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Joel Whitaker

What Will Determine Wine's Winners and Losers

By Angelo A. Camillo, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Management Wine Business Institute, Sonoma State University Wine’s winners and losers are increasingly separated not by vineyard acreage or case volume, but by management judgment, brand clarity, and the capacity to learn faster than the market changes. Failure is rarely

EDIT: Spot Buying During Calif. Harvest -- And a Warning on Ripping Out Vineyards

This is different: Some California winegrape growers are beginning to warn about ripping out too many vines for fear the state's crops may not meet even reduced demand. Enough vineyard acreage has been reduced, and yields are down enough this year that Ben Kolber, KG Vineyard Management (Lodi/

Why Would a Bev/Al Stock Go Public at $9, Trade at 39 Cents 5 Months Later?

Amass Brands Inc., whose portfolio includes alcoholic, non-alcoholic and functional beverages, reported prelinary third quarter net revenue of $5.3 million, up 30% from a year earlier, This sounds fabulous, and it gets better: Pizzolato remained the No. 1 organic sparkling wine in the U.S. across every measured

Molson Coors Virginia Workers Join Teamsters

Over 400 workers at the Molson Coors facility in the Shenandoah Valley have voted to join Teamsters Local 29. The packaging, warehouse, brewing, interplant distribution, utilities, and maintenance workers organized for increased wages, improved benefits, and a voice on the job. "These workers remained determined and refused to let

Kenefick Ranch Hires Angelina Mondavi as Winemaker

Kenefick Ranch Hires Angelina Mondavi as Winemaker

Kenefick Ranch, a family-owned and operated wine brand and estate vineyard in Napa Valley, hires Angelina Mondavi as winemaker. A fourth-generation co-proprietor of Charles Krug - Napa Valley's oldest winery, founded in 1861 - she grew up immersed in vineyard life: riding the harvesters at dawn, working

What I'm Reading --

Selling Wine Was a Federal Crime for 13 Years, and Beaulieu Grew 4 Times Bigger Doing It Legally Georges de Latour held an altar-wine permit from 1907. He came out of Prohibition with intact vines, a full cellar, and 4 times the production he went in with. (The Polished

Yields Down 30% at Tablas Creek

Jason Haas, proprietor, Tablas Creek Vineyard, says his yields this year are down about 30% from last year. "While a few varieties (most notably Syrah, up 3% and Marsanne, down 8.6%) saw yields close to those of 2025, my hopes that our later grape varieties would change the