Nine wine regions join forces to create the Global Artisan Vintners Alliance // Arista Winery Owners Sell Sonoma Estate Vineyard and Winery, Retain Brand

Wine regions in Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, France, Hungary, Mexico, Portugal and the US have teamed up to form the Global Artisan Vintners Alliance.

Chris Underwood is buying the Russian River Valley estate from the McWilliams family; brothers Ben and Mark McWilliams will continue the Arista brand with winemaker Matt Courtney.

On the eve of the spring 2025 edition of la place’s hors Bordeaux campaign, db's Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay assesses the prospects for these iconic wines set to be released in market conditions that remain as difficult as they have been in over a decade.

US-based alcohol distributing major Republic National Distributing Co has confirmed that CEO Nick Mehall will be leaving the company.

Employees received emails saying their jobs would be cut off at end of day in move called ‘wrong all around’

“Supermarket brand Champagne. Hmm… F*ck it, why not?” Thus began my unabashed love affair with European supermarket private labels.

For Austrian winemakers, 2024 was marked by late frosts, hail storms, and torrential rain, which resulted in small harvests and ripe wines.

2024 is another in a series of small harvests since 2020 – indeed, the smallest crop overall since 1991 – and ‘it was a challenging year in the vineyard but we’re pleasantly surprised by the quality of the wine’.

We talk to top producers about the 2020 vintage in Brunello di Montalcino and the elegant, open wines the year produced.

Alexana is proud to announce that the inaugural Organically Grown Wine Conference will be held at the winery’s Dundee Hills estate on Saturday, March 22, 2025, coinciding with the estate’s 20th anniversary.

Founded in 2021 by Matthieu Planté and Jean-Philippe Ricard, Bordeaux start-up W Platform has developed innovative technology that captures the fermentation carbon dioxide (CO2) produced during wine-making and offers half a dozen different applications to recycle it in-house.

Experts at North Bay Business Journal’s 2025 Economic Outlook Summit on Thursday warn of stagnant population growth and limited housing in coming decades that could hinder the economy of Napa, Sonoma, Solano and Marin counties. They talk strategies to attract and retain younger residents.

FranceAgriMer announces the launch of its payment tool for the 27,500 ha of vines to be permanently uprooted before June 2.

The Third Circuit affirmed today a trial court decision that held that New Jersey laws related to shipping by retailers do not violate the dormant Commerce Clause.

Alberta has modified its liquor markup system that will result in wine price hikes on certain wines as of April 1st.

For those in the UK alcohol industry already wrestling with duty rates, sustainability concerns and the ever-tightening grip of regulation, here comes another corker: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging. 

The question of how glass wine containers should be managed in Oregon – under the state deposit return system or under extended producer responsibility – remains active, though wine bottles seem destined for EPR for now.

Entering the right competition can translate to sales and recognition.

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