The 160th Hospices de Beaune wine sale – the oldest in the world in the wine world – which was to take place today has been postponed. History tells that there were other times (we are thinking of 1961 for meteorological reasons and 1968 cancelled for qualitative reasons) when the sale was...
Read MoreAfternoon Brief: Wineries for Sale, but Buyers Scarce
Some people are walking away from the California wine industry as tough times see wineries left unsold...
Afternoon Brief, December 1
Monday, December 01 Trending Story Treasury Wine Estates Hit by Major US Write-Down Australia's largest wine producer has slashed the value of its US
Afternoon Brief: Champagne's Loss Is California's Gain
Wine consumption overall is on the decline, reaching its lowest point since 1996. And while California sparkling wine is far from immune to the gloom, the sunshine state is finding areas of the market that is leveraging with great success, albeit in a few different ways and often simultaneously...
Afternoon Brief, March 11th
Digging Deeper into Wine's Vine-Pull Battle: Pulling up vines is an effective way to make sure growers can make a living - so who's stopping them?...
Afternoon Brief, February 27th
US FTC Suing to Block $25 Billion Kroger-Albertsons Supermarket Deal: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and eight states said on Monday they are suing to block supermarket chain Kroger's $24.6 billion deal to buy smaller rival Albertsons, saying it would boost grocery prices for millions of Americans...
Afternoon Brief, February 8th
Napa County Puts Hoopes Winery Leader in Witness Stand: Napa County's attorneys put Lindsay Hoopes of Hoopes Family Vineyard in the witness stand to question her about alleged winery rule violations...
