March 19, 2025
With your help and support, we can magnify the positive story about wine. By Karen MacNeil Wine people are special people. We cherish coming together to share the beverage we love with food, laughter,...
February 19, 2025
Regardless of your political views and opinions on Donald Trump, there is one thing we can all agree on: he is doing exactly what he said he would do. By Michael Kaiser As I draft this latest column, it...
February 7, 2025
San Diego, CA (February 7, 2025) SommCon, the leading conference for wine and spirits education, will host a free live webinar on February 18, 2025, at 8:30 AM PT / 11:30 AM ET, featuring Michael...
January 10, 2025
“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for ‘danger,’ the other for ‘opportunity.’” – John F. Kennedy – In the early 1980s, the New York grape and wine...
January 2, 2025
Millions of People Stop Drinking in Dry January. But How Does It Impact the Alcohol Industry? Dry January has been an opportunity for people to cut back on the amount of alcohol they drink. In recent years...
November 25, 2024
Sugarloaf Custom Winery Seeks Bankruptcy Protection as $13 Million Loan in Default: Sugarloaf Wine Co. southeast of Santa Rosa filed for Chapter 11 reorganization as loan on winery goes into foreclosure....
November 25, 2024
Come Over October (COO) sprung from a light bulb moment in January 2024, when noted author & wine writer Karen MacNeil was walking her dog and pondering the plethora of anti-wine messaging filling...
October 25, 2024
The “existential” threat of re-imposed European wine tariffs By Jeff Siegel Former President Donald Trump’s call for renewed tariffs on European wine if he’s elected president were met with a flurry of...
October 24, 2024
Mendocino County Named Wine Enthusiast's American Wine Region of the Year: Shining a light on lesser-known California wine region...
October 24, 2024
There are currently 150 Congressional Wine Caucus members in the House and Senate, and once the election is settled, WineAmerica will work with the CWC to recruit additional legislators. By Jim Trezise,...