Though this is a fun, carefree window in time, the reality is that all signs point to a difficult wildfire season ahead of us. Meanwhile, the full effects of the devastating 2020 wildfires aren't yet being fully felt in the marketplace. We know that the pandemic has changed the industry, and changed many Americans' relationship to alcohol, but how it's all eventually going to shake out is not yet clear.

Glass bottles are the largest source of the wine industry's carbon footprint. Researchers have known for at least a decade that the single largest portion of the carbon footprint of a bottle of wine comes from the energy used to manufacture that bottle, transport it to the winery to be filled and then distribute it around the globe for consumption. Several companies are experimenting with new shipping methods.

On Wednesday, the Cal/OSHA board reversed rules adopted after a tumultuous, marathon hearing June 3. Those rules would have allowed vaccinated employees to remove their masks unless they work alongside unvaccinated people.

An outbreak at one of the world's busiest ports in southern China has led to global shipping delays, while infections at key points in the semiconductor supply chain in Taiwan and Malaysia are worsening a global chip shortage that has hindered production in the auto and technology industries.

New data shows the entirety of four states are under drought conditions -- California, Oregon, Utah and Nevada. Overall, drought is being experienced in 88% of the Western US as of this week. Scientists say persistent drought conditions in this region are being exacerbated by manmade climate change.

According to a recent report by bw166, a global market research firm for alcohol beverage, U.S. rosé sales volume increased by an astounding 1433% from 2010 to 2020. So what caused this huge increase in popularity of pink-colored wine? A conversation with some experts sheds light on the causes.

The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board on June 9 held an emergency meeting to take testimony from the California Department of Public Health, Cal/OSHA and stakeholders regarding the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 emergency temporary standards.

Prior to joining Novelty Hill-Januik, Shaw led the award-winning restaurant program at Farestart, an organization dedicated to job training programs to alleviate poverty, hunger, and homelessness.

At Oregon State University, Sarah Lowder wants to know more about grape powdery mildew and the fact that growers are having disease control issues due to fungicide resistance. "Although growers have to deal with this issue every year, some seasons are worse than others - mysterious in some cases as to why the increase, although warm weather early in the season that prompts a lot of fast shoot growth and unprotected tissue could be a factor," she said.

One company that makes a Cult wine is suing for declaratory judgment against a Napa winery that just won a trademark for its under-$15 Cult wine. Meanwhile, at least two other companies that aren't in the lawsuit are also making Cult wines. There are Cult wines all around us, if we just know where to look - on the label, for the word "Cult".

Naked Wines, which sells to its 300,000 customer base via a subscription model, said its advertising costs more than doubled to 42.3 million pounds, or about 12% of total sales, for the year ended March 29, up from 19.8 million pounds a year earlier as it chased new customers in the U.S. and UK.

In February 2020, a Missouri jury awarded $265 million in damages caused by dicamba drift to one peach orchard. While the award was eventually reduced to $75 million, Bayer-Monsanto struck a $400 million settlement to settle other suits filed by angry farmers. But the agreement does not cover the Texas grape growers, who saw their highly productive vineyards wither and, in some cases, die as a result of the dicamba-resistant seed system's use on over two million surrounding acres of cotton.

Groth Vineyards & Winery has been a member of Wine Institute since 1984 and Groth has served as a board member since 2014.

For the latest 4 weeks ending May 29, 2021, total alcohol off-premise sales are down 10.9% compared to the same four weeks in 2020. Wine experienced the strongest declines, down 13%, followed by beer/FMB/cider down 11%, and spirits down 9%.

Demeine Estates is pleased to announce the appointments of 10 fine wine industry leaders, including Leila Pearson as Senior Vice President of Sales.

Murphy-Goode doubles down after receiving over 5,000 applications since launching the contest in March 2021.

The event marked the start of the nine-year journey where nine planets, nine regions, nine producers, nine codes and nine wines will come into fruition for the 'Wines From Another World' series.

The new National Accounts Department will be led by Michelle Garoufalis, recently promoted Director of National Accounts, and recent new hire Jeremy Kilburn, who will serve as Manager, National Off-Premise Accounts.

The power system, consisting of 4,082 rooftop solar panels, has the capacity to produce up to one megawatt continuously.

Located on the ground floor of the historic Native Sons of the Golden West building at the corner of First and Coombs Street, Mia Carta is home to a collective of six family-owned and operated ultra-premium, small lot Napa Valley wineries - Art House Wines, Essere Napa, Ilsley Vineyards, RARECAT Wines, Redmon Wines and Sciandri Family Vineyards.

Jim Spradlin, GROWMARK's CEO since September 2014, announced to the GROWMARK Board of Directors today his intent to retire effective February 28, 2022.

John Harley of Anthony Vineyards, with headquarters in Bakersfield and production in both the Coachella and San Joaquin Valleys, told OPN Connect that organic volume is currently at a promotable level. "Organics are doing very well right now. We are pushing out a lot of volume in both reds and greens and have a pretty stable pricing structure."

Under the emergency declaration, nearly two million people are being asked to reduce their water usage by 15% when compared to 2019. People are also encouraged to limit watering their lawns and filling their pools.

The hilltop estate in Portugal - listed at £1.2m - boasts more than nine hectares of vines and is located just one hour from Porto.

Rob McMillan, author of the highly acclaimed "Annual State of the Wine Industry Report," spent National Wine Day on May 25 leading a virtual Direct-to-Consumer Wine Report webinar. The founder of Silicon Valley Bank's Wine Division in Napa Valley shared the podium with three other speakers (Aileen Sevier of Early Mountain Vineyards; Janiene Ullrich from The Family Coppola, and Paul Mabray, CEO of Pix) in bringing an updated industry view to more than 1,500 electronic attendees.

There's even more confusion this year because of the change of leadership and policy priorities in Washington and what those changes might mean for immigration reform, labor availability, and workforce management protocol in the months ahead.

The wine and vine supplier is taking over storage and distribution in France of the range of PET wine barrels from the Dutch company OneCircle (available in 10, 20 and 30-litre formats).

Beginning this fall, beer and wine will be available for purchase throughout Kinnick Stadium, with the exception of areas immediately adjacent to the respective student section. Athletic events at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Duane Banks Field and Bob Pearl Field will also be included in the pilot program during the 2021-22 school year.

The Australian wine industry is still struggling to recover after the Asian superpower imposed a five-year tariff of more than 200 per cent on Aussie winemakers, accusing them of dumping wine into China, effectively closing the market.

The fund seeks to promote the production and consumption of Maryland wine, and increase growth of commercial wine grapes across the state, according to a news release.

The Wine Enthusiast team blind tastes and reviews around 25,000 wines every year. These range from small-production bottlings to major releases from global brands and everything in between. They were curious to see how their scores stacked up against real-world buying habits, so they looked at some of the top-selling bottles on online marketplace Vivino.