December 21, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: New York State Fines Southern Glazer’s in ‘Pay to Play’ Scheme A giant wine and liquor wholesaler whose employees engaged in “pay...
December 7, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: New Company Rapidly Changing How 3-Tier Alcohol Distribution Happens The vast majority of wineries in the US produce less than 5,000 cases, and they’ve...
October 27, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Winery Shuts Down After Complaints of Lewd Parties A New York winery has closed its doors three weeks after its liquor licence was suspended following...
September 29, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Thieves Uproot 500 Vines and Steal Grapes in Bordeaux Around seven tons of grapes have been stolen from vineyards in Bordeaux mid-harvest, a double...
September 8, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Industry Accused of Spreading Lies About Alcohol and Health A report by UK academics has accused the drinks industry of, “actively disseminating...
August 30, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Digging Deeper in Pay-for-Play Scandal In going through the 2014 Pennsylvania Ethics Commission report that sparked a federal investigation, I got...
August 29, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Some U.S. States Are Cracking Down on Interstate Direct-To-Consumer Wine Shipping According to ShipCompliant by Sovos, at over $2 billion in 2016...
August 28, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Pay-to-Play Scandal Exposed Southern Glazer’s, the largest wine and spirits distributor in the United States, was fined $5 million last month...
August 23, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Winemaker Crushed to Death by Wine Press Bernard Rouanet, owner of the Domaine Rouanet Montcélèbre vineyard, located next to the village of Cesseras...
August 15, 2017
Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Red Blotch Rising A new virus that started spreading across California vineyards – and the nation – in the 2000s is under investigation…...