Today (March 20) is the deadline for former Screaming Eagle owner Charles Banks to reach a plea deal to end his federal prosecution on two charges of wire fraud. Banks has been accused of being responsible for the loss of $20 million by now-retired NBA superstar Tim Duncan. If court documents are any indication, Federal […]
Wine premiumization may not be all it’s cracked up to be
March 14, 2017
A close examination of Nielsen off-premise wine sales numbers shows that the current giddy exuberance over premiumization fails to pass the hard data test. Nielsen will not comment on how much of the market their data covers, but multiple data-savvy experts say they account for about 3/4 of all wine sold in the U.S. Premium […]