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EDITOR’S NOTE: Both combatants in this legal saga issued highly posturing comments on the judge’s decision. Wine Industry Insight has chosen not to include the statements because neither added useful information to this article. Federal District Judge Richard Seeborg handed a loss to each side of the dueling stags legal drama, […]
Overall 2016 table wine off-premise sales revenues were up 4% on a 1.5% volume increase, according to Nielsen’s 2016 full-year data for the 52 weeks ending December 31. However, blended blush and rose´ growth blew away the rest of the varietal market. No competition for pink growth While starting from a smaller overall volume […]
Videocast and discussion of the findings from the release of the 2017 SVB Annual State of the Wine Industry Report, will start Wednesday January 18th at 9:30 am Pacific Time. [Click this link to signup and join the discussion] These excerpts are a taste of some highlights, points, and charts that Wine Industry Insight found […]
NOTE: All hyperlinked court filings in this article are available in their entirety for Wine Executive News premium subscribers. Vintage Wine Estates (VWE) has emerged as the top bidder for the Clara Street Company — dba Cameron Hughes Wine (CHW) Company — according to documents filed with the San Francisco Superior Court. The court is expected […]
There are 904 wine TTB licenses in Napa County. 342 of them are located at these 24 addresses. In fact, more than 100 are located at the top 3. Full, detailed spreadsheet available with licensee names A spreadsheet with all of the names of the licensees at every address is available for download by Wine […]
Other quick-glance takeaways Import share edges down but still bests domestic price gains and average bottle price. $15-19.99 category tops in $ share gains $3-$5.99 still largest category by dollar volume, has 30% of share Syrah/Shiraz still sucking followed by declines in Merlot and White Zin. SauvBlanc has largest gains in $ volume Zin has […]
Top 25 Napa Valley winery visitor permits Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete chart. Not a Wine Executive News subscriber? Subscribe to Wine Executive News now, and get the rest of this original article along with everything else on the site every day, including original documents, spreadsheets,and source materials for […]
A 2.5-million-case wine making facility that is currently home to Purple Wine + Spirits, as well as number of its custom-crush clients, is for sale. The facility in American Canyon — a municipality at the southern end of Napa County — is prominently promoting its association to Napa Valley. According to the offering […]
For two companies who have said they will agree to mediation, the combatants are still armed, dangerous and seem to be seeing just how many points each can score before the referees call time and ask everyone to behave. In a statement accompanying its latest legal documents filed in Federal District Court yesterday, Dec. […]
Trefethen Family Vineyards has sold a 41.15-acre Oak Knoll District vineyard near the intersection of Big Ranch Rd. and Oak Knoll Ave., north of Napa city to ag real estate investment company Westchester. The sale included approved permits for a 30,000-gallon winery, tasting room, visitors and events. According to Trefethen family Vineyards […]