DC Updates Congress won’t return to Washington until November 12, a week after the election (hopefully, the results will be official by then!), but things are still happening that affect our industry. Michael Kaiser, WineAmerica’s Executive Vice President and Director of Government Affairs (a.k.a. lobbyist), has been deeply involved with a coalition of other beverage … Read more

Nevada provides a great example of how the economic impact of wine is spread around depending on the nature of a particular state. Usually, the proportions of Direct, Supplier, and Indirect impacts are reasonably close, but here Direct Impact is almost half of the total. Is that because Nevada is a major wine-producing state? No, … Read more

DC Updates As the election looms, one question is what will the outcome mean for wine? There are still many unknowns and several potential outcomes in terms of which party controls what, but our lobbyist, Michael Kaiser, has provided an insightful pre-election analysis. Meanwhile, the hot issue right now is the development of the 2025 Dietary … Read more

Years ago, at the Grand Harvest Awards competition in Sonoma, the “Best of Show” round resoundingly elevated a gorgeous Rose above the Sparkling, White, Red, and Dessert wine finalists. We all wondered where it originated in California until it was revealed as being from Mac’s Creek in Nebraska—made from Marechal Foch grapes. Since then, the … Read more

Members of Congress are home campaigning, but that doesn’t mean nothing is happening in Washington. Michael Kaiser is very busy working with beverage industry colleagues concerned about the process of establishing the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs). The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) establish these guidelines every five years, … Read more