March 12, 2021
Pandemic Rules Loosened for California Breweries, Wineries and Distilleries: Breweries, wineries and distilleries will soon be allowed to operate outdoors statewide — even if they don't serve food — in...
March 11, 2021
Virtual 2021 Sonoma County Barrel Auction Presented by American Agcredit, Registration Open: Sonoma County Vintners announces the seventh annual Sonoma County Barrel Auction, presented by American AgCredit,...
March 5, 2021
U.S. and Europe Will Suspend Tariffs on Alcohol, Food and Airplanes: The governments agreed to temporarily suspend tariffs on billions of dollars of products as they search for a settlement to a long-running...
March 2, 2021
SipSource Issues 2020 Annual Report Detailing Improved Depletion Trends in 2020 and Predicting "COVID Hangover" in 2021: SipSource, the first and only source for wine and spirits distributor depletion...
February 23, 2021
Sonoma County Winery Event Permit Meeting Leaves Vintners Frustrated with Process: Last Thursday’s virtual forum organized by Sonoma County’s Permit Sonoma to ostensibly open up conversation about event...
February 16, 2021
Pandemic, Northern California Fires Could Complicate Wine Business Financing, Lenders Say: Second-generation vintner Hugh Davies is disappointed he didn’t hit last year’s business performance goals for...
February 12, 2021
USTR Announces No Revisions in Airbus Tariffs: Is the Tumbler, Goblet, and Pint Half-empty or Half-Full?: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced in a Notice for publication...
February 8, 2021
Southern Glazer’s Signs Agreement to Acquire Epic Wines & Spirits: Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (Southern Glazer’s)—the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol—today announced that it has...
January 28, 2021
California Wine Business Faces New, Ongoing Challenges as It Adjusts to Pandemic, Wildfires: The U.S. wine business eked out slim volume growth overall last year, even as the coronavirus has upended how...
January 27, 2021
Experts Say Robust Ecommerce Programs Are Key to Wine Industry Survival in Foreseeable Future: While fourth quarter numbers are still being crunched and the gains and losses of 2020 have yet to be fully...