Archive for the ‘Retail Wine Industry News’ Category

Early promise from the Loire, a lawsuit to allow interstate wine shipping from retailers to consumers, and appellations and AVAs. [level-members] First, two stories of appelations proposed and AVAs granted: four new appellations have been proposed for Washington State, including the enticingly named Candy Mountain. And a new AVA has been granted by the regulation-averse […]

A response to Tom Wark’s recent take on the three-tier system, as entertaining as it is vulgar. (And not without at least some worthwhile points of discussion. Also, when will the wine industry be rocked as politics and the entertainment biz have been? [level-members] First, the week’s most entertaining (and vulgar) discussion of the three-tier […]

The recovery in California continues, the Dutch and Belgians combine on an appellation, and Amazon’s departure from the wine business leaves a void. [level-members] First, the new appellation: all the Dutch I know seem to prefer beer, but that probably says more about my choices in friends than anything about the Dutch … regardless, the […]

If you’ve been rejoicing at Amazon’s exit from the wine trade, you should be hearing Arnold Schwartzenegger’s voice saying, “I’ll be back.” Also, visitors are back at tasting rooms in Northern California, and it’s been a promising harvest in Washington and Oregon. [level-members] Amazon may be down, but they’re not out. With the acquisition of Whole Foods pushing […]

Sustainability in California, smoke taint takes center stage, and an enterprising wine thief. [level-members] Can California wine be made sustainably? Decanter asks the questions and looks at water use, site selection, and varieties that can thrive under dry-farming. In the shorter term, California also needs to address questions of smoke taint. Three articles we came […]

California is rebuilding, but there are still battles to be fought, including dealing with smoke taint. Also, climate change and an audacious theft in Lake Tahoe. [level-members] The aftermath of the fires is beginning to set in. The tally of structures lost is still growing. Here’s a discussion of smoke taint from the San Francisco […]

Fires and undocumented workers, bad weather and labor disputes create (unrelated shortages), and while winemakers work on managing alcohol levels, we wonder whether that would have saved a Long Island winery from being shut down. [level-members] The fires are out, but the pain continues not only for homeowners, and winery owners, but also for field […]

More bad news from California, and new bad news from Spain and Portugal, which are dealing with their own fire issues. Also changes to interstate shipping of wine, and more on the shuttering of Amazon Wine. [level-members] Haven’t we had enough bad news? And enough with wildfires? Spain and Portugal are being ravaged at the […]

More bad wine industry news from California and France. And some semi-comic and completely unfunny grape and wine thievery. [level-members] Now we wait for the other shoe to drop. Will the vineyards that the fire spared produce wines tainted by smoke from those fires? France is set to make less wine this year than in […]

Not surprisingly, it’s all northern California, all the time … [level-members] Let’s start on a positive note: TheStreet.com gives us stories of resilience. And news of the fires at least beginning to come under control. For those fortunate enough not to be directly affected by the fires, there’s a lot of work to be done. […]