Afternoon Brief: The Supreme Court Is Poised to Remind States That the Constitution Doesn't Stop at the Liquor Store
Twice in the past two decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has heard landmark cases involving protectionist alcohol laws, and twice the Court has made it clear that when states discriminate against out-of-state alcohol businesses, they are running afoul of the U.S. Constitution...
Afternoon Brief: RNDC Says Reyes Will Buy It in Seven Markets
Less than one year after Republic National Distributing Company’s catastrophic collapse in California, VinePair has learned that the country’s second-largest wine and spirits wholesaler will sell a portion of its national operation to the country’s largest beer distributor: Reyes Beverage Group...
Afternoon Brief: Learn From the Best - Tap into the Minds Shaping the Future of Wine
Members of the wine industry seeking solutions to their most pressing problems will have a suite of experts providing insights, advice and answers to the industrys most complicated questions at the 13th Annual WIN Expo on December 4, 2025...
Afternoon Brief: A Breakthrough Year for Low-Alcohol Wines
Dealcoholized wine has been around for some timethe first patents date back to the early 20th centurybut the recent moderation trend has driven rapid growth for the no- and low-alcohol wine market...
Afternoon Brief: Sonoma County Vintners Announces “Wine Is Us” Campaign Promoting Positive Benefits of Wine
Sonoma County Vintners (SCV) is excited to announce their new Wine Is Us multimedia campaign as part of their ongoing efforts to advocate for and promote Sonoma County wines to the world...
Afternoon Brief: Treasury Wine Estates Settles Lawsuit with Shareholders
Australian wine giant Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has agreed to pay shareholders A$65m ($43.7m) in response to class action proceedings made against it four years ago...
Afternoon Brief, April 29th
Labor Department Sets Sweeping New H-2A Foreign Guestworker Rule: The U.S. Department of Labor has adopted a new rule it said will protect foreign seasonal farmworkers from being abused, imposing sweeping regulations the head of an agricultural employers association called "offensive."...