When the going gets tough the industry circles the wagons and shoots inward Anyone in the wine industry knows that…
Silicon Valley Bank’s 2024 Direct-to-Consumer Report presentation tried to gild bad news in silver linings. Wine isn’t doomed, but is facing big challenges.
The federal government is beginning to examine anti-competitive practices in industries within the U.S., and the wine industry is included. The threat to small, mid-size, and family-owned wineries is real and growing, and will have a negative effect on competition if the pace of consolidation is left unchallenged and unregulated.