"The board has a great responsibility to continue the strong tradition of moving the industry and membership forward through the exchange of information and the support of research and education."
acquisition of the assets of Illinois importer and distributor, Vintage Wines, LLC. The companies will combine their efforts in Illinois and operate as Vintage Wines
Amid intense pressure from the onslaught of New World wines over the past decade, one of France's pioneering brands in the U.S. market, Georges Duboeuf, has lost more than half its volume, slipping from 1.1 million cases in 2002 to around 400,000 currently. Still, Duboeuf, imported by Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, remains among the leading French players in the U.S
"People spend a lifetime building a winery and vineyard, and then they have to end up selling either the winery or the vineyard to keep the rest of the property."
The board approved a joint powers agreement to facilitate up to $10 million of bond funding for "the acquisition, rehabilitation, construction, improvement and equipping" of a 40,000-square-foot wine manufacturing facility
With $350,000 in startup money, Parsons' crew crushed mostly Colorado grapes in a Denver alley and shipped wine bottles labeled not with chateaus and grapevines but a grittier, graffiti-like etching of a chimpanzee
Proponents suspend their signature petition drive seeking to put on the ballot a proposed change to the state constitution that would allow wine to be sold in grocery stories in Oklahoma's 15 largest counties. They will try again next year.
Accolade Wines has implemented a radical shake-up which sees Australian Vintage's Paul Schaafsma move over to head up the UK business and Ted Popov lead mainland Europe.
Australia's advertising standards watchdog has today handed down a landmark decision relating to the Facebook page of Diageo, which found companies must take responsibility for offensive comments or material posted on their pages by the public