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Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, March 28

March 28, 2019

For Cancer Risk, a Bottle of Wine Equals This Many Cigarettes: Drinking a bottle of wine per week may be like smoking five to 10 cigarettes in the same time period, in terms of cancer risk, according to...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, March 27

March 27, 2019

Distinguished Vineyards & Wine Partners Acquires Two Napa Valley Wineries: Markham Vineyards and Textbook - Distinguished Vineyards & Wine Partners is excited to announce the acquisitions of St. Helena-based...

Featured Wine Industry Articles

Butternut Brand Grew from 1,500 to 100,000 Cases by Paying Close Attention to Market Trends

March 27, 2019

While there are no questions any more about Butternut Wines’ prominent spot in the marketplace and its soaring potential, Tony Leonardini admits that he and his partners had some doubts about the timing...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, March 26

March 26, 2019

New Collective Brings Applied Research, Collaboration to Winemaking Community: Winemakers have been long been among the original experimenters; that is, those willing to employ trial and error methodologies...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, March 25

March 25, 2019

Vineyard Lawsuit a Test for Napa: What is To Kalon? Is it a vineyard, or a fanciful name like The Prisoner? A 2003 lawsuit settlement led to an equivocal decision: it's both.

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, March 22

March 22, 2019

Napa and Sonoma Bottles Rise to the Top of American Wine Lists. Again.: We love to ride a new wave, set a trend, be the vanguard. Headlines scream about the decline of last years fad and the rise of this...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, March 21

March 21, 2019

Constellation’s Mondavi Improperly Obtained, Deceptively Use Famed “To Kalon” Designation: Perhaps the most prized vineyard designation in American winemaking is Napa Valleys To Kalon (Greek for the highest...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, March 20

March 20, 2019

How the Flooding Affected Sonoma’s 2019 Vintage: Northern California wineries and vineyards continue to clean up and dry out from the unusually heavy rainfall that hit in late February and caused some...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, March 19

March 19, 2019

Vintage Wine Estates Purchases 1,986 Acre Laetitia Winery Estate on the California Central Coast: Vintage Wine Estates has purchased Laetitia Vineyard & Winery. Laetitia, located in the Arroyo Grande...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, March 18

March 18, 2019

Constellation Brands May Sell Cheap Wine Brands to Gallo: Constellation Brands may sell off some of its lower-end wine brands to Gallo Winery, according to CNBC. The report comes after Constellation said...