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Treasury Says Renewed Focus On $10-$20 Segment Is Paying Dividends
Among Treasury Wine Estates’ key initiatives in the U.S. market in recent months has been a renewed emphasis on the $10-$20 price area, a strategy that is now yielding growth on several of its main brands…
Napa Valley Vintners Announces Strategic Partnership with J.P. Morgan
The Napa Valley Vintners wine trade association has announced a strategic partnership with J.P. Morgan as part of its ongoing efforts to work with a select group of companies whose brand values align with the quality of Napa Valley wines, along with philanthropic efforts in caring for the communities in which they do business…
French Wine Exports Held Back by Low Supply
For the fourth consecutive year, French exports of wines and spirits exceeded 10 billion euros in 2014, but the lack of availability due to reduced harvests has left concerned producers facing “very strong” international competition…
Seeds could unlock secrets of ancient Middle Eastern wine
The grapes used to produce “the Wine of the Negev” are more than 1,500 years old and were found at the Halutza excavation site in the Negev during a joint dig by the University of Haifa and the Israel Antiquities Authority…
Federal rule change would help many Northwest wineries
Lake Michigan College launches Midwest’s first commercial teaching winery
Sobering data: Wine Market Council looks at a growing taste for other beverages
Rabobank’s first quarter report on global wine industry
U.S. House and Senate bills would eliminate harvest price option subsidy
Drought, new water law may lead to more fallowed acres in California
Harpers calls on global wine and spirits producers to back ‘Drop the Duty’ campaign
Proposed bill would allow direct wine shipping to Oklahoma
Global sales of Rioja wine grow by five million bottles in 2014
Wal-Mart sues Texas for rights to sell spirits
Bollinger Champagne’s 50 Shades of Grey Cameo
What Are Consumers Drinking And Where Are They Buying It?
Beer and spirits challenge ‘gateway’ wines
Canada threatens California wine imports over U.S. meat-labeling regs
California’s bumper 2014 harvest means overstock on bulk wine
Predicted Slowdown in U.S. Wine Consumption
American Fine Wine Competition Announces Wineries and Winemakers of the Year
Truett-Hurst quarterly sales sour on wine returns
2014 Winegrape Harvest Welcome Relief for California Wine Market
West Coast ports fully reopen as contract talks resume
Fighting powdery mildew on grapes
Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot on the Rise in U.S.
Proposed rule would alter the use of appellation names on wine labels