Category Archives: Wine

World of Beer Founders Built an Empire, Came Home to Pensacola

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Pensacola natives Matt LaFon and Scott Zepp did not have business backgrounds when they flirted with entrepreneurship in

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Ohio Wine and Beer Industry Impacted by Government Shutdown

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Just like the snowy vineyard with no grapes on the vine, Ohio’s wine industry is frozen, for now.

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Premium Wine Growth to Be ‘Tempered’ for Next 5 Years

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Millennials aren’t embracing wine as many had expected, Silicon Valley Bank says in its 2019 State of the Wine Industry report.

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Wine Sales Top 408 Million Cases in 2018, Report Says

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Those sales were worth $70.5 billion, says Wines Vines Analytics, a unit of Wine Communications Group.  

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Investor Buys 85 Acres in Napa Valley

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Global Ag Properties II LLC, a unit of TIAA-CREF, has purchased 85 acres of vineyard land in Napa Valley’s Oak Knoll

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Opici Wines to Import El Coto de Rioja Wines

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Opici Wines said it was named exclusive national importer of El Coto de Rioja.

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