Wine benefits Americans throughout the country who have nothing at all to do with the production, distribution or sales of wine–and may not even drink it. In fact, 473,208 workers earning $29,329,602,600 in wages benefit from “Induced” impact, which totals $88,264,118,100. To put that in perspective, the wine industry’s total impact on the American economy in 2022 is $276 billion, with $111.5 billion … Read more

–If you didn’t have rootstock, how could you grow a grape? –If you didn’t have tanks, how would your ferment the juice? –If you didn’t have bottles, how would you package the wine? –If you didn’t have trucks, how would you get it to market? –And if you didn’t have computers, how would you keep … Read more

WineAmerica’s 2022 National Economic Impact Study vividly demonstrates the incredible value-added nature of wine and its huge contributions to the American economy: $276 billion in 2022. Of that, $111.5 billion (40%) is direct impact, while $76.3 billion (28%) is supplier impact and another $88.3 billion (32%) is induced impact benefiting the communities around the country … Read more

The wine industry will boost the American economy by $276.07 in 2022, according to a new study unveiled this week in Congress. The study was sponsored by WineAmerica and conducted by John Dunham & Associates, which also did a 2017 study for WineAmerica. The study contains detailed data on the national impact and that of all 50 … Read more

How did half a year fly by already? And how it is possible that in a similarly short period we’ll be at the end of 2022 with the elections over (thank goodness) and most likely a new power dynamic in DC for the next two years? As usual, Congress is in recess, but some things … Read more