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Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, December 12

December 12, 2018

Illinois Distributor's Massive Payout to TTB: As the Washington DC-based Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) ramps up its trade practice-enforcement investigations, more wholesalers are appearing...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, December 11

December 11, 2018

Holiday Horror Stories from the Land of Retail: When trouble strikes in retail, it's often during the holidays. The two-week period around Christmas and New Year's Eve is the biggest time of year for wine...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, December 10

December 10, 2018

A 31% Increase in Number of California Wineries Makes Financial Success That Much Harder: The global investment firm Rabobank November 2018 Wine Quarterly included a few important takeaways from the Wine...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, December 7

December 7, 2018

Gloomy Outlook for Smaller Wineries: Wine consumption in the US is leveling off, but wine prices continue to rise. Total visits to wineries dropped after California's wildfires and that part of the tourist...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, December 5

December 5, 2018

Napa County Takes First Step to Rein in Wineries That Break the Law After years of wrangling, Napa County took a first step to better police it's more than 500 wineries with an updated code enforcement...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, December 4

December 4, 2018

US$10M Government Grape Purchase: Following a long back and forth between US and China leaders, and high import tariffs placed on a number of agricultural goods, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, December 3

December 3, 2018

Again this year the North Coast Wine Industry Expo (WIN Expo) will be the second largest wine industry trade show in North America with 300 premium wine industry suppliers at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds...

Wine Industry Articles

12 Things Not to Miss at the WIN Expo Trade Show This Thursday

December 3, 2018

Afternoon Brief

Afternoon Brief, November 30

November 30, 2018

Napa Vintner, Oregon Officials Meet to Defuse Wine-Labeling Dispute: Oregon regulators and a California winery accused of misrepresenting the Oregon origins of its bestselling pinot noir, an act which...