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Declining Wine Consumption

🌎 Premium Wine in a World of Less: Why Declining Consumption Can Be Good News for Top Bottles

Global wine consumption continues to fall in 2026, but the real story for premium European and Californian wineries is not collapse – it is a sharper, more selective demand that increasingly rewards quality, identity, and storytelling.

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Quilceda Creek Buys 17-Acre Red Mountain Vineyard from Duckhorn

Quilceda Creek Buys 17-Acre Red Mountain Vineyard from Duckhorn

Quilceda Creek, one of Washington state’s most elite Cabernet Sauvignon producers, has purchased a 17-acre vineyard in Red Mountain from the Duckhorn Portfolio. The purchase price was not disclosed.

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