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How this winery is planting differently for a warmer future

by Sofia Terenzio
Sep 11, 2024
Jessica Mozeico, owner of Et Fille Wines, started the business with her father. She hopes she can pass it along to the next generation.
"My daughter is nine years old, so it's certainly too soon to say whether or not she'll follow in my footsteps," say owner Jessica Mozeico of Et Fille Wines. "But what I do know is that it inspires how I want to move the business forward."
Carolyn Wells Kramer
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Sober times for China's wine sellers

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 17, 2024
Having once enjoyed vibrant growth, China's wine industry is being held back by trade barriers, changing tastes and a flagging economy.
A shelf of wines from France, Argentina and New Zealand in a Shanghai retail shop. Wine imports have declined, and exporters are frustrated.
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A Warmer World

Napa Valley's vineyards are in "climate crisis," winemaker says

by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson
Oct 3, 2022
Between heat waves, droughts and wildfires, the grapes of California's wine region are suffering nature's wrath. Producers are trying to adapt.
The climate crisis, which worsens drought and wildfires, is changing agriculture. That includes vineyards.
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Horses are again working in French vineyards

by John Laurenson
Aug 4, 2022
The animals can work land that is inaccessible to tractors, and vineyard owners say they improve the soil for grapes. But they raise costs as well.
A horse named Diva at work at Chandon de Briailles, one of many French vineyards that use horses instead of tractors.
John Laurenson
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Sour grapes? An English county's wine wins a special status, but a neighboring county complains.

by Stephen Beard
Jul 8, 2022
Sussex wineries receive a prestigious distinction, but a Kent winemaker dismisses the award as arbitrary, citing similar growing conditions.
Rows of vines cover the hills at a Sussex County vineyard in 2015. The government honored the county's white wines with a Protected Designation of Origin.
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It's no longer just "dry January" – sales of nonalcoholic beverages skyrocket

by Kristin Schwab
Jan 18, 2022
Much of the boost has to do with wellness, but it also has to do with cost.
Sales of nonalcoholic beverages have spiked as people are becoming more health- and cost-conscious.
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Wine and liquor makers are facing a glass bottle shortage

by Matt Levin
Nov 25, 2021
That could mean higher prices or outright shortages of booze for the holidays, the most lucrative time of the year for vinters and distillers.
Partially due to supply chain logjams, wine and liquor makers are paying more for their desired glass bottles.
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Trade disputes high on Biden's European trip agenda

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 9, 2021
Tariffs on wine, cheese, steel and aluminum are among the issues to be resolved.
The first couple arrives in England ahead of the G-7 summit. Biden is expected to try to resolve disputes involving tariffs on wine, cheese, steel and aluminum.
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Trade showdown

Wine industry braces for more EU tariffs

by Justin Ho
Aug 11, 2020
Tariffs on European imports have been in place since October. More could be on the way.
Wines imported from Spain and Italy for sale at a Whole Foods outlet in California. U.S. tariffs on European wine and liquor may increase.
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Gallo seeks to uncork lower-end wine market

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Apr 4, 2019
E. & J. Gallo is buying roughly 30 inexpensive wine brands from Constellation Brands.
E. & J. Gallo is buying roughly 30 inexpensive wine brands from Constellation Brands.
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