Tag: Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

Elite Wine Group Suspends Master Sommeliers: After recent sexual harassment allegations by many women, the Court of Master Sommeliers has apologized and announced next steps...

Pacific Northwest’s leading winery taps beverage veteran to lead sales organization in vital home region WOODINVILLE, Wash. (November 2, 2020) –Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the...

David Dearie to Succeed Mortensen, Bringing 30+ Years of Global Beverage Alcohol Experience WOODINVILLE, Wash. (October 27, 2020) – Today Ste. Michelle Wine Estates announced...

Vineyards Help Protect Wine Country During Glass Fire: Napa County has been hit hard by wildfires but experts say the damage could have been worse. Wine country’s most precious crop may have prevented the fire from spreading...

Restaurant Failures in 2020 and Beyond Hurts Wine: Yelp research showed that 17% of all businesses that closed in March 2020 were restaurants; since then, more than half the restaurants have closed permanently...

Aug. 5, 2020 (Paterson, Wash.) –– Today, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates announced that its well-known H3 tier of wines from Columbia Crest would transition into...

A Game Changer for Wine & Spirits Distribution: The wine and spirits business continues to evolve, with producers and buyers alike looking for more service, more flexibility, and more choice...

Northwest’s largest wine company makes contributions to charitable funds for restaurant workers and food banks WOODINVILLE, Wash. (April 15, 2020) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the...

Closure includes all properties in Washington, Oregon, California WOODINVILLE, Wash. (March 13, 2020) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates has announced the closure of all its wineries and...

California's winegrowers may have reached a ceiling the 2019 grape crush was 9.1 percent smaller than the record 2018 crush, and is the smallest overall since 2011, according to the California Department of Food & Agriculture ...

WOODINVILLE, Wash. (February 10, 2020) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates has appointed Team One as its lead agency, following a review. Team One will handle...

Veteran global wine entrepreneur joins America’s third-largest premium winery WOODINVILLE, Wash. (January 3, 2020) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates has announced the appointment of Peter Click as Vice President...

Innovation hub to develop, incubate new brands WOODINVILLE, Wash. (December 2, 2019) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates today announced the formation of ēlicit Wine Project,...

Why Wine Country Isn’t Attracting Millennials: Napa Valley, capital of wine tourism in California, pinnacle of New World luxury hooch, has a Millennial problem. The kids might be all grown up by the end of this year, the youngest Millennial will be 23, using the Pew Research Center definition of the generation but they aren't drinking wine the way their parents did, and the arena to see the shift up close is the Napa tasting room...

WOODINVILLE, Wash., and REDMOND, Wash. (September 23, 2019) – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the third-largest premium wine company in the United States, and Microsoft...