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Afternoon Brief, December 16
Liz Paquette, Director of Brand and Head of Consumer Insights at Drizly predicts that 2020 is going to bring an explosion of non-traditional packaging variants, with a particular focus on the Ready to Drink (RTD) segment, where packaging plays a key role ...
Afternoon Brief, July 30
The Winery Wedding Industrial Complex Doesn’t Care if You Have Objections: The greatest bartending move of all time is reported in the New Testament. In the Gospel of John (2:1-11), Jesus is at a party in Cana, chilling with his disciples, when his mother tells him they’ve run out of wine. Lo and behold, he turns their water into wine ...
Afternoon Brief, April 15
The Best AVA Not on the Label: If you want some great Syrah, I'm going to tell you about a place that grows it. The wines are fascinating - complex and not fruit-driven - and a true product of their unique terroir. But the region might break the American Viticultural Area system...
Afternoon Brief, March 20
How the Flooding Affected Sonoma’s 2019 Vintage: Northern California wineries and vineyards continue to clean up and dry out from the unusually heavy rainfall that hit in late February and caused some of the areas' worst floods in 20 years...
Afternoon Brief, March 18
Constellation Brands May Sell Cheap Wine Brands to Gallo: Constellation Brands may sell off some of its lower-end wine brands to Gallo Winery, according to CNBC. The report comes after Constellation said last month that it may sell up to 40% of its wine brands because they are underperforming...
Afternoon Brief, March 15
Big Vintners Face Challenges as Market Growth Slows: Shifting market conditions mean the wine industry needs to meet consumers where they're at, according to the latest data from market research firm Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates...
Afternoon Brief, April 11
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Analysts See a Significant U.S. Deal Ahead for Treasury
Analysts continue to raise expectations that Treasury Wine Estates...
Afternoon Brief, May 22
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Napa County Wineries Face More Permit Scrutiny
After two years of discussion, the Napa County Board of Supervisors...
Afternoon Brief, March 29
Courtwatch: Charles Banks Sued His Mayacamas Vineyards Partners After He Was Indicted in Texas
Wine investor Charles Banks created a stir in 2013 when he purchased iconic Mayacamas Vineyards, as a personal investment, in partnership with members of the Schottenstein family Columbus, Ohio-based retail giants...
Afternoon Brief, March 3
Wine and Marijuana Cause Problems for Beer Industry: Wine and marijuana are cutting into craft beer's buzz, as growth in each of those segments took some use occasions away from a craft category that slowed to single-digit growth in 2016...
Afternoon Brief, November 23
Wine Spectator to Unveil Top 100 Wines of 2016: After tasting more than 18,000 wines from vineyards around the globe, the editors at Wine Spectator are set to release their much-anticipated list of the Top 100 Wines of 2016. The countdown begins on Monday, November 28...
Afternoon Brief, October 13
Napa Valley 2016 Harvest Wraps Up Right Before Region’s First Storm: The 2016 Napa Valley Winegrape Harvest is officially "in" this week, just as the season's first storm heads towards Napa Valley...
Afternoon Brief, August 11
Premier Cru Staffer Spills Beans About Ponzi Scheme: The disgraced former owner of the bankrupt store is facing 20 years in prison...
Afternoon Brief May 18
Boxed Wine Aims for the Next Level: Higher-end boxed wines continue to thrive, led by Black Box and Bota Box, which dominate the premium side of the business ...
Afternoon Brief, April 11
Vision and Robots Team Up for Wine Production: Robots and robotic-based vision systems are slowly replacing the tedious, time-consuming tasks involved in wine production...