Sour Grapes and Silver Linings // WeShip Express Acquires Eagle Rock Fulfillment

Challenging growing conditions, vineyard removals, and a dearth of demand contributed to a 2025 California grape crush that will likely turn out to be the smallest in at least 25 years.

CEO Marc Goodfriend welcomes the Eagle Rock Napa team to the WeShip family.

Sarah Marsh MW meets the growers and tastes the wines responsible for the burgeoning reputation of fine Ontario Cabernet Franc.

The Napa Valley company behind Sutter Home wines and Hanson of Sonoma vodka has inked a deal to buy Mumm Napa, one of the top U.S. sparkling wine brands, from Paris-based Pernod Ricard.

Treasury Wine Estates is bringing in a “transformation programme” that will include cost cuts at the Australian wine major.

How did Russian wines make it to a San Francisco wine competition, despite being banned by US law?

Wine Enthusiast is going from the page (and DTC) to physical retail, despite trouble in the broader wine business. Will this work?

Cart abandonment averages 70% across online retail, but during the holiday peak shopping days, those rates spike between 73% and 80%.

The waning demand for orange wine, and the ascendancy of chilled reds, can tell us a lot about the state of the Bay Area’s wine scene — in particular its natural wine scene — in 2025.

In the second and final part of Global Drinks Intel's preview of 2026 from an alcohol industry perspective, we look at more of the trends that will drive the year ahead.

For decades now, Anjou-Saumur’s area under vine has remained unchanged, standing at around 20,000 hectares.

Australia enters another year with more wine than it can sell. Stock levels rise while global wine consumption continues falling.

After several difficult growing seasons, some wineries are now dealing with an abundance of grapes, and more wine than they can typically sell.

The message my students are sending to the makers of the world's historic sweet wines amounts to a love letter. My passion for these historic wines can only be described as a love affair.

But every wine lover needs to consider what the future holds.

Former Post Wine and Spirits owner Michael Douglass is back with Nature's Vineyards, selling organic and sustainably produced wines online and through independent Long Island retailers.

While the sprawling American region isn’t a household name for wine, it is vying to one day compete on the international Pinot stage.  

As 2025 comes to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on the key legal trends shaping the alcohol beverage industry this year.

It has been an interesting year for Australia's wine category, with challenges, innovation and success, here's the 12 wine stories you clicked on the most in 2025.