https://vintnerreport.com/Wine Business, Markets, IndustryenThu, 12 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/business/sula-vineyards-q2-fy27-results/India's largest wine producer grew net revenue in the September quarter, with premium brands at a record 82 percent of own brand sales, tourism revenue up 24 percent and net debt cut to 306 crore rupees.Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/business/sula-vineyards-q2-fy27-results/https://vintnerreport.com/trade/elton-john-zero-us-launch/The zero alcohol Blanc de Blancs, made from northern Italian Chardonnay and already the leading premium 0 percent sparkling at two UK grocers, reaches the United States at $25 through Foley Family Wines and Spirits.Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/trade/elton-john-zero-us-launch/https://vintnerreport.com/business/chapel-down-capital-raising-2026/The AIM listed English winemaker placed 12,790,697 shares at 43 pence each and added a retail offer, funding a £4.5 million soft pressing facility at its Tenterden winery.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/business/chapel-down-capital-raising-2026/https://vintnerreport.com/business/prodalim-brenn-o-kem-acquisition/Prodalim will pay $37 million for 93.25 percent of Brenn-O-Kem, whose Cape plants turn grape pomace and wine lees into tartaric acid, extracts and recovered alcohol.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/business/prodalim-brenn-o-kem-acquisition/https://vintnerreport.com/business/vineyard-29-napa-estate-market-2026/Listed whole at $65 million, Vineyard 29 has sold in parcels to its neighbors. American AgCredit puts prime Napa vineyard land at $300,000 to $400,000 an acre, down 10 to 30 percent from peak, and the county assessor has cut $301 million from vineyard, winery and hospitality property values. The buyers are insiders, and the price of admission is contracted income.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/business/vineyard-29-napa-estate-market-2026/https://vintnerreport.com/people/malek-amrani-the-vice/The Vice was founded on a refusal: that Napa Valley be reduced to Cabernet. A decade on, its founder has taken an orange wine to Premiere Napa Valley, bottled a rosé 24 days after harvest, and built distribution in 45 states. A profile of Malek Amrani, and his answers in his own words.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/people/malek-amrani-the-vice/https://vintnerreport.com/markets/northern-hemisphere-2026-harvest/Agreste puts France's 2026 wine crop at about 33.9 million hectolitres, the smallest since 1957, after a hot, dry summer and years of vine removals, while Champagne cuts its permitted yield for a fourth straight year.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/markets/northern-hemisphere-2026-harvest/https://vintnerreport.com/business/delta-one-napa-wine-program-2026/Thirteen wines from eleven producers, narrowed from roughly 1,600 candidates, with Napa Valley icons anchoring the pour list. What the airline's biggest wine commitment signals for suppliers.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/business/delta-one-napa-wine-program-2026/https://vintnerreport.com/business/dtc-shipping-report-2026/The 2026 Direct-to-Consumer Wine Shipping Report finds 2025 was the worst year since tracking began in 2010, with volume down 15 percent and value off more than $230 million.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/business/dtc-shipping-report-2026/https://vintnerreport.com/business/napa-tasting-room-economics-2026/The average Napa tasting fee held near $79 in 2025 even as nearly a third of wineries trimmed prices, a sign of how tightly the region's tourism economy is squeezed.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/business/napa-tasting-room-economics-2026/https://vintnerreport.com/business/fine-wine-market-recovery-h1-2026/Liv-ex's benchmark indices turned positive in the first half of 2026, with Italy's blue-chip wines leading and American buyers re-engaging as Asian demand stepped back.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/business/fine-wine-market-recovery-h1-2026/https://vintnerreport.com/business/svb-state-of-wine-industry-2026/SVB's 25th annual report estimates 2025 sales at 329 million cases and $74.3 billion, sees the market bottoming in 2027 to 2028, and adds a first-ever "Success guide" for wineries.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/business/svb-state-of-wine-industry-2026/https://vintnerreport.com/business/treasury-wine-estates-fy2026-results/A non-cash impairment of the US division drove a A$1.08 billion statutory loss, while underlying earnings beat guidance and the board paid no dividend.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/business/treasury-wine-estates-fy2026-results/https://vintnerreport.com/global/china-wine-imports-h1-2026/China imported 11 percent less wine by volume in the first half of 2026; Australia kept its value lead but shipments fell 15 percent to AU$756 million, while New Zealand whites surged.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/global/china-wine-imports-h1-2026/https://vintnerreport.com/global/douro-beneficio-2026-unsold-grapes/A small uptick in the 2026 benefício to 76,000 pipes has not calmed Douro growers, who face rising costs and a sixfold price gap between Port-grade and still-wine grapes.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/global/douro-beneficio-2026-unsold-grapes/https://vintnerreport.com/global/germany-earliest-harvest-ever-2026/The German Wine Institute says the 2026 harvest began earlier than ever recorded in all regions, with healthy, aromatic grapes but below-average yields as varieties ripened at once.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/global/germany-earliest-harvest-ever-2026/https://vintnerreport.com/global/huentala-iwc-champion-red-wine-2026/Huentala Calizo Albar Block 06 Malbec 2023 took the International Wine Challenge's top red title in London, ending a run of French winners and cementing Gualtallary's fine-wine credentials.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/global/huentala-iwc-champion-red-wine-2026/https://vintnerreport.com/global/italy-2026-consortia-limit-yields/With cellars holding 49.1 million hectoliters as of May, Italian consortia are cutting yields and parking up to 20 percent of the 2026 crop to defend prices in a soft demand market.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/global/italy-2026-consortia-limit-yields/https://vintnerreport.com/global/new-zealand-2026-annual-report/Exports reached $2.108 billion on 306.2 million litres in the year to June 2026, up 8% and the second-highest June year on record, while a 15% smaller vintage brings supply back into balance.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/global/new-zealand-2026-annual-report/https://vintnerreport.com/global/rioja-bankruptcy-auction-heritage-brands/Muriel Wines took the Marqués de la Concordia brand and Félix Solís took Federico Paternina, Lagunilla and Rioja Santiago as a late-July insolvency auction redistributed one of Rioja's heritage brand stables.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://vintnerreport.com/global/rioja-bankruptcy-auction-heritage-brands/