By Jennifer Montgomery Late last week, we were advised by Agriculture Committee staff that the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees had reached a tentative agreement on a 2012 Farm Bill proposal to be submitted to the Super Committee for consideration in the deficit reduction deliberations. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman … Read more
Once again, WineAmerica is a sponsor of the successful Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium, the annual summit on wine direct marketing and sales. We encourage your marketing teams to attend. Organized by vintners, for vintners, the fifth annual summit will take place at the Stanford Court Hotel in San Francisco on January 18 (evening) and … Read more
November 18, 2011 The Senate recently introduced S. 1789, the “21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011.” The bill includes a provision—section 404—that would modify federal law to allow the shipping of wine by the U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”). As a longtime advocate of winery direct-to-consumer shipping, WineAmerica supports this important provision, with qualification. WineAmerica … Read more
Tonight WineAmerica, the Wine Institute and the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association are co-sponsoring a white wine and shellfish reception for the Congressional Wine Caucus and the Congressional Shellfish Caucus. Traditionally this has been an event that only served California wine. For the first time WineAmerica is providing wine from the East Coast for this … Read more
By Michael Kaiser The annual WineAmerica Fall Board of Directors and Membership meeting has come and gone once again. This year we visited the Snake River Valley in Southwest Idaho. The Snake River Valley is Idaho’s first American viticultural area and is home to the largest concentration of wineries and vineyards in the state. The … Read more