January 9, 2025
A Running List of Los Angeles Restaurants Impacted by the 2025 Palisades and Eaton Wildfires: On January 7, amid life-threatening, high-speed winds across Los Angeles, multiple wildfires broke out, including...
December 30, 2024
WMC Announces Member Webinar on 2025 Wine Market and the Popularity of NoLo Wines: What are the opportunities to sell wine in 2025? With the year starting with “Dry January,” there is a possibility to...
December 10, 2024
Federal Judge Blocks Largest Supermarket Merger in History: A federal judge in Oregon blocked Kroger's proposed $25 billion tie-up with Albertsons, ruling that the largest merger in US supermarket history...
December 9, 2024
What Do Neo-Prohibitionists Really Want?: Organizations that advocate for more stringent policies around the sale and marketing of alcohol are gaining momentum. What does this mean for the beverage in...
November 4, 2024
California’s Historic Rancho Arroyo Grande Under New Ownership: Rancho Arroyo Grande, a sweeping estate covering over 3,500 acres of wild country within the SLO Coast AVA, is under new ownership...
October 21, 2024
Asheville Winery Destroyed During Helene Uncertain About Future: More than three weeks after Helene destroyed parts of western North Carolina, an Asheville winery that connected neighbors to the region’s...
October 7, 2024
Wine Maker Duckhorn to Be Acquired by Butterfly Equity in $1.95 Billion Deal: Premier luxury wine maker Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA.N), opens new tab said on Monday it would be taken private by Butterfly...
October 2, 2024
Rise of the Machine: Robotic Vineyard Labor Wave of the Future: North Bay wineries and wine grape growers are exploring adopting remotely operated vineyard robots, a shift that could reduce the number...
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...
September 20, 2024
Foley and Other Companies Buy Vintage Wine Estates Brands at Bankruptcy Auction: Bill Foley knows a good deal when he sees it. A few months after the California-based Vintage Wine Estates (VWE) declared...