May 18, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: The World’s Most Wanted Napa Wines It’s that time of year again, when we round up the “who’s who?” of the wine world....
May 17, 2018
C Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Alcohol Industry Pushes Lawmakers to Uncork Excise Tax Relief The alcohol industry is pressing Congress to make permanent the excise tax relief...
May 14, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: U.S. Premium Wine Rides on Household Wealth Boom, but ‘Headwinds’ Are Gaining, Says Wells Fargo Economist While U.S. interest rates remain...
May 8, 2018
Wine Sellers Charge "Gangster Tactics" by Liquor Commission over Shipping Sales A national group of wine sellers is accusing the New Hampshire Liquor Commission of abusing its power and using "gangster...
May 3, 2018
Gallo Acquires Rancho Real Vineyard
An affiliate of E. & J. Gallo Winery announced today it has purchased Rancho Real Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley appellation of Santa Barbara County...
April 30, 2018
Wine Experts Warn of Growing Anti-Alcohol Sentiment and Aging Boomers The industry has been riding on the "wine is good for you" trend since the early 1990s, but "negative" press about alcohol is growing,...
April 24, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Napa County Winegrape Value Hits Record $750M with Big Cabernet Sauvignon Jump Napa County’s winegrape harvest last year hit a new record value...
April 18, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: California’s Nagging Smoke Taint Concerns Will “Californian wildfire smoke” be making it onto the tasting notes of the 2017 vintage?…...
April 17, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Winners of the 2018 North Coast Wine Challenge Announced Kokomo Wines of the Dry Creek Valley, a grower-winemaker partnership, took home the top...
April 16, 2018
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Pay-to-Play Schemes Keep TTB Busy A host of so-called “pay-to-play” infractions have become one of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade...