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Wine Industry Huddles to Address What Experts Describe as “The Age of Uncertainty”: Shrinking consumption, wine surpluses, inflation and anti-alcohol arguments were some of the reasons cited for the downturn...
New Napa Valley Coalition Formed in Response to Trump's Claims of Mass Deportations : Napa's wine industry had already been facing challenging times, including a labor shortage. Now, fears of mass deportations...
DtC Wine Shipping Declines in the Face of Industry Headwinds: With declining trends across the wine and overall beverage alcohol markets, the direct-to-consumer wine shipping channel faced a challenging...
Trump's Promise of Mass Deportations Looms over California's Wine Industry: During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed to launch what he called "the largest deportation program in American history,"...
Beverage Alcohol 2024, a Few Bright Spots, but Mostly Headwinds: There is much commentary in beverage alcohol trade publications on the trends in the US beverage alcohol market in 2024. Much of the news...
Good Times Ahead for US Wine Consumers: It's likely to be a great couple of years for consumers, but not so good for US wine producers...
2025 SVB Report: Pulling No Punches: The U.S. wine market, given declining sales and inventory logjams at the retailer and wholesaler level, should yield what the report’s author, Rob McMillan, called...
Ontario Threatens to Ban US Alcohol in Tit-for-Tat Response to Tariffs Threat: Premier Doug Ford has told the Liquor Board of Canada to clear US alcoholic drinks off retailers’ shelves if the tariff threat...
Could a Pink Powder Sabotage California Wine's Organic Goals? Firefighters battling the Los Angeles blaze are dropping a pink, powdered flame-retardant from planes in a bid to contain the disaster. But...
Wine Sales Drying Up as Americans Turn Elsewhere: U.S. wine sales continued a multiyear decline in 2024, which experts attribute to shifting demographics, health concerns, new competition and economic...
