This is part 1 pf a 2-part premium double feature. The second article is on the Wine Executive News main menu:  “BeatBox bests Saucey, moves into #16 position in Wine Tech fundings with $15.87 million.” It’s fun, cheap, tasty/fruity, quaffable, intoxicating and all dressed up to party! Especially for the younger demographic that segues toward […]

This is part 2 of a 2-part premium double feature. The first article is at: Leading Millennials to wine? Sell the fun and don’t call it wine! But will BeatBox go the way of wine coolers and Annie Greensprings?   Beatbox makes a wine-based fruit beverage with 11.1% ABV. Its 5-liter box contains the equivalent […]

Premium Wine Executive News subscribers can obtain the working Excel file of the data below by logging in to: THIS LINK. NOTE: There may actually be another $3 million from some other source as reported by Wine Business. However, that cannot be confirmed yet through USDA or other public information sources at this time (9:38 […]

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The total venture investment in the top 48 U.S.-based wine companies has hit at least $924.4 million. I say “at least” because these are just the numbers I can confirm. The industry’s propensity to hide every investment like a dog buries a bone means that the total is most likely greater than $1 billion. Top […]

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The founder of a new Sonoma County Direct-to-Trade business has been convicted of 25 federal felonies, has a highly sanitized LinkedIn profile, and has been involved in a highly irregular — and possibly illegal — wine production and sales operation. Recently honored by the North Bay Business Journal as one of “Forty Under 40 Ones […]

The funding was revealed in a December 10 SEC FORM D Filing Previous Wine Industry Insight/Wine Executive News wine tech funding profiles: VinoVolo landed $17 million before being bought Minibar Delivery: #18 in Wine Executive News Wine Tech Funding Series Wine Communications Group/Wine Business #17 in Wine Executive News Wine Tech Funding Series Kuvée brings […]

The rankings have been changed thanks to: The recent discovery of an earlier $10 millon investment in Vino Volo $32.5 Million Growth Capital Investment from Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private Credit Group (Nov 19, 2018)