National Association of American Wineries

Government shutdowns occur when Congress and the Administration don’t pass a new budget or a “kick-the-can-down-the-road “Continuing Resolution” (CR) that just keeps the old budget in place. Normally there’s high drama on the last night, right up to midnight, when usually but not always everything magically comes together. There was a month-long shutdown in the … Read more

Texas is a great example of how wine affects many sectors of the economy from vine to glass. In terms of the number of wineries, the Lone Star State ranks fifth, but it’s second in terms of wine’s total impact from wine, after California (of course). Why? Population and consumption, as opposed to production. In … Read more

This sign says it all. It’s one of many signs in all stores of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), the provincial government monopoly that controls all importation, purchasing, marketing, sales, and taxation of wine and other alcoholic beverages. The same system and syndrome are true all across Canada’s other provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, … Read more