What Matters Most Over the Next 12 to 18 Months — And Who’s Already Acting On It? // Napa County crop report shows dip in total wine grape value

That’s the question this special mid-year edition of Bold Predictions puts to four people who spend their working lives measuring it.

Napa County's 2025 crop report shows how wine country's grape production is doing.

Now in its fifth year, the event combined education, wine tasting, art, and live music. A total of 654 people attended, most from beyond the immediate area.

‘Our industry has evolved, consumer preferences have shifted and the wholesale environment has grown increasingly challenging.’

We found veraison (color change) in our Syrah on July 9th. That's tied with 2014 for our earliest date ever. But while July 2014 was relatively cool, this year has seen such good ripening conditions that we're expecting to break records.

After peaking at some 344 million 9-liter cases in 2020, the U.S. wine market has endured five straight years of volume declines. That trend is continuing in 2026, with the wine category projected to slip 3.5% to below 300 million.

After more than four decades of dedicated service to the American wine industry, Jim Trezise is stepping down as President of WineAmerica.

Following a “brief but productive” tenure as Wente’s interim CEO since January, Peter Yeung will become the permanent chief exec of the Californian winery, thought to be the longest continuously family-run and operated producer in the US.

Early evening on July 15, a storm in Côte d’Or brought much-needed rainfall for some, but also much-feared hail for others.

Falling demand compounds the industry's woes.

As climate change creates ever greater heatwaves, Cabernet Sauvignon is proving to be remarkably resilient.

The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) is pleased to announce the opening of Registration for the 47th World Congress of Vine and Wine, which will take place from 12 to 16 October 2026 in Yinchuan, Ningxia (People's Republic of China), at the invitation of the Government of the People's Republic of China.

The Center for Alcohol Policy always puts on a thoughtful, informative and interactive conference.

Chapel Down has reported a 19% rise in net sales revenue for the first half of 2026, with the English wine producer citing gains across every channel and accelerating momentum in the US.

The news shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.

The annual volume Australian wine exports have fallen below 600 million litres for the first time in over 20 years.

What is the reality of the global wine crisis? Wine producers on five continents give a quite different picture than what is commonly repeated in wine media.

Addressing the Glyphosate Push-Back

Liv-ex H1 2026 Wine Market Report

A bottle of 1811 Forster Ungeheuer Riesling, thought to be the oldest  bottle of German Riesling from a named single vineyard to ever be offered at a European auction, is being auctioned by Amsterdam-based online marketplace Catawiki – a wine made in the year that Sense & Sensibility was published.