APCOR: Cork is wine’s strongest quality signal // Champagne Hits Record Alcohol Levels

Producers and retailers can use cork as an indicator of wine quality without pricing themselves out of the mainstream market, says APCOR.

Champagne could pack more punch in future vintages if this year is any indication.

Chile has passed a decree to create a “low-alcohol wine” category of wine in the country.

The nation’s largest alcohol distributor has agreed to pay $12.5 million to resolve a federal investigation into years of alleged bribery and false invoicing tied to wine sales in California supermarkets, federal prosecutors said Thursday. 

Such was the extreme heat and dryness in Champagne this year, the winemaking rules of the region have been changed.

Lighter yields: Grape activity picks up cautiously

Restaurant and bar operators nationwide are optimistic about wine on-premise, with many saying that wine sales are trending up.

Many consumers find that splurging on a flaky croissant or boutique provisions is more financially viable than a full-service meal out.

In part one of a revealing interview, Andrew Donaldson, founder and owner of Central Otago producer Akitu, tells Sarah Neish why, if anything, New Zealand may have an issue with "under supply" in the coming years due to soaring demand in the US.

The invisible prosperity.

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USDA has been working in close collaboration with Secretary Karen Ross of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and county agricultural commissioners as they lead the response and conduct trace-forward activities.

Sonoma Valley's Hamel has hired Chris McFall, former Wine Director at three-Michelin-starred SingleThread, as its new National Sales Manager for the Western Region.

Clémentine Reyboubet first joined EPC Champagnes in 2020, shortly after the house was founded in 2019, to handle the company’s marketing and press.

The consumer increasingly understands that it’s time for the drinks industry to catch up and make the most of the alcohol free premium wine category.

In the wine category currently, low- & no-alcohol continues to be one of the few bright spots for the wider industry, proving popular mostly among younger legal drinking age consumers. Developing effective closures for no/low wines, however, is not so easy.

A labor of love saw Donelan Family Wines resurrect a favorite vineyard after a devastating fire.

The owner of 53rd Winery and Vineyard says it’s a “collection of individuals who simply want to produce quality wine with great authentic and welcoming service.”