US Wine Market Poised to Adopt Private Label // Customers lost 500,000 wine bottles when this S.F. startup failed. Now it’s back — with one big change

A recent private label trade show was packed, signalling a change in the market.

In April 2023, Underground Cellar, a San Francisco startup that gamified the wine-buying process, declared bankruptcy. Its sudden and chaotic downfall left its customers without access to more than 500,000 bottles of wine they had already purchased. 

Declining sales, labour uncertainty, and looming tariff tensions: db speaks to industry insiders about what America's wine trade needs from the next US agriculture secretary.

The founder of a Napa Valley custom crush facility who sold his business earlier this year is suing the new owners for more than $176,500, according to court records.

Hennessy employees in France remain on strike over what they claim are plans from LVMH to bottle Cognac in China.

Midnight Cellars for sale in Paso Robles’ Willow Creek District – A winery in the Willow Creek District, located at 2925 Anderson Road, has been listed for sale at $4.25 million.

There have been wine cooperatives for more than a century, but could they become a greater force in the face of challenging times?

Jeff Bitter, president of the Allied Grape Growers, set the tone for the symposium with a stark overview of the industry’s challenges.

We have parsed the byzantine California credit laws related to buying and selling alcohol many times and in many contexts, most recently in 2017, when Booze Rules published an extensive article on the history, application, penalties, and enforcement of the federal and California credit laws.

The newest EU regulations on ingredient and nutrition labelling provide quick access to a wealth of important and useful information. Will those outside Europe follow?

The oldest continuously operating family-owned dairy in Virginia will soon be showcasing a new approach to energy production.

Industry groups and multiple individual packaging companies and CPGs are giving a final push to the bills as one of the lead co-sponsors, Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, prepares to retire. Both bills have already passed the Senate.

A proposed 143,000-square-foot winery might seem like a good fit for the airport industrial area. But it has raised concerns.

A Western Mass News viewer sent a letter to our newsroom concerned over a winery in their Granby neighborhood called the Wine Haus.

Spanish fine wine producers need to invest more time, thought and money in positioning their wines where they deserve to be, according to Enrique Valero, CEO of Spanish winery, Abadia Retuerta. 

For wine investors, rising tariffs mean higher acquisition costs and an altered supply landscape, potentially driving prices higher on those sought-after bottles already in circulation. Buying now could secure access to top-tier wines before potential pricing and supply challenges intensify.

“Every dollar that a visitor brings to our county saves the average Ontario County household $873 in taxes, which provide essential local services."

The global enotourism market is set to grow at a CAGR of 14.2%, reaching $17.97 billion by 2028, driven by digital marketing and wine education.

How a family came together to restore and save their inherited château in the rolling, vineyard-clad hills of Chablis, Burgundy.

The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) (SLF) continues make the news, both locally in Ohio, and across much of the eastern United States.

20,860 trade visitors attended this year's ProWine Shanghai. The leading trade fair for wine and spirits on the Chinese mainland hosted 650 exhibitors from 32 countries and regions, with international participants accounting for over 80%.

A run-down of Enolytics' "conference season calendar" so far.