Last week I attended the groundbreaking for Sonoma State’s new Wine Spectator Learning Center for the Wine Business Institute. At the groundbreaking, Bill Silver, the Dean of the School of Business &...
How Character-Driven Labels Are Driving Wine Sales: As the wine aisles swell with an ever-rising sea of brands, wine producers are looking to increasingly rich and imaginative narratives on which to build...
El Niño Heads Back to California This Week After Hiatus: El Niño storms could blanket central and northern California this week following a mostly February dry spell, according to meteorologist Terry Snow...
Age and Disease Threaten Burgundy Wine Shortage, Report Warns: Burgundy wines may become even more difficult to find because of vine disease and smaller harvests from ageing vineyards, according to a new...
U.S. Wine Export Market Ripe for Growth: Washington wine grape growers should be looking to New Zealand as a model for premium wine production and theres opportunity for growth...
Competing with Craft: Is the Meteoric Rise of Craft Beer a Threat to US Wine? With craft beers continuing to win over US drinkers, are millennial consumers abandoning traditional wines for trendy beer...
by Elizabeth Hans McCrone
As millennials advance into their drinking years and artisan beer, cider and spirits continue to impact alcohol beverage sales, the wine industry would do well to rethink a business-as-usual...
Auctioneers at Christie's 'Tried to Sell Fake Wine After Ignoring Experts' Warnings That Burgundy and Bordeaux's Were Cheap Copies': One of Britain's best known auction houses has been caught up in a wine...
How Gina Gallo Is Keeping the E&J Gallo Winery on Top: Born into the legendary winemaking family pioneered by her grandfather Julio and great-uncle Ernest when they were just teenagers, after a family...
Napa Wine Prices Likely to Continue Rising: After a smaller harvest and with a strong economy, Napa Cabernet prices should go up over the next year, a leading California wine industry banker predicts....
