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Come Over October™ Goes Global, Expanding Across the U.S., Canada and New Zealand in Just Three Years
International growth is matched by growing U.S. retail adoption, with Kroger and Albertsons activating the campaign this fall. September 28, 2026 (St. Helena, CA) — Come Over October™ returns...
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Loire Wines Outperforms French Category by Value and by Volume with Significant Gains in Sparkling, Chenin and Emerging Appellations
U.S. market demand for Loire sparkling and whites matched record highs in 2025 July 21, 2026 (New York, NY) — InterLoire, the Loire wine Council representing the region’s winemakers, merchants...
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Tenuta Stella Tours the US
Presenting Collio’s Organic Wines at Key Industry Events  October 2, 2025 (Italy) — This October, Tenuta Stella, a certified organic winery from the highest hills of Collio in Friuli Venezia...
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Wine Institute Applauds Progress in U.S.-Canada Trade Negotiations; Calls for Full Market Access
August 22, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) — Wine Institute released the following statement from President and CEO Robert P. Koch in response to recent progress in U.S.–Canada trade negotiations and Canadian...
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Empson USA Welcomes Bodega Norton to Its Global Portfolio
June 30, 2025 (Alexandria, VA) — Empson USA, the fine wine importer boasting a dynamic portfolio of distinctive estates from Italy, Chile, New Zealand, and the United States, proudly announces...
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Europe vs USA – Wine Trade 2018-2024
A visual exposure & potential impact analysis – Which EU countries face the greatest risk? March 19, 2025 — With the Europe-USA trade war “ante portas” and Donald Trump’s...
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OIV & IWSR: Consumption Trending Down, Quality Trending Up
New studies released by international wine organizations confirm consumer cutbacks and premiumization. By Jeff Siegel   Two recent surveys of wine consumption and sales around the world mostly agreed...
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Organic Wine Forecasted to Reach 87.5m Cases Globally by 2022
European Markets Drive Demand and Growth London (9 April 2019) – Though organic wines represent a small subset of the total global still wine industry, new research from IWSR Drinks Market Analysis shows...
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Afternoon Brief, July 20
Thieves Take $55,000 in Wine from California Store: The South Bay's oldest wine seller is reeling after thieves broke in and made off $55,000 worth its priciest vintages...
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Afternoon Brief, June 27
California Winemakers Press for Stricter Label Rules: California winemakers have now enlisted lawmakers and federal regulators in their latest effort to stop the dilution of some vintage names...
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Afternoon Brief, August 17
Leading Premium-Plus Wine Players Drive U.S. Growth: Benefiting from robust premiumization trends, the U.S. markets leading wine brands priced at $10-and-above are posting solid growth and outperforming...
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Afternoon Brief, July 10
United States set to overtake Australia for NZ wine exports: Winemaker Alex Giesen is tipping the United states to become our biggest export market in one to two years, but it may happen even faster
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Afternoon Brief June 11
Breach at Winery Card Processor Missing Link: Missing Link Networks Inc., a credit card processor and point-of-sale vendor that serves a number of wineries in Northern California and elsewhere, disclosed...
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Afternoon Brief, May 18
U.S. Wine Industry Facing Steep Tariffs from Canada: Today the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body issued their final ruling against the United States country of origin labeling (COOL) requirements...
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Afternoon Brief, April 14
North Coast Wine Challenge underway in Santa Rosa: The 2015 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge began Tuesday at the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country Hotel in Santa Rosa...
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Afternoon Brief, January 26
Sonoma County to be official 2016 Super Bowl wine: Sonoma County wine producers will be the official suppliers for Super Bowl 50 in the Bay Area 2016, it was announced Friday at an annual gathering of...
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