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How Jackson Family Wines’ Top Brass in Oregon Is Shaping the Willamette Valley’s Future
With Eugenia Keegan at the helm in Oregon, JFW is guiding the valley’s evolution into an elite, luxury region. In return, the valley is doing the same for JFW…
Republic National Distributing Company and Breakthru Beverage Group Terminate Proposed Merger
Republic National Distribution Company and Breakthru Beverage Group today jointly announced that the proposed business combination of the two companies has been terminated and the related Hart-Scott-Rodino filing with the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been withdrawn…
Constellation Selling Lower-End Wine Brands to Gallo in $1.7B Deal: Why It’s a Win-Win
One of the United States’ leading wine marketers, Constellation Brands, announced that it will be divesting 30 of its brands, mostly wines that cost under $11 a bottle, to the Modesto, California-based E. & J. Gallo…
Napa County Winery, Vineyard Permit Fix-It Deadline Brings Fewer Applications
There was a flurry of filing ahead of the March 29 deadline Napa County set for owners of winery, vineyard and other properties to voluntarily straighten out differences between what’s allowed in their use permits and actual operations, but what fell on the planning department counter by that afternoon was but a dusting of the hundreds anticipated…
Menthol Is Not Mint: Decoding Freshness in Wine
Major Study Debunks Myth That Moderate Drinking Can Be Healthy
How Robots Are Taking Over Vineyards
Weather and Climate Reports – Linfield College
The Wine Institute Is Leaving San Francisco for Sacramento
Constellation Brands CEO Bill Newlands Talks Wine, Beer and Cannabis
Winery Permit Draws Interested Buyers for Kozlowski Family’s Forestville Farm
Chablis Steps Up Sustainability Focus with New Methanation System
Brexit’s High Costs for UK Wine Trade
Phylloxera Outbreak Simulation Drives Biosecurity Best Practice
Five Ways Smartphones Are Changing How We Drink Wine
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DTC Roadshow in Texas Hill Country
April 9, 2019 – Fredericksburg, TX, USA
2019 VingDirect Forum: “Staying Relevant in a Competitive Marketplace”
April 11, 2019 – Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Wine Industry Conference
April 18, 2019 – Rohnert Park, CA, USA
Sparkling Tour 2019 – Paso Robles, CA
April 25, 2019 – Paso Robles, CA, USA
3 Tier Wine Symposium
May 22, 2019 – Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Constellation Sells Budget Wine Brands to Gallo
Alpha Omega Toasts Return of Winemaker Henrik Poulsen
Complaints of Nonpayment Mount Against Wine Awesomeness
Mystery Shoppers Visit Quintessa
California’s Newest Grape-Growing Region Is Now on Wine Labels, but It May Take a While to Catch On
New Website to Tell Authoritative History of H.W. Crabb’s Legendary To-Kalon Estate
Top Innovations in the Vineyard
Agajanian Inc. Alleges Aonair Wine Accepted Napa Valley AVA Grapes but Did Not Pay the Bill in Full
The Campaign to Make Alcohol ‘The New Tobacco’
Franzia Wine Makes “Franz for Life” with Integrated Advertising Campaign
Saving Wine from the Sober Generation
