September 23, 2024
What Does California's Grape Oversupply Mean for the Trade: There are a record number of premium grapes being offered on the cheap in California. But what does this mean for the wine trade?
September 23, 2024
It’s already been an election season for the books, and no one knows what might happen next. By Michael Kaiser While wineries are picking grapes and making next year’s vintage, the rest of the country...
August 22, 2024
How wineries, associations, retailers and more are bringing the Come Over October campaign to life. One benefit of judging in wine competitions is meeting other wine people, like my friend Kimberly Noelle...
July 22, 2024
What's Driving Wine's Structural Decline: Wine consumption has been in decline in its traditional continental European markets for decades, and for many years that volume decline was offset by growth in...
June 21, 2024
A Look at Antinori’s Purchase of Washington’s Col Solare: “The fact that Piero Antinori feels like this is a gem that he wants within his family, I think it speaks volumes to what Washington has done,...
June 21, 2024
The Farm Bill is essential to viticulture in America and is always a big ticket agenda item for WineAmerica. By Michael Kaiser Wine is a value-added agricultural product. It is taken from a raw product...
May 29, 2024
Oregon Wineries Sue Pacificorp for $100 Million for Smoke Damage: Some 30 wineries in Willamette Valley are suing Warren Buffett’s energy company PacifiCorp for negligence surrounding the 2020 wildfires...
May 29, 2024
May 29th – WASHINGTON, DC — WineAmerica, the National Association of American Wineries based in Washington, DC, has elected as its new Board Chair Scott Osborn, President and Co-owner of Fox...
May 22, 2024
Earlier this month, more than 40 people from wineries, winery associations and suppliers (representing 15 different states) traveled to our nation’s capital for direct contact with their legislators. By...
April 17, 2024
Ackley Brands Acquires Washington Wineries Columbia Winery and Hogue Cellars: Ackley Brands, a family-owned company based in Seattle that owns and operates premium beverage brands in the Pacific Northwest,...