When Wine Becomes Crucial to Cultural Identity // Building A Successful Wine Industry for the Future

Throughout history, and even now in politically unstable regions, autocrats seek to control wine. For many people, it is worth defending.

By now it’s clear to most in our industry that the overall wine category is facing challenges. For more than 20 years, we have steadily grown both dollars and volume at wholesale and in Direct to Consumer (DTC) by relying on our traditional product model and existing sales and marketing practices and expanding markets.

The National Association of Wine Retailers (NAWR) enthusiastically supports the recently introduced USPS Shipping Equity Act. Its pro-competition and consumer-friendly objective of allowing the United States Post Office to participate in the modern e-commerce marketplace is long overdue.

Economics is sometimes called the “dismal science” and I guess it is true that the Wine Economist is often focused on the problems that the wine industry faces (see the recent column on…

The impact of Dylan Mulvaney's one Bud Light social media post on the lager brand and its parent company AB InBev has resulted in approximately $27 billion lost in market value, according to reports.

Our US editor finds there were some bargains to be had at the scaled-down Napa Valley Vintners auction. Read the latest wine news & features on wine-searcher

New studies released by international wine organizations confirm consumer cutbacks and premiumization. By Jeff Siegel Two recent surveys of wine

A draft EU proposal would prohibit the use of pesticides in nature reserves—but for winemakers in the challenging region of the Wachau, is there an alternative?

Following the flooding in Italy - in which eight main rivers of Romagna and another dozen minor ones overflowed all once - the the Consortium Colli Bolognesi has said that organic viticulture is needed to safeguard viticulture in the hills, and act as a preventative measure in adverse weather conditions.

Sotheby’s auction of wines from the private cellar of Liquid Icons CEO Lewis Chester surpassed the pre-sale estimate to total £1.4m.

In part two of Wine Lister’s 2023 Bordeaux Study, the company has given the 2022 vintage the highest overall Wine Lister Quality score ever...

For a fourth day, dockworkers at West Coast ports in the United States are disrupting international trade, according to the Pacific Maritime Association.

The last time UPS workers walked of the job more than two decades ago, it crippled the shipping company. An emboldened union is threatening to do the same and this time the disruption would be far greater.

How we repurpose one million acres of cropland will determine the future of California and our agriculture.

Today, most winegrowers are aware of the high risk for leafroll virus infection when there are mealybugs in their vineyard and/or in neighboring vineyards. Mealybugs and scale insects are vectors of (meaning they spread) leafroll virus and a group of viruses called vitiviruses (GVA, GVB, etc.).

As consumers seek beer, wine, and spirits led by LGBTQIA+ community members, here’s how to meet demand and support these brands.

PHIL LONG, founder of Longevity Wines, estimates less than 1 percent of all wine brands are Black-owned. He’s working to increase that number.

For the past 16 years, Kimberly Shannon has immersed herself in the dynamic world of wine and spirits, carving out a distinguished career that spans both expertise and passion.

Ted Baseler (b. 1954) grew up in Bellevue, graduated in communications from Washington State University and earned a master's degree in journalism at Northwestern University in Illinois. Starting out