 11, 2018
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
April 10, 2018
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
March 5, 2018
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
November 21, 2017
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...
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Afternoon Brief, October 10
October 10, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Sonoma and Napa Wineries Hit Hard by Wine Country Fires As massive fires continued to burn in the epicenter of the U.S. wine industry Monday, Napa...
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Afternoon Brief, July 7
July 7, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief   Trending Story: Are Hand-Picked Grapes Better Than Machine-Harvested? Marketers love to affix the word “hand” to imply artisan craftmanship behind products....
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Afternoon Brief, June 26
June 26, 2014
Breakthrough Napa Valley Conference Debuts in November: ROOTSTOCK, a revolutionary conference designed for top quality grapegrowers, vineyard and winery owners, and winemakers worldwide, debuts November...