How Silicon Valley Bank Dominated the Wine Industry // Why Western Grape Growers Must Ready Themselves for Spotted Lanternfly // Are reports of wine’s demise greatly exaggerated?

Today on Insight, we're looking into how Silicon Valley Bank became the dominant bank in the wine industry, Folsom Lake College's viticulture and enology program, and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly's latest book "It. Goes. So Fast."

Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) is one formidable foe. The invasive insect, which was first detected in the U.S. in a shipment of decorative rock that arrived in Pennsylvania in 2014, has since spread to 16 other states….

Everyone bemoans the lack of interest in wine among Millennials and Gen Z, but wine producers and online retailers in the US are finding that the younger generation will outspend Boomers / Gen X significantly if the offer is right.

Rabobank analysts give their insights into the beverage industry in the 2023 Beverage Market Buzz.

While some companies retrenched during the pandemic, Foley Family Wines adopted the opposite strategy. Led by billionaire Bill Foley, the company has consistently grown through acquisition…

Amid multi-year deal-making to lock in supply and price for sometimes scarce in-demand wine grapes, North Coast growers face mounting farming-cost inflation.

Napa Land Trust needs $18 million to buy Walt Ranch. It received $7 million from the Coastal Conservancy.

Constellation Brands pleased investors with its fourth quarter earnings, although sales at the beer and spirits company slightly missed analysts’ expectations.

Santa Rosa, Calif., Foley Family Wines (FFW) is pleased to announce four new leadership appointments to key departments including marketing, digital strategy and communications, and loyalty.

Industry insiders remember the legend who helped turn Monterey into a winemaking powerhouse. Al Scheid passed away at age 91 on March 31.

Momentum continues to grow for Bordeaux as the price gap, in terms of price appreciation between other fine wine regions closes.

The fine wine market in Q1 2023 report analyses the most traded wines and provides a brief summary of the market in the context of ongoing macro-trends.

OSU’s Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center focuses on growers issues…

Researchers at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) are leading a world-first project to investigate the use of BioClayTM to supress botrytis bunch rot disease in wine grapes.

Read about winegrowers dedicated to sustainable agricultural practices. From vines dormant in the bleak winter landscape to bud break, from pruning to harvest, it endures the vicissitudes of late frost, heatwaves, surprise hailstorms and more.

In 2016, AWRI researchers applied life cycle assessment (LCA) to Australian wine production for the first time to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and distribution of Australian bottled and cask wine. www.awri.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/s2341.pdf

While wine packaged in cans is a fast-growing segment of the global market with strong consumer appeal, some canned wines have been affected by ‘reductive’ characters.

Champagne Billecart-Salmon has added a numeric code to its bottles in a bid to bring “greater transparency” for consumers of the fizz, according to CEO, Mathieu Roland-Billecart.