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Wineries Report Increased Use of Social Media to Enhance Direct to Consumer Sales
More than 60% of wineries and wine-related businesses say they plan to increase their use of social media over the next three years in response to changing market demographics, to build their brand and to reach targeted customers…
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New York Lawmakers Stir Debate With New Effort To Pass “At-Rest” Legislation
The battle over New York states proposed at-rest legislation for wine and spirits is heating up. State legislators, led by state senate co-leader Jeff Klein, are considering a bill to require wine and spirits sold in New York to be warehoused in the state for at least 24 hours…
U.S. farm bill clears hurdle in Senate, final vote seen Tuesday
Long-delayed farm legislation easily cleared a procedural hurdle on Monday in the U.S. Senate, with final passage of the nearly $1 trillion bill expected as early as Tuesday…
Wines of Wind Country
There are a lot more vineyards in the Petaluma Gap region than tasting rooms, so it can be hard to understand exactly what the areas wines are all about…
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Michigan Introduces Wine Country Touring for Skiers & Snowshoers
New York Wine dealers say new tax could raise alcohol costs by $2 a bottle
Rathbone merges wine distribution with Burge
Southern Wine & Spirits of America opens first Southern Supply Center
Austrian wine exports reach record high
Craft beer boom emerges as threat to wine sales
New York sees surge in distilleries, wineries
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