December 23, 2022
Wine Shipping on SCOTUS Agenda Again: Will the Supreme Court finally make a definitive judgment on interstate shipping next year?...
December 20, 2022
Has Wine Country Become Too Expensive for Its Own Good?: One thing became very clear over the course of this year: Visiting Wine Country has gotten really expensive...
December 16, 2022
Winc and Sherry Lehmann: Two Very Different US Retailers in Trouble: Winc, the much lauded 11-year old online business that went public last year, has collapsed, despite $54.2m from venture capital investors...
December 15, 2022
RNDC Invests in E-Commerce Platform Thirstie; Deal Will Transform Alcohol Industry: Suppliers can now harness the power of e-commerce and data to expand distribution...
December 13, 2022
RNDC Expands Presence in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont: Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) today announced the upcoming purchase of Ultra, a division of Horizon Beverage. The purchase includes...
December 9, 2022
Napa Vineyard Sales Are Usually Secret. So Why Was This $34 Million Deal So Public?: When a prestigious Napa Valley vineyard is up for sale, it almost never gets listed publicly...
December 7, 2022
Illegal Alcohol Shipping Has Become a Serious Problem: Illegal alcohol shipping in the U.S. has grown into a significant and dangerous problem. Ecommerce exploded during the Covid-19 pandemic, allowing...
December 6, 2022
Solano County Winemakers’ Pitch for New Grape Pricing Advances: For just over three years wine grape growers and vintners in a portion of Solano County have been petitioning the California Department of...
December 1, 2022
Premiumisation Continues Across Beverage Alcohol, but Shows Signs of Slowing Down in Q4 2022 Onwards: IWSR data shows early signs of down-trading in select categories...
November 17, 2022
Pilot Project for California Grape Growers Gets into the Weeds on Regenerative Agriculture: As popular as the term “regenerative agriculture” has become, there is little consensus on the definition of...