On this day in 1920 the Volstead Act came into effect in the United States, beginning 13 years of alcohol prohibition.
Following news that overall wine consumption has fallen in the US and warnings of an oversupply, market analyst Wine Intelligence reveals this is due to wine becoming a "more infrequent beverage".
Francis Ford Coppola is using his winery’s partnership with the Academy Awards as a launch platform for two new wines, with a limited edition run being presented in gold bottles.
The consumption of wine in the US decreased by 0.9% in 2019, the first such fall in 25 years, however total volume and value sales of alcohol rose, with distilled spirits and RTD products picking up the slack.