Home » Afternoon Brief
LATEST
February 4, 2025
Los Angeles Wildfires Devastated the Local Wine Industry. What's Next?
Wine businesses are navigating the effects of the Los Angeles fires, spearheading relief efforts, and forging a path forward...
February 3, 2025
Updated - US Pauses Tariffs on Canada, After Wineries in Both Nations Faced Trade Barriers: The U.S. and Canadian governments agreed to pause their tariff battle for one month. Canada had threatened 25...
January 31, 2025
Wine Industry Huddles to Address What Experts Describe as “The Age of Uncertainty”: Shrinking consumption, wine surpluses, inflation and anti-alcohol arguments were some of the reasons cited for the downturn...
January 30, 2025
New Napa Valley Coalition Formed in Response to Trump's Claims of Mass Deportations : Napa's wine industry had already been facing challenging times, including a labor shortage. Now, fears of mass deportations...
January 29, 2025
DtC Wine Shipping Declines in the Face of Industry Headwinds: With declining trends across the wine and overall beverage alcohol markets, the direct-to-consumer wine shipping channel faced a challenging...
January 28, 2025
Trump's Promise of Mass Deportations Looms over California's Wine Industry: During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed to launch what he called "the largest deportation program in American history,"...
January 27, 2025
Beverage Alcohol 2024, a Few Bright Spots, but Mostly Headwinds: There is much commentary in beverage alcohol trade publications on the trends in the US beverage alcohol market in 2024. Much of the news...
January 24, 2025
Good Times Ahead for US Wine Consumers: It's likely to be a great couple of years for consumers, but not so good for US wine producers...
January 23, 2025
2025 SVB Report: Pulling No Punches: The U.S. wine market, given declining sales and inventory logjams at the retailer and wholesaler level, should yield what the report’s author, Rob McMillan, called...
January 22, 2025
Ontario Threatens to Ban US Alcohol in Tit-for-Tat Response to Tariffs Threat: Premier Doug Ford has told the Liquor Board of Canada to clear US alcoholic drinks off retailers’ shelves if the tariff threat...