Fine wine is nice and all, but High Noon is coming out with a Transfusion flavor, and I'm all for it.

CA Legislature to Hold First Public Hearing on American Wine Truth in Labeling Bill Press Release - CAWG and Family Winemakers of California Urge Industry and Public to Watch or Attend

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Wine Tariff Refunds on the Way | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion At last, some good news for the wine industry: tariff refunds applications are open. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher

Good news for importers: the US started accepting applications for tariff refunds.

Consumers can't expect lower prices BUT this might mean we won't see price increases in the near future.

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Baking set to opera. Found this weirdly satisfying.

Volcanic island wines

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Napa Considers a Post-Cabernet Future | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion Napa and Cabernet go hand in hand, but even hardened wine veterans are asking how much longer can it last? Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher

Everyone says Napa has too much Cabernet Sauvignon now. But what else could farmers do with their land? Walnuts? Pears? Christmas trees?

Tony Correia is a leading expert in valuing agricultural properties, especially vineyards. Here's what he has to say.

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Introducing Convida: A Bold, Flavor-Forward Wine Brand Inspired by Latino Culture and the Joy of Coming Together /PRNewswire/ -- Treasury Wine Estates (TWE), one of the world's leading wine companies, announced today the launch of Convida, a wine brand rooted in Latino...

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I Support Keeping American Wine Truly American and Improving Truth in Labeling We live in a time of trade wars, where terms like protectionism and tariffs have become not only buzzwords but

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Though it has never been his profession, Randall Grahm is one of the greatest living wine writers. His prose style is inimitable, and I love his dry sense of humor.

Here, Randall shares his view of the current state of affairs in wine.

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Dig in is the new lean in.

100 Stores, 100% Selling Only Organically Grown Wines? Natural Grocers Offers Consumers A Real Alternative Beverage manager Jeff Cameron at Natural Grocers has grown the chain's organically grown wine offerings across 100 stores. Could this be a formula for growing retailer success?

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Global Old Vine Registry Surpasses 10,000 Vineyards A press release announcing that the Old Vine Registry has reached the milestone of 10,000 vineyards registered.

Today I'm celebrating a pretty big milestone -- we've now registered 10,000 vineyards in the non-profit, crowdsourced Old Vine Registry. We hit our audacious goal 15 months earlier than we'd hoped to.

Is Taste the One Thing A.I. Can’t Replace?

Good news, wine people! Maybe we have another year or two before we're obsolete!

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It's the mash-up you didn't know you needed. In #Katonah this Saturday. www.wineforall.com/events

Wine + Food + Comedy. In #Westchester
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How pay-for-performance hollowed out wine distribution For years, the wine trade blamed direct-to-consumer sales for weakening distribution. But Alfonso Cevola argues the more serious damage came from compensation reform that rewired incentives, sidelined...

For years, the wine trade blamed DtC sales for weakening distribution. But Alfonso Cevola argues the more serious damage came from compensation reform that rewired incentives, sidelined expertise and made much of the portfolio economically invisible

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Truth in labeling… I’m all for it.

Maybe we should create a National Swear Jar — to get rid of the national debt.
$.25/shit
$.50/fuck

Meet the wine merchant who beat Trump in Supreme Court tariff battle Victor Schwartz, 67, became the face of the battle to strike down the president's controversial tariffs when he sued the government last April. On Friday, the US Supreme Court ruled in his favor.

A little-known New York wine merchant who took on Donald Trump's tariffs in the Supreme Court is celebrating his win by popping open a bottle of red 🍷

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VOS Selections owner Victor Schwartz risked his business to challenge Trump’s tariffs | CNN Business When President Donald Trump announced plans to raise the nation’s effective tariff rate to levels not seen since 1930 on April 2, 2025, most CEOs were silent. They’d seen how voicing opposition to any...

I used to deal with VOS on some wines I reviewed back in the day. And now, Victor passes into history. :)

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Big kudos to Victor Schwartz, founder of VOS Selections, a small importer and distributor of fine wines -- and lead plaintiff in the case.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

March 6 -- EAT. DRINK. LAUGH. THREE COURSES.FIVE WINES.COUNTLESS LAUGHS.Coming to Katonah for two straight nights!Join Tish, the Recovering Wine Critic, on March 6 amp; 7 for a mold-smashing food, wine and comedy exper

Comin March 6 & 7 to Katonah — wine, food and comedy, together again. www.localwineevents.com/view/event/m...

Coming to Katonah, NY, March 6th AND 7th.
Wine, food and comedy -- together again.
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Hello, wine peeps. It's high time for food, wine and comedy to hook up. Join me March 6 & 7. In #Katonah #Westchester
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More proof that no grading system truly works for wine.

Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

RTD Cocktails Swallow US Drinks Market | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion Pre-mixed cocktails in a can are dominating the US drinks market, as consumers worry about the economy. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher

The only type of alcohol that's growing in sales is Ready To Drink cocktails (RTDs) -- and they're growing a lot.

So much so that, for the first time, Americans spent more money last year on spirits than beer.

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