Quilceda Creek Buys Washington State Vineyard from Duckhorn // 2025 Direct-to-Consumer Wine Shipping Mid-Year Report

The 17-acre Red Mountain site was previously used for Duckhorn’s Canvasback program, which it is phasing out.

This year’s review of the DtC market at the mid-year digs into those numbers, trends by average bottle price, winery size, destination state and varietal — and also introduces two new data points on basket composition, enhancing this comprehensive examination of DtC wine.

Should irrigation be more widely permitted in Europe’s fine-wine regions?

Hotel prices are slamming wine tourism.

High-quality fruit and favorable weather are inspiring optimism among Napa Valley growers.

For decades Brunello di Montalcino DOCG has represented a pinnacle of Tuscan wine making.

In 2025 there are a number of factors converging all at once impacting overall consumer package good trends as well as Beverage Alcohol.  While the combination of these has created several challenges, there are opportunities in new emerging areas of growth that can be captured with rigor and focus. 

“Volatility is here to stay” in the beverage-alcohol market, Pernod CEO Alexandre Ricard says but insists that means “opportunity”.

Australia’s wine industry is showing signs of recovery after one of its most challenging decades – but the rebound remains fragile and uneven.

Napa Valley wineries went reservation-only during the COVID pandemic, but they’re finally opening back up to walk-ins.

Tourists have lamented they're "too scared to come" to Spain after anti-tourism protests sparked across the country, with reports of shuttered restaurants and empty bars seemingly suggesting they're holding to that pledge. But are they actually?

Dariusz Galasiński is a linguist and professor, and has been a wine lover since 1989. Here, he explores the cultural significance of wine.

Much of President Trump’s appeal with the populous is based on his America first vision. He invokes this vision when discussing tariffs on foreign products and exercising a non-interventionist foreign policy.

All Guarda Superior Cavas released from now onwards will be certified as 100% organic. The milestone has been a long-held target for the Cava DO which now has nearly 110,0000 hectares of certified organic vineyards.

Just don't get too comfortable with your regenerative farming.

Formula 1 fans will be able to enjoy a luxury alcohol-free fizz wine this season, after French Bloom was named as the sports' first official alcohol-free sparkling wine partner.  

BRUNETTE, a no-alcohol botanical-infused sparkling Chardonnay made with the highest quality grapes, joins EdeM’s ROSÆ, a dealcoholized sparkling rosé.

A legal dispute within Dutton-Goldfield Winery, a pioneer of colder-climate grape varietals in Sonoma County, is threatening the long-term viability of the company and entangling a wine industry power couple.

A former Sparkman Cellars employee pleaded guilty Wednesday and will pay nearly $50,000 in restitution.