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The Wine Industry Advisor is an Online Industry Publication featuring news and articles relevant to the wine industry. Our goal is to be a resource for wine businesses and professionals by providing free access to our knowledge base articles, industry press releases, and daily news. We aim to provide you with the information most relevant to you.

Afternoon Brief, March 27th

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SVB Assets Acquired by First Citizens Bank & Trust Company: First Citizens Bank & Trust Company, Raleigh, NC, has entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with the FDIC for all deposits and loans of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, National Association, according to an official FDIC news release...

Afternoon Brief, March 24th

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Napa Organizations Join Forces to Protect the Community from Wildfire: This annual fair brings together members of the wine industry, Napa residents, community organizations and local businesses to learn how they can help prevent or mitigate wildfires...

Afternoon Brief, March 23rd

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Berkeley Man Who Destroyed $250 Million of Wine in Fire Dies: Mark Anderson who embezzled thousands of bottles of wine from his clients and set fire to a warehouse in 2005, destroying 4.5 million bottles of wine worth $250 million, has died...

Afternoon Brief, March 22nd

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Big Rig Spills 10,000 Empty Wine Bottles Onto Highway 101 Near Healdsburg: A big rig flipped over on Highway 101 near Healdsburg Monday spilling 10,000 empty wine bottles onto the roadway, the California Highway Patrol said. No one was hurt in the crash....

Afternoon Brief, March 21st

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California Wine Exports Resilient in Global Markets, Led by Strong Growth in Mexico, Key Asian Markets and the EU: Despite market challenges, California’s global wine sales on the rise...

Afternoon Brief, March 20th

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Rob McMillan on Wine: Living in Two Worlds: After decades in banking, I thought I'd seen everything. But last week, with a jolt to my system, I was unfortunately proven wrong. This would turn out to be one of the worst weeks in my life. I kept thinking I must be dreaming this!...

Afternoon Brief, March 17th

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SVB Financial Files for Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Protection, Says It Has $2.2 Billion in Liquidity: One week after trading was halted for SVB Financial and regulators took control of the holding company for Silicon Valley Bank and other subsidiaries, SVB Financial has taken the next inevitable step: Today it announced that it has formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York...

Afternoon Brief, March 16th

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Chateau Ste. Michelle Partners with Live Nation as First-Ever National Wine Sponsor: Chateau Ste. Michelle, Washington’s founding winery and host to the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved summer concert series, has partnered with the world’s leading live entertainment company Live Nation to become its first-ever national wine category sponsor...

Integrated Marketing – Why You’re Leaving Money on the Table

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Marketing is an ongoing communication with your customers, not a one shot broadcast on a single channel. Then why do many wineries have silos...

Afternoon Brief, March 15th

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ChatGPT Just Passed Three of the Master Sommelier Theory Exams: OpenAI’s ChatGPT continues to confound with its seemingly endless scope – including passing three levels of the infamously tricky Master Sommelier exam...

Afternoon Brief, March 14th

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Sonoma County Supes Narrowly Approve Winery Events Ordinance: The hours-long discussion included a presentation from Permit Sonoma, questions and comments from board members, input from community members (on both sides of the issues) and the board’s discussion of concerns raised. In the end, the ordinance was approved with a narrow 3-2 vote...

Sonoma County Supes Narrowly Approve Winery Events Ordinance

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A years-long process finally concludes with a 3-2 split vote in favor of new regulations.   The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors met earlier today (March...

Afternoon Brief, March 13th

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Silicon Valley Bank Closure Leaves Wine Industry Clients in the Weeds: There may not be quick answers to the biggest questions facing the wine industry after Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on Friday — including the future of the bank’s landmark wine industry report...

Afternoon Brief, March 10th

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Hard-to-Find Napa Valley Wines Available Now Through Collective Napa Valley: Starting today, rare Napa Valley wines are available through the Napa Valley Reserve Wine offering for Collective Napa Valley...

Afternoon Brief, March 9th

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California Wine Country’s Race to Build Wine Palaces: Today, there are over 8,000 legally bonded wineries in America with California leading with over 4,763 in 2021 according to Statista. Even Alaska has 24 wineries. While the total number of wineries has doubled since 2009, the production of wine has only gone up 3% in the same period. So, why has the number of wineries increased much faster than the actual gross production of wine?