Napa Braces for the 2025 Fire Season // IWSR acquired by WGSN

The number of smoke-exposure days during harvest has risen sharply, especially in September and October — peak ripening months for red varietals such as cabernet sauvignon and merlot.

Drinks industry data and insights provider IWSR has been acquired by trend forecasting company WGSN.

Brown-Forman has brought its latest financial year to a close with a quarterly dip in sales, bookending fiscal 2025.

Barry Belli co-founded Atlas in 2012. The company now manages nearly 20,000 acres of vineyard, including 9,000 acres in Oregon.

Only a year ago, Subject to Change Wine Co. looked to be on top of the world.

The Rowland Flat and Berri Estates, in the Riverland, Australia, are set for major upgrades as Vinarchy shifts its production. Meanwhile, the closure of Banrock Station and Rolf Binder's cellar doors has drawn criticism from locals and environmentalists.

Jeff Siegel traces the shockwaves through a wine industry already in decline.

Southern Glazer’s has a leading position within the middle tier of the largest wine and spirits market in the U.S., with the wholesale giant’s California revenues at approximately $5 billion.

There are a fair few questions for Franck Marilly, the incoming CEO at Rémy Cointreau – and not just in the short term.

Fourth quarter reported net sales decreased 7% to $894 million.

The U.S. wine market’s decline in the off-premise accelerated in the four-week period ending May 12 in both volume and value terms, according to IRI/Circana.

Wine has always been a volatile industry (partly due to its reliance on weather and labor), but in recent years, has become a riskier business.

Move over red, turns out China quite likes a white wine or two.

There’s little doubt that the average standard of the Cape’s reds has improved in the last decade, at all levels.

With a new milestone reached in 2024, Miguel Torres tells db how the winery is doubling down on its commitment to reach net zero by 2040.

It’s becoming riskier to grow grapes in the state’s prominent winemaking region.

Family-owned winery Fowles Wine, based in Victoria, has been awarded $500,000 to engineer BatNavs—a technology that helps micro-bats to navigate the vineyard and feed on pests, reducing the need for pesticides and promoting biodiversity.

After a 40-day sabbatical in France, wine CEO David Pearson found a renewed passion. This led to a new vision for regenerative viticulture at Joseph Phelps Vineyards.

Drought conditions are creeping north, grass and brush has already dried and the National Weather Service is projecting above average temperatures throughout the summer.

The advisory was first issued Monday for smoke from fires in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.