Washington's Biggest Wine Company Has New Owners // Bill to Deliver Tariff Relief for Wine and Specialty Crop Growers Introduced

After suffering from declining sales and selling off assets, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates is no longer owned by private equity.

Today, Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06) joined Congressional Wine Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) and Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), alongside Rep. Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) in introducing the Specialty Crop & Wine Producer Tariff Relief Act, legislation to provide direct support to specialty crop growers and wine producers facing economic losses from tariffs.

Despite the constant negative headlines about slowing alcohol sales, the U.S. market remains enormous.

New research from IWSR’s Bevtrac survey can reveal that Gen Z drinkers are showing less interest in ‘monthlong abstinence spells’ such as Dry January and Sober October.

The wine world is struggling top to bottom and while Europe takes action to subsidize winemakers, there's inaction in America.

Anheuser-Busch InBev is to acquire a majority stake in BeatBox, the US-based hard-punch maker.

Chablis is responding to years of climate pressure by raising yield limits and embracing more flexible planting densities - all while fighting to preserve the signature style that has made the region legendary for centuries.

French President Emmanuel Macron's trip to China has borne fruit for wine producers in Burgundy, with 80 of the 84 PDOs now protected.

Sonoma County Winegrowers and Reservoir today announced the launch of Reservoir Farms, Sonoma – the world’s first on-farm robotics and automation hub for viticulture located in the heart of California.

Could this be the future of vineyards?

Jonathan Cristaldi presents some of Napa Valley's legacy family wineries where the next generation is starting to taking the helm.

One of the biggest changes in viticulture over the last decade has been an increasing interest in what happens under the surface.

Against all odds, interest in wine seems to be growing in our part of Tacoma, Washington.

In Wineries of the Old Mission Peninsula Association v. Peninsula Township, a group of local wineries sued Peninsula Township, Michigan, claiming that the township’s zoning laws unfairly restricted their ability to operate and grow.

In a frosty trading climate, wine brands which adopted a considered approach to price increases fared best, according to this detailed Power 100 report compiled by Liv-ex.

An exclusive report from Guy Seddon, Corney & Barrow's head of fine wine buying.

According to the report, the champagne market is adapting in response to the ‘complex’ economic climate (which is impacting all fine wine categories).

Séverine Frerson, Perrier-Jouët’s first female cellar master, talks to Amelie Maurice-Jones about tackling climate change,  bringing ‘passion, memory and intuition’ to the maison, and why Champagne has many reasons to be optimistic despite sinking sales.

Elin McCoy reviews The Wines of California by Elaine Chukan Brown.

On Wine Drinking As Resistance, it lives it breathes.