Tag: Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

40 Million Bottle Catalan Wine Scam Goes to Court: Six individuals involved with Catalan producer Grupo Reserva de la Tierra are accused of making upwards of €14 million a year from distributing falsely-labelled bottles from 2019 to 2021...

WOODINVILLE, Wash. (July 25, 2022) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the largest wine company in the Pacific Northwest and among the largest wine companies in...

Edible Coats Possible to Keep Smoke Off Wine Grapes: When lingering smoke surrounds grapes, they can take in that undesired flavor. For winemakers, especially in Western states, that’s a concern because each year there is a threat of wildfires...

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Announce National Strategic Alignment: Ste. Michelle Wine Estates – the largest wine company in the Pacific Northwest and among the largest premium wine companies in the U.S. – and Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (Southern Glazer’s) – the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol – today announced that they have expanded their current distribution agreement to form a national strategic alignment

WOODINVILLE, Wash.; MIAMI; and DALLAS (July 11, 2022) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates – the largest wine company in the Pacific Northwest and among the largest premium wine companies...

Many in the wine business are wondering how to properly protect their AI innovations. A few tried-and-true routes to safety include patents, copyrights and...

How Russia’s War on Ukraine Threatens Decades of Winemaking Progress: Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the war has caused incomprehensible losses: millions of displaced citizens, thousands of dead and wounded, as well as the destruction of untold buildings and houses, to say nothing of entire cities and towns...

The Pacific Northwest’s leading wine company introduces new winemakers for two of the region’s acclaimed brands as two icons of winemaking retire WOODINVILLE, Wash. (June...

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...