(Wines&Vines) - Acquisitions and grape supply, plus direct-to-consumer wine sales and the consolidation of sales channels were hot topics earlier this week, when the 26th annual Wine Industry Financial Symposium was held at the Napa Valley Marriott.

More than 300 executives and professional attended, one-third of them from wineries, as the event made its debut under the new management of Wine Communications Group, which also owns Wines & Vines and Wine Business Monthly.