An Update from D.C.: Shutdown Edition (WineAmerica)
A federal government shutdown is not good for anyone, but we could be in for a long one. By Michael Kaiser The Federal Government shutdown continues into its 30th day […]
October 2025
Expert Editorial: Accessibility Widgets Might Be Harming Your Winery’s Website
Making a winery website more accessible is not just a legal or ethical imperative. It’s also good business. By Mike Madaio Perusing many winery websites (as the web design and […]
We Asked 16 Wine Pros: What’s the Most Overrated White Wine? (2025)
There are hundreds of white wine grapes in the world, and none can be the wine of the moment forever. Butter-bomb Chardonnays give way to New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs or “crushable” Vinho Verdes; pale Pinot Grigios lose favor to their trendier, skin-contact counterparts; and once-accessible wines like Sancerre lose their value proposition to rising prices. …
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Canned Cocktails Have Been a Rare Drinks Industry Bright Spot. Where Do They Go From Here?
The sales data for the alcohol industry is almost universally bad right now. Beer and wine are struggling like never before while even spirits sales are lagging. One of the few bright spots has been ready-to-drink cocktails (RTDs), an admittedly nebulous category that encompasses everything from spirit-based hard seltzers like High Noon to canned versions …
This Massive Chart Shows Which Companies Own America’s Top Beer Brands
When the American craft brewing industry was in its heyday, it was fairly commonplace that breweries that billing themselves as “craft” were actually independent. Nowadays, many of the breweries that initially began as craft operations have been scooped up by larger conglomerates. And after all of the major acquisitions, sell offs, and shuffles over the …
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Wine 101: Silver Oak
Up next on our journey through Napa Valley is Silver Oak, a winery established in 1972 by Ray Duncan and Justin Meyer. But while the winery itself was founded in the early ‘70s, its roots trace back decades earlier with the formation of Christian Brothers. Since the very beginning, Silvery Oak has distinguished itself from …
How a Niche Cuban Cocktail Helped Popularize Blanc Vermouth
Cocktail lore, as fabricated as it can get, features scores of accounts where the right mix of spirits and modifiers produces a classic cocktail. But it’s rare to hear of the reverse: a singular cocktail breathing life into an entire category of booze. Such an episode played out in 1913, when the invention of the …
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High Impact Ways to Optimize Your Shipping Operations: Empower Your Team, Exceed Expectations, and Transform Challenges into Opportunities
Shipping costs are climbing faster than ever, and they’re hitting profit margins hard. According to a 2024 report by Statista, the global shipping and logistics market has surpassed $11 trillion, with transportation costs making up more than half of total logistics expenses. For U.S. companies, that means every mile, inch, and ounce matters more than …
Afternoon Brief, October 29
Senator Alvarado-Gil Calls for Legislative Action as California Winegrowers Struggle: The wine industry has faced a series of setbacks in recent years, as the supply of grapes has grown while demand has dropped, leading to grape prices that are so low that, in some cases, it costs growers more to harvest grapes than they would …