CEEV reports ‘impressive and positive’ impact of wine sector in EU // Insurance Market Crushes Wineries

The report, presented in the European Parliament, aimed to quantify the contribution of the wine sector to the EU in rural areas, including each stage of the value chain, the impact on research and development, society and the environment.

We keep hearing about how difficult it is for winery and vineyard owners to get property insurance these days, both for their homes and their wine businesses in  California’s wildfire-prone areas.

The Russian government are considering an imposition of 200% duty on wine imports from NATO states in order to support its own wine sector.

Among the Napa Valley luminaries whose county records have been subpoenaed in a secretive federal probe are the owners of Hall Wines, Caymus Vineyards, Alpha Omega, The Prisoner — and the list goes on.

Although the Médoc is synonymous with red wine, the appellation wants to add whites to its production specifications in a bid to acknowledge current developments –89 winegrowers are producing white wines over 208 hectares in the area in 2024 – and resurrect part of the region’s past.

Younger consumers in the west are increasingly indifferent to wine's charms, but China is singing a different song.

High interest rates and rising losses on commercial real estate threaten hundreds of U.S. banks, mostly smaller regional lenders and community institutions.

Details of the collapse of major Australian wine producer Salena Estate have emerged following a creditor’s meeting earlier this month.

Wine Market Council gathered members yesterday for its first in-person Research Conference in five years. Now is the time for bold action and new ideas.

Showcasing Chinese wines alongside a lineup of benchmarks, Austrian winemaker Lenz Moser V says white wine is the next big hit in China.

Misinformation campaigns are targeting American legislatures, aiming to stifle competition and hinder the growth of small American family businesses.

The Governor signed into law legislation that brings back Happy Hour to Indiana after nearly a 40-year hiatus. The new law takes effect on July 1, 2024.

Carmen Castaldi will step down from his role effective April 1, 2024

Joshua Cooper is making some of the most compelling and adventurous wines around.

WiVi Central Coast, the largest gathering of vendors, wineries and growers on the California Central Coast, returns March 27 at the Paso Robles Event Center with a full lineup of insightful and thought-provoking sessions and an impressive roster of speakers.

We are delighted to announce that in 2024, for the first time in the IWSC history, we will hold a Global Wine Judging event in China.

A few grapes listed in the 2022 publication have since been dropped by growers, just over the past three years. A larger number has been added, simply because both new and established growers in Lodi have been a restless lot, busily cultivating brand new (at least for Lodi, if not most of California) varieties.

If you love the red wines of Bordeaux, this is a great time to be alive. There’s no historical parallel for its recent run of good to great vintages.