The Grapevine

Wine Industry News for February 12, 2018

February 12th, 2018

Your distributors and their lobbying, top exporters of wine to China, new varietals in Oregon, and more. [level-members]

How much political clout does $107M buy? Ask your distributors.

Who is exporting the most wine to China? Ten years ago when I was last there, it was all whiskey. Didn’t see a single bottle of wine …

Oregon is branching out. New varietals, new producers.

New invasive species a threat to wine grapes and beer hops in Virginia. It’s a sap eater.

Finally, what will fuel the self-destructive shenanigans of the twenty-something set if there’s a tequila shortage?

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