US wine and spirits face tough Q1 as volumes and revenues slide // Wine Fraud Rocks Switzerland

New Q1 2025 data from SipSource reveals sharp declines in both wine and spirits in the US, with volume and revenue down across the board.

Fast cars, espionage, forgery and fake blends all crop up in Swiss fraud cases involving Spanish bulk wine.

The former Los Angeles restaurateur and real estate developer followed his heart when making business decisions and was a key figure in Napa’s ‘War of the Apostrophes’

The wine grape season in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties is just beginning, but challenges of oversupply and cautious market response are prompting growers to “mothball” acres or take other vineyard strategies to limit costs until purchases pick up.

One of the few slices of the secondary market finding a silver lining with the potential trade war is the secondary market that is heating up.

The latest sales figures are bad news for producers hoping high-end wines will get them through these tough economic times.

As vines are pulled and grapes left unpicked across California, farmers blame tax loopholes, import incentives, and sluggish demand. Now, some ask, can tariffs provide much-needed relief?

It’s been a spectacular success story — one of the most dramatic and consistent ascents in modern wine history.

As federal prosecutors close a criminal probe into Napa Valley’s landfill operator, residents and former workers say the fight for accountability isn’t over.

A sophisticated operation is flooding the UK with increasingly convincing counterfeit versions of best-selling wine bottles manufactured on an “unprecedented level”, according to one expert.

Two dead certs and one dilemma – that's a fair summing up of the 2024 white wines from across Bordeaux and the red wines of Graves.

Thus far, in our journey around the vineyards of Bordeaux, I have maintained the pretence that my tastings have been organised on a strictly appellation by appellation basis.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is looking to bring back the tip credit after it was banned less than three years ago.

While wine and hospitality still play key roles in Napa Valley's economy, bringing in a diversity of sectors might help.

Myers began his 39-year career in the beverage alcohol industry with E&J Gallo Winery as a Sales Consultant in 1986.

The 45-year-old agricultural engineer manages the property owned by Pierre Gabison since 2007, after making wine in Alsace and South America.

The drinks business is now taking final entries for The Global Organic & Vegan Wine Masters 2025, a competition that celebrates the growing quality and diversity of wines in one of the fastest-expanding categories on the market.

Robert Hall Winery pilots transition to regenerative viticulture, shares data and invites others to join one block challenge.

A look at the Puget Sound AVA, a cool growing region on the western side of Washington's Cascade Mountain range.

The Hokkaidō town of Yoichi has a budding reputation as a producer of high-quality pinot noir. It is teaming up with leading vineyards from Burgundy with an eye to becoming a major wine-growing region in its own right.

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