Afternoon Brief: Dr. Laura Catena and Felicity Carter Uncork the Wine and Health Conversation at the 2026 Unified Symposium

The Unified Wine & Grape Symposium will tackle one of the industrys most pressing topics: wine and health. Dr. Laura Catena, physician and fourth-generation vintner, and internationally acclaimed wine journalist Felicity Carter will deliver the 2026 keynote, Wine and Health: Separating Science from Spin on Tuesday, January 27...

Afternoon Brief, September 11

Afternoon Brief: It’s 2025 and New Laws for the Alcoholic Beverage Industry are Here, or Coming Soon

The California legislature adopted, and the Governor approved, several amendments to the states alcohol laws this past year (with many amendments already in effect) and several new statutes creating privileges and responsibilities...

Afternoon Brief: California’s Historic Rancho Arroyo Grande Under New Ownership

Rancho Arroyo Grande, a sweeping estate covering over 3,500 acres of wild country within the SLO Coast AVA, is under new ownership...

Afternoon Brief: Wine Sales Are Falling. A Momentary Blip? Or a Structural Problem?

Professor Simone Loose from Geisenheim University and Rafael del Rey from the Spanish Observatory of Wine Markets have launched their latest report, State of the International Wine Markets in 2023. Here are their most important findings...

Afternoon Brief, May 28th

US Wine Industry Fights Back with New Marketing Campaigns: It might feel like it's all gloom and doom in the wine industry right now, but two separate groups are creating positive energy around wine. Felicity Carter reports...

Afternoon Brief, February 21st

WSWA's Sipsource Report Tracks 2023 Year-End Losses for Both Wine and Spirits: While there seems to be clear consensus on how difficult 2023 was for the beverage alcohol industry, there is no single agreed-upon view of what this means for the future...

Afternoon Brief, December 7th

Why Napa Green’s Glyphosate Ban Is Such a Big Deal: Last month, Napa Green, a sustainable wine-growing certification for Napa Valley vineyards, announced that members must phase out the use of the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in popular weed killer Roundup...

Afternoon Brief, October 23rd

Feds Sue Total Wine in Southern Glazer’s ‘Antitrust’ Case: The Federal Trade Commission has filed for a federal court order to force Total Wine to comply with requests for documentation in an ongoing investigation into US distributor Southern Glazer’s...

Jennifer Pyle Joins Alma Rosa Winery as Sales and Hospitality Manager

(October 19; Buellton, Calif.)—Debra Eagle, General Manager of Alma Rosa Winery, a leading wine producer from Santa Barbara County’s Sta. Rita Hills AVA, is pleased to announce that Jennifer Pyle […]