Italian watchdog launches wine bottle cartel investigation // Winery's Lawsuit Against Napa County Scheduled for Trial in Late January

November 13, 2023 - Wine Industry Insight Daily News Feed

Becca Yeamans
November 13, 2023

Today’s Top Story

Italian watchdog launches wine bottle cartel investigation

The Italian competition authority, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), has launched an investigation into a possible cartel among manufacturers of wine bottles.

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Winery's Lawsuit Against Napa County Scheduled for Trial in Late January

Napa County has spent more than $830,000 on outside counsel on its lawsuit against Hoopes Vineyard as of the end of September, according to the county.

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Constellation buys Fortune Brands wine business

Constellation Brands, the world’s biggest wine corporation, is to buy Fortune Brand Inc’s US wine business.

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Climate Change Propels France To #1 Largest Global Wine Producer In 2023

France replaces Italy, who has held the top production spot for the past 9 years.

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A scientist looks at alcohol and health, and is concerned

The study of wine consumption is part of science as well as medicine, although the latter seems to predominate.

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Napa Wineries Claim Tastings as Human Rights

The Constitution guarantees the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but what about the pursuit of customers?

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Napa Valley produces 4% of the state's wine and has 27.5% of the winery permits

Determining the number of wineries in Napa Valley can yield different numbers, depending on whom you ask.

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Finance, Investment, M&A

Wine Industry Financial Symposium, Nov 14-15 @ The CIA at Copia, Napa

The wine industry's premiere conference focused on financial, business and strategic issues in the wine industry.

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Watchdog Slams EU Wine Spending

The EU spends billions on its wine industry, but a watchdog has criticized how that money was spent.

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Viticulture, Agriculture, Growing & Farming

NASA Helps Researchers Get to the Top of Grapevine Leafroll Virus

Successful early detection could provide grape growers with up to one year of warning to intervene.

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Microbial makeup key to battling vine disease

Why do some grapevines succumb to trunk disease while others right next to them seem to escape it, though they are all genetically identical?

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Environment, Climate, Wildfires & Smoke

Low-intensity fires reduce wildfire risk by 60%

High-intensity, often catastrophic, wildfires have become increasingly frequent across the Western U.S.

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Australian Vintage announces the certification of all its owned and operated vineyards by Sustainable Winegrowing Australia.

Australian Vintage announces the certification of all its owned and operated vineyards by Sustainable Winegrowing Australia.

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Investing in Wine, Collecting & Auctions

Critics’ top wines see activity on the exchange

As reports unveil the top ten wines by each publication, we see a surge in exchange activity for the ranked wines.

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Shares tumble across the board in wake of Diageo results

For the major global drinks companies it really was Black Friday last week following a shock, unscheduled trading update, reports Ron Emler.

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Sales, Marketing & Education

Why Notre Dame's Virtual Wine Tasting Didn't Happen

We explore the challenges and solutions using a real life example that was so close to being perfect.

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Get the Latest Viticulture Research from 30 Experts

By popular request, this year we have doubled the number of online courses so attendees can learn on-demand between October 16 and November 30.

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Wine Supply & Consumption

Russian wine imports boomed in 2023 despite war and sanctions

Despite ongoing Ukraine war and economic sanctions, Russia has seen a surprising uptick in its wine imports, defying the harsh economic realities imposed by the European Union’s sanctions regime.

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Nyetimber is championing English sparkling

A drop in Champagne production has led to UK drinkers looking for new sparkling wines, and production of English sparkling is growing.

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Wine Industry Professionals

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Appoints Mike McLaughlin as Chief Transformation Officer

Southern Glazer's announced that it has appointed Mike McLaughlin as Chief Transformation Officer, effective February 2024.

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Tony Parker to Crowdfund Château

Franco-American basketball start Tony Parker is looking for investors in his southern Rhône wine estate, Château Saint Laurent, it emerged this week.

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Today’s Most Interesting Wine Industry Data

“All major countries in the Southern Hemisphere reported a decrease in wine production for 2023.”

Source: OIV via Meininger’s International

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