Tag: Wine Institute

Will COVID-19 Change Online Wine Forever?: Rabobank beverage analyst Bourcard Nesin argues that the impact of the pandemic on buying habits will be a lasting one...

Off-Premise Wine Sales Boom Weakening: The off-premise alcohol purchasing frenzie sparked by the pandemic lockdown peaked in the first full week, and wine sales were down -24% comparatively in the following week ending March 28, according to Nielsen data...

Wine Lessons from a Past Epidemic: The 2003 SARS epidemic hit Chinas wine trade hard. While some companies collapsed, others came out stronger. Ian Ford speaks to Felicity Carter about what he saw...

Facing Staggering Losses, Napa's Hospitality and Service Sectors Discover Insurers Won't Pay: Business owners across sectors of California's hospitality and service industry have come to a disturbing realization: the substantial losses they've sustained in the wake of a coronavirus-prompted state lockdown are not covered by their insurers...

SAN FRANCISCO — April is California Wines Down to Earth Month, an annual tribute to the California winemaking community’s decades-long commitment to sustainable winegrowing. Created...

Wineries Get Creative to Reach Customers During Pandemic: As the mandate came down in California and other states to close tasting rooms as part of the prevention of the spread of the Coronavirus through gatherings, wineries were forced to pivot from normal operations to both creative ways of selling wine, but also engaging with their current customer base and figuring how employees would survive...

Impact of County Shelter-in-Place Orders on Wineries: Seven Bay Area counties in California today issued shelter-in-place orders. The orders require individuals living in these counties to remain in their place of residence and leave only to provide or receive certain essential services or engage in certain essential activities and work for essential businesses and governmental services...

Seven Bay Area counties in California (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz) today issued shelter-in-place orders (“the...

New Recommendations on Winery Tastings & Events California Governor Newsom called today for the closure of bars, pubs and wineries in the state to help curtail the...

SAN FRANCISCO — Industry leaders from around the world convened at Wine Institute’s “Export 2020: California Wine Global Export Conference” to hear from influential...

Rodney Strong Vineyards Statement on Wine Leak: In the early afternoon of Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020, we became aware of a leak in one of our blending tanks. We worked urgently to contain the leak and save as much wine as we could...

Napa, CA, January 15, 2020 – The trade show at the 2020 Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium will feature an array of new products...

SAN FRANCISCO — Wine Institute has launched a new website at wineinstitute.org to highlight its public policy work at the state, federal and international...

Call on Governments to Support “Zero for Zero” for Wine WASHINGTON, D.C. & BRUSSELS — The two leading wine sector organizations in the European Union...

Wine Institute Applauds One-Year Extension of Craft Beverage Act Washington, D.C. – The consolidated appropriations package, which includes a one-year extension of the Craft Beverage...