Tag: Sovos ShipCompliant
Afternoon Brief, October 12th
Paradise Lost: The Flame Out of Napa Valley’s Iconic Wine Country: Beset by climate change and billionaire carpetbaggers, Napa Valley, California’s legendary wine-making eden, braces for an uncertain future...
Afternoon Brief, September 16th
Price Hikes Turn Off Wine Country Visitors: Tasting room visits to West Coast wineries, after rebounding in 2021, are way down this summer compared to pre-pandemic numbers, according to a survey of 400 wineries released last week by a company called Community Benchmark....
Afternoon Brief, September 13th
Fred Franzia Has Died: Fred died early this morning at his Redwood home in Denair, California, with family by his side. He was 79 years old...
Afternoon Brief, August 10th
Wine Direct Shipping Ebbs but Remains Above Pre-Pandemic Levels, Report Says: Consumers who moved to getting wine shipped directly to their homes when they couldn’t or were reluctant to visit the vintners or enjoy a glass in restaurants and bars appear to be still doing so to some degree two and a half years since the pandemic began, according to a new report...
Afternoon Brief, August 9th
Sonoma Valley’s 2022 Grape Harvest Begins: The Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance (SVVGA), a non-profit trade association representing more than 100 wineries and 140 grape growers in the Sonoma Valley, is excited to announce the start of the 2022 wine grape harvest in the Sonoma Valley, with multiple grape picks taking place in both the Los Carneros and Sonoma Valley AVAs (American Viticulture Areas)...
Afternoon Brief, August 1st
Scorching Heat and Wildfires Worry European Winemakers: In wine regions across the continent, spring was dry and summer has brought record temperatures, shrinking the potential harvest and sparking wildfires...
Afternoon Brief, July 25th
ULC’s Draft Shipping Changes Face Intense Industry Backlash: This month, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC; an attorney committee otherwise best known for promulgating the Uniform Commercial Code, required reading for every first-year law student and MBA candidate) sent shock waves through the wine business...
Afternoon Brief, May 19th
2022 Sonoma County Wine Auction Announces Vintner and Chef Honorees: Sonoma County Vintners Foundation is thrilled to announce Jean-Charles Boisset as Vintner Honoree and Dustin Valette as Chef Honoree for the 2022 Sonoma County Wine Auction (SCWA)...
Afternoon Brief, April 28th
Champagne Nukes Its Own Vineyards: Champagne's backstep from its own environmental principles is playing out in its vineyards, which increasingly resemble a nuclear wasteland...
Afternoon Brief, April 27th
Wine Trade Faces Supply Chain, War Fallout After Record Year - OIV: Supply chain disruptions and the war in Ukraine could curb global wine trade after it rebounded last year to a record level as countries eased coronavirus-related restrictions, international wine body OIV said on Wednesday...
DTC Crackdown: Understand State Laws to Avoid Entanglement
There could well be a silver lining in the number of states that have stepped up enforcement of direct to consumer (DTC) shipping regulations....
DTC Is Not One-Size-Fits-All
By fully understanding what kind of DTC markets are out there, and the different regulatory rules for each, wineries can position themselves to succeed...
Afternoon Brief, April 11th
Napa County Wineries Sued Over Website Accessibility Call for More Clear Compliance Terms: Dozens of Napa County wineries have been sued for website accessibility non-compliance in the last year, causing frustration and confusion for the businesses hit with the lawsuits...
Afternoon Brief, March 28th
Using Alternative Yeasts to Replace Sulfites in Wines: New research shows that non-Saccharomyces yeasts could be an effective way to cut sulfur dioxide use in the cellar—and even the vineyard...
Afternoon Brief, February 28th
California Growers Left High and Dry: Farmers in California's San Joaquin Valley got some bad news this week when they learned they will get 0 percent of the water this year normally expected from the federal Central Valley Project...
