Early in Charles Dickens’s A Tale Of Two Cities, a wine cask rolls out of a cart in a Paris street. It promptly breaks, spilling its contents. Hilarity ensues. Men abandon their “business or (…) idleness” and drop to their knees to drink. Women drench their headwear...

January 21, 2026 (Epernay, France) — In 2025, Champagne shipments account for 266 million bottles, a slight decline of just under 2% compared to 2024 (271.4 million).  In an unstable and unpredictable environment, marked by multiple challenges – including geopolitical...

The new year is bringing us another round of significant legislative and regulatory changes affecting the manufacture, sale, distribution, and consumption of alcoholic beverages in California. While the 2026 updates are (with a few significant exceptions) less...