Ushering in Summer

Italy’s legendary summertime cocktail, the Bellini, is a combination of icy-cold sparkling Prosecco and fresh white peach juice. The drink was invented in the 1930s at Harry’s Bar, in Venice, which The following content is accessible for members only, please sign...

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Percentage of Italians living in Italy who drink wine, according to Unione Italiana Vini, as reported in Meininger’s. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

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Estimated value (in billions of US$) that beverage alcohol producers miss in e-commerce sales of their products. According to The Drinks Business, the alcohol beverage industry is failing to keep pace with how consumers discover and buy drinks.The following content is...

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Estimated number of millions of people in the US who have taken a WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) wine class since the organization began in 1969. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

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Hours each year parents in the US spend negotiating with their children about what to eat, according to the new book Picky, and as reported in The Economist. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

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Approximate cost per acre (in US$) to meet regulatory laws in Napa Valley, according to a new study by California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign...

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Number of Oregon wineries that have joined together to form “Method Oregon,” a non-profit association that has launched an official standard for Oregon sparkling wine. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign...

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Number of California wineries just awarded the prestigious 2026 California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance Green Medal Awards. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Wine and Words

The first book on wine in the English language was A New Boke of the Natures and Properties of All Wines, written in 1568 by William Turner. Turner’s book is thought to have been a guide for William Shakespeare, who laced his texts with numerous references to wine....

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Approximate drop (in millions of US$) of Italian wine export sales to the US in 2025, according to findings from the Unione Italiana Vini (UIV) Observatory. Among the factors that caused the drop: The following content is accessible for members only, please sign...

“Wine, land, agricultural skills, and entrepreneurship are gifts from God—the CreatorThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.