Mitch Frank
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Trump Ban on Canadian Wine and Spirits Takes Effect (opens the original)
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American wines remain off the shelves in eight Canadian provinces, and now the Trump administration has banned imports of Canadian wines and spirits in retaliation. A U.S. ban on bottled Canadian spirits and wine imports takes effect today, Sept. 29, further ratcheting up trade tensions between the two countries. Many of these products were already subject to 50% tariffs imposed in August, but are now no longer allowed across the border. “As this ban on Canadian spirits and wines takes effect to
Total Wine Just Hit 300 Stores—and the Real Story Is Bigger (opens the original)
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When Total Wine & More cuts the ribbon on a new store in Lansing, Michigan, on Oct. 1, it will be the company’s 300th store, and the opening comes as the Maryland-based firm celebrates its 35th anniversary. Started by brothers Robert and David Trone in 1991 with one store in Delaware, Total is now the largest privately owned beer, wine and spirits retailer in the United States. When it comes to business, particularly the wine business, big often attracts criticism. Ask wine lovers how they feel
U.S.-Canada Tariff War Escalates: Wine and Spirits Hit Hard (opens the original)
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The ongoing trade dispute between the United States and Canada is continuing to heat up, and wine and spirits consumers and producers are increasingly paying the price. Talks between U.S. and Canadian trade representatives broke down shortly before midnight Aug. 22, after weeks of negotiations attempting to find a deal that would keep President Donald Trump from imposing 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, or about 5% of its U.S.-bound exports. Those tariffs, which cover a wide v
Dalla Valle And Farming Firm Purchase Historic Cain Vineyard (opens the original)
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The future of one of Napa Valley’s most intriguing properties is a little clearer now. Wine Spectator has learned that a partnership formed by Maya Dalla Valle and Coastal Vineyard Care Associates (CVCA) has purchased the Cain Vineyard estate on Spring Mountain from the Meadlock family. The deal includes 500 acres of land—87 acres of which were planted to vines before the Glass Fire ripped through the property in 2020. Of those acres, 15 survived the fire and 52 have been replanted since. Neithe
Gerald Boyd, Former Wine Spectator Editor, Dies at 90 (opens the original)
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Gerald Boyd, a former editor of Wine Spectator and longtime wine journalist, died Aug. 6. He was 90. Boyd began working at Wine Spectator in 1979, shortly before Marvin R. Shanken purchased the publication. He served as managing editor and then editor of the magazine during its nascent transformation from a free, tabloid newspaper distributed in local wineshops to a glossy magazine with a global reach. Gerald Dale Boyd was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 15, 1935. At the age of 18, he beg
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