Regulating Private Label Wines and their Effect on the Three Tier System

In our conversation with Nielsen's Danny Brager featured in WSD yesterday, he noted that chain retailers are "winning" against their smaller, independent counterparts. As this movement continues to grow, so do the number of private and control label wines sold through their channels. Some experts estimate that private and control label wines make up as much as 40% of total market volume, said John Hinman, partner at Hinman & Carmichael law firm, at the annual NABCA legal symposium this year.