Tag: Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

For the first time in three years, WineAmerica representatives recently met with Congressional Representatives from around the country to discuss the wine industry’s legislative...

There are More Merges and Acquisitions in Wine Than Ever Before—Here’s Why: In recent years, mergers and acquisitions in the wine industry have become increasingly common. During the latter half of 2020 through 2021, however, things progressed to a whole new level...

Washington’s Protectionist Wine Shipping Laws Put Damper on Holiday Gift Giving: Washingtonians during the upcoming holiday season will once again have to forgo giving wine as a gift to their family and friends in the Evergreen State due to archaic and protectionist laws that ban the shipment of most wines into the state...

Treasury Wine Estates Announces Acquisition of Frank Family Vineyards: Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (TWE), one of the world’s largest wine companies, is pleased to announce it has reached an agreement to acquire the highly acclaimed Frank Family Vineyards (FFV), including the historic winery, brand and vineyard holdings...

Altria Reaches Agreement to Sell Its Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Business: Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) today announced that its subsidiary, UST LLC, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (Ste. Michelle) business to Sycamore Partners Management, L.P., a private equity firm specializing in consumer, retail, and distribution investments (Sycamore Partners), in an all-cash transaction with a purchase price of approximately $1.2 billion and the assumption of certain Ste. Michelle liabilities (Transaction)...

Delicato Family Wines Forges Partnership with Francis Ford Coppola Winery: Delicato Family Wines and Francis Ford Coppola Winery today announced that they will come together under one roof, strengthening the families’ legacies as it creates the #5 supplier of all wine above $11 in the U.S. market, as well as the #5 supplier by volume across all price segments and become the #3 exporter of C.A. wines...

Sonoma State University’s Wine Business Institute Launches New Inclusion Effort: Sonoma State University on Tuesday said it is launching an inclusion program as part of its Wine Business Institute to help further diversify a sector that is largely white...

Kirkland, Wash. (June 23, 2021) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the company that put the Washington state wine industry on the map, today announced the opening...

NHL’s newest team, world’s most sustainable arena and Pacific Northwest’s founding winery team up to spotlight Washington state wines SEATTLE – June 23, 2021 – Climate Pledge...

Borne of Fire Cabernet Sauvignon among first wines to claim sourcing Paterson, Wash. (Jun. 16, 2021) — The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau...

Experts Weigh in on the Biggest Obstacles and Opportunities to Sell More Wine: Next week the virtual Wine Industry Sales Symposium we bring over twenty wine industry experts together across six conference sessions to share insights and experiences to help wineries improve their DTC and wholesale channel performance...

WOODINVILLE, Wash. (May 17, 2021) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the largest winery in the Pacific Northwest and the third-largest premium winery in the U.S.,...

Winery Wildfires: How Record Wildfires Are Impacting Wineries Today: The events of recent years have truly tested the resilience of wineries. Wildfires dominating headlines in wine country since 2017 were interrupted briefly by the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, only to return again – and with a record-breaking vengeance...

Oregon’s Alcohol Producers Temporarily Stop A 3000% Tax Hike: What happens to Oregon’s alcohol taxes? That’s what the former sponsor of a spiked bill to raise taxes on alcohol by up to 3,000% wants to know before she decides whether to back any similar bills in the future...

Pacific Northwest’s flagship winery introduces new winemakers for three of the region’s leading brands WOODINVILLE, Wash. (March 23, 2021) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the largest...