Tag: SommCon

Free Webinar for Beverage Industry Professionals via Zoom on April 30 at 9:00 a.m. PST What: SommCon®, a leading conference for the wine, beer, and spirits...

Marketing During a Crisis - Tips to Pivot Your Marketing Messages: Recession Marketing ProTip: Understanding consumer psychology and the underlying emotions is critical when advertising during a recession...

Free Webinar for Beverage Industry Professionals via Zoom on April 16 at 9:00 a.m. PST What: SommCon®, a leading conference for the wine, beer, and spirits...

Washington, D.C. (December 11, 2019) – SommCon®, a leading conference for wine, beer, and spirit industry professionals announces 2020 dates for its three-day educational...

SommCon’s Competition Of Domestic and International Spirits Awards Medals In Partnership with The SOMM Journal San Diego, CA (November 21, 2019) – SommCon® , a...

Sonoma County’s Jackson Family Among Vineyard Owners Impacted by Kincade Fire - The Kincade fire, driven by fierce winds, whipped through choice vineyards and Sonoma County Wine Country estates, damaging or destroying some of the region’s most valuable property. In the midst of the smoke and haze that hung thick as the mercury rose over the Alexander Valley, Jackson Family Wines scion Julia Jackson's home, and numerous buildings on the Jackson Family estate, were destroyed ...

Police Dismantle Grape Harvest Human Trafficking Ring: In a joint operation on 17 September, over 80 law enforcers from both Bulgaria and France helped to raid an organised crime group involved in labour exploitation and money laundering. The group recruited workers from Bulgaria for the harvest season in France ...

Napa County, Bremer Family Winery Reach Lawsuit Settlement - Napa County and Bremer Family Winery settled a lawsuit brought by the county against the winery over alleged permit and code violations, ending a dispute that called into question how the county interprets older use permits ...

Winners Selected to Receive Conference Scholarship To SommCon® San Diego, Providing Access to Education and Networking With Beverage Industry Professionals San Diego, CA (September 11,...

San Diego, CA (July 23, 2019) –SommCon® returns to San Diego, CA, November 13-15, 2019, bringing together beverage industry professionals of all levels to...

Judge Tosses Napa Valley Vineyard Trademark Suit over 'To Kalon' Name: A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday threw out a trademark suit brought an Oakville vintner against beverage giant Constellation Brands, the latest high-profile case in an long-running dispute over use of the famed To Kalon vineyard name...

Concours d’Spirits Now Accepting Entries for Sommelier Led Competition in San Diego, CA, November 13-15 San Diego, CA. (June 24, 2019) –SommCon, a leading conference...

US Wine, Beer, Spirits Consumption 'in a Holding Pattern' as Public Leans Toward Less Alcohol: As such consumption appears to be slowing while sales are growing for certain drinks competing with traditional table wine, the upper end of the industry is increasingly embracing mechanization and other technology once eschewed ...

Winners Selected to Receive Conference Scholarship To SommCon® Washington, D.C., Providing Access to Education and Networking With Beverage Industry Professionals Washington, D.C. (May 9, 2019)...