Autumn Budget a ‘kick in the teeth’ for wine and spirits // The real reason restaurant wine lists are boring – spoiler, restaurants are not to blame

The Autumn Budget offered a mixed picture for the drinks industry, with the incoming increase in non-draught duty leaving a bitter taste for many in the sector.

We can't ignore the hidden bottleneck between wineries and restaurants.

On October 29th the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) approved Beverly, Washington as the state’s newest appellation.

They dreamed of elegant living in France and good earnings from selling their wine in China. Now many investors have given up or want out.

On the heels of hiring Cabell Coursey as their winemaker, Sarah, and Michael Browne, co-owners of Browne Family Wines – CHEV and CIRQ wines, announce their appointment of Erin Miller as General Manager of their iconic Family winery.

Napa Valley's Realm Cellars has opened its pricey, sought-after wines up to the public for the first time.

Cruise ships have a unique system of sourcing and selling wine Liza B. Zimmerman and Edward Lewis report.

The prospect of a Trump-sparked tariff war should worry all in the beverage-alcohol industry.

It was hoped that 2024 would bring a stabilisation of sales volumes after a period of retailer/distributor destocking following pandemic-era stockpiling, but it has not come to pass.

IWSR's longitudinal data for still wine market attractiveness highlights the impact of socio-economic and political factors, as well as shifts in consumer preferences, on the global wine landscape.

An Alameda County planning panel last week directed the architects of a proposed events center and golf course in South Livermore wine country to return to their drawing boards.

Portland-based electrical utility counters wineries’ claims that negligence responsible for tainting 2020 crop.

California is awarding $81 million to the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District to extend the North Bay's passenger rail system to Healdsburg, a Wine Country hub for industry workers and visitors.

Best Of Wine Tourism Awards is the organization’s mark of genuine top quality, innovation, a range of services, or an experience that has met its aspirational requirements for the year.

Can’t get your wine or beverage noticed by the media? You may be in luck.

Ray Isle will sign and talk about his best-selling book “The World in a Wineglass” at an upcoming dinner at Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg.

Lines in the sand have been drawn for the wine industry in Priorat, Spain, for a long time. A recent visit shows how they're blurring or disappearing altogether.

Essi Avellan MW introduces Club Oenologique’s Grande Marque Champagne Report 2024, uncovering tasting notes for 250 of the latest and greatest wines from the sparkling region.

Join us November 19, 2024 at the Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center.

These results provide new insight into the potential of genetic resources for use in the sustainable management of grapevine trunk diseases and open up new perspectives for studying the pathological and physiological determinants of their incidence.