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Understanding the US wine market: a brief guide to its structure, culture and practices
March 15, 2026 | Ilya Zabolotnov | Article
With a high degree of consolidation, customers’ conservative mindset, a unique notion of commercial wines unheard in Europe, and huge amounts of “push money” paid by producers to distributors, the US wine market can be a frightening landscape for a foreigner. Read the article