‘Alarming’ increase in levels of forever chemical TFA found in European wines // Millennials Aren’t Killing the Wine Industry. They’re Changing It.

Wines produced after 2010 showed steep rise in contamination of trifluoroacetic acid, analysis finds.

Younger wine drinkers want wines made with purpose—and they’ll spend more than any other generation to get them.

The complicated and fascinating story of how alcoholic beverages morphed from disreputable habit to ubiquitous facet of American life is documented in Professor Lisa Jacobson's book, “Intoxicating Pleasures: The Reinvention of Wine, Beer, and Whiskey after Prohibition.”

Aging vines, climate change, and a lack of young farmers, compounded by unchecked urban sprawl, are pushing the island’s wine industry to the edge.

While the U.S. wine market suffered a decline last year and now faces further uncertainty from tariffs, the “better-for-you” sector continues to buck the trend.

In his 100-page French-English viticulture dictionary (€29), ‘200 words for understanding vines’, retired lecturer Alain Carbonneau offers another, more encyclopaedic approach with 200 words translated and defined in both languages.

The Finger Lakes are home to New York’s largest wine-producing region, but vineyards there are struggling with the impacts of climate change.

The Mendoza winery, a long-time advocate of organic and biodynamic viticulture, has redoubled its sustainability efforts in recent years.

Artificial intelligence could help winemakers adapt to climate change-related pressures in their vineyards, one Napa winemaker and proponent of the technology has said.

New data shows over 70% of consumers are interested in using AI to select adult beverages.

Make no mistake, old vineyards in Lodi need saving.

The benign growing season conditions have yielded accessible, affable, aromatically delightful wines. But how well will 2020 Barolo age?

As tariffs threaten to send import prices soaring, domestic wines might be poised to be a value alternative for many American consumers.

Global markets can carry on without the US, Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman and CEO warned in a Bloomberg TV interview, saying President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs are killing investor appetite for U.S. ventures and could deepen a downturn if the economy slides into recession.

On beauty, art, literature, mustard, and wine.

I write as 2025 is still getting underway: a moment when wineries and winemakers often reach out to wine communicators.

Yeast is already a familiar ingredient to bakers and winemakers, but new research from the University of Georgia suggests it can also trace the footsteps of our ancestors.

By understanding how plant communication systems work, the team may create plants that can communicate with people and each other.

​A recent federal lawsuit filed by Ad Obscura LLC (The Obscure Distillery,) a California-based craft spirits producer, against the New York State Liquor Authority ("NYSLA") could have significant implications for interstate liquor shipping regulations in the United States.

Organizations are helping educate immigrants with Defensa del Barrio workshops and more traditional know-your-rights trainings.

“While we know that sales teams have not only been imaginative and creative, having huge fun in the process, they actually reported ‘an average sales lift of 349%,’ according to the Wines of Germany UK team.”

Wine lovers aren’t just one-time buyers; they maintain long-term relationships with wineries, interacting across multiple channels—through in-person events, eCommerce, time-sensitive shipments, and club memberships.