Tag: WineAmerica
Show Up, Stand Up, Speak Up: WineAmerica National Policy Conference 2022
For the first time in three years, WineAmerica representatives recently met with Congressional Representatives from around the country to discuss the wine industry’s legislative...
WineAmerica: Managing the Business Climate for Wine
Editor’s note: Wine Industry Advisor is proud to welcome WineAmerica to its roster of regular contributors. Beginning with this article, the industry’s voice in...
Afternoon Brief, April 20th
The World’s Leading Bulk Wine Fair Launches Its First-Ever US Show: The inaugural WBWE USA show will be held on June 8th and 9th at Sonoma County Event Center at the Fairgrounds...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Marty Clubb—Co-Owner, L’Ecole No. 41
A Walla Walla industry leader and community builder.
Ask Marty Clubb how a one-time corporate financial analyst ended up running a top-notch, highly-respected Washington state...
Executive Order on Promoting Competition … In the Wine Industry
Wine Industry Advisor managing editor, Stacy Briscoe, speaks to Michael Kaiser, VP of WineAmerica, about President Biden’s Order affecting the beverage alcohol industry
“A fair,...
Afternoon Brief, June 17th
Doug Moorhead, Whose Winery Was the Second to Open in Pennsylvania, Dies at 87: Doug Moorhead, one of the founders of the Pennsylvania wine industry, died June 10. He was 87...
Examining the Potential Pitfalls and Opportunities for Wine Businesses
While the tax increases in President Biden’s $1.8 trillion infrastructure plan targeted the wealthy, the recent release of the American Families Plan did not...
Afternoon Brief, March 17th
WineAmerica Releases 2021 Government Affairs Strategy: WineAmerica, the national association of American wineries, has released a document detailing its overall government affairs strategy and legislative agenda for 2021...
WineAmerica Releases 2021 Government Affairs Strategy
March 17th - Washington, DC—WineAmerica, the national association of American wineries, has released a document detailing its overall government affairs strategy and legislative agenda...
Afternoon Brief, December 29th
How the Coronavirus, Wildfires Are Changing How California Fine Wines Are Sold: The North Coast wine business had been facing slowing sales growth and increasing competition from other premium adult beverages even before this year’s coronavirus pandemic response led to months-long stretches of closures of key sales channels in tasting rooms and restaurants and wildfires caused tens of thousands of grape tons to not be harvested...
Afternoon Brief, September 23
Crisis in Wine Country: 2020 is shaping up to be the worst year for American wineries since Prohibition...
Nominations Open for Wine Industry ‘Distinguished Service’ Award
The Rich Smith Distinguished Service award honors the legacy of an icon in the U.S. wine industry who was integral in the creation of...
WIN Insiders with WineAmerica’s Michael Kaiser
In this interview (video above), we talk with Michael Kaiser, Vice President of Government Affairs / WineAmerica, a grassroots advocacy organization for the American Wine Industry and the only national wine industry trade association based out of DC...
Afternoon Brief, August 4
California Winery Claims Storage Fees Hike Is Virus Price-Gouging: A winery told a California federal court Friday that the new company managing its storage facility has jacked its rates by more than 1,000% on $7 million worth of wine, violating the state of emergency declared to prevent price-gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic...
Afternoon Brief, July 16
In Wine Country, Coronavirus Cases Rise in Cramped Farmworker Housing: As Eppie Ordaz, a grape grower in Sonoma County, readies his vineyard for the late August harvest season, he is stocking masks and gloves for employees, planning empty rows to allow workers to keep their distance, and putting extra disinfectants and sanitation stations into place...
