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Lewis Perdue is an entrepreneur, technologist, scientist, professor, author, publisher, journalist, and outdoorsman. Click here for more on Lew. Email Lew at: lewis[dot]perdue[at]wineindustryinsight[dot]com

Wine Regions of Australia

From: A Case Study: Australian Wine industry – Can it maintain momentum? Click image to enlarge.

May 28, 2014 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

NEWS FETCH – May 28, 2014

TOP NEWS Floodgate: Prime Sonoma Vineyard,150K-case winery Sold for $100 (Not A Typo) Vintage Wine Estates Buys Canopy Management Wine Company 524 W.Coast Wineries Considering Sale Within 5 Yrs Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist **Sponsored Link* HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY Bulk wine prices rocked by Chile frosts, Calif droughts […]

May 28, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Floodgate: Prime Sonoma Vineyard,150K-case winery Sold for $100 (Not A Typo)

For Sale, Sold, Sold Again: Floodgate Vineyard: 15 prime acres and a 150,000-case winery . Spring, 2013: Listed for $17 million. June 2013, Sold: $10.2 million May 22, 2014, Sold at Sonoma County Sheriff’s auction for $100 (not a typo). When William Hambrecht needed cash to pay off $11 million in legal settlements last year, […]

May 28, 2014 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Vintage Wine Estates Buys Canopy Management Wine Company

FROM A VINTAGE WINE ESTATES NEWS RELEASE May 27, 2014 Vintage Wine Estates has bought Canopy Management Wine Company (CMWC). The acquisition is effective July 1. Founded by industry veterans Terry Wheatley and Brian Wurtz in 2008, CMWC produces a portfolio of nationally distributed wines including Middle Sister, Monogamy, PromisQous, Purple Cowboy, Wine Sisterhood, Deep […]

May 28, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

The Biggest Winning &Losing Wine Grapes In The World

Full article at VinePair Click image to enlarge.

May 27, 2014 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

NEWS FETCH – May 27, 2014

TOP NEWS KKR Firesale Bid for Penfolds Has Room for Bump Why Calif agriculture needs groundwater management Young US Drinkers Help Spanish Wine Soar Malbec Accused Of Making Bad Wine, Sued for $1.6Mil Hong Kong wine imports stall in 2013 Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist *Sponsored Link* HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL […]

May 27, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Chinese Wine Imports By Country

 From The Financial Times

May 26, 2014 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

News Fetch’s “Featured Wine” Suspended

  The “Featured Wine” section of News Fetch is no longer. It’s been a very popular anchor to the daily email newsletter and has generated hundreds of emails. But, I’ve grown weary of panning bad wine. You probably don’t enjoy reading about it. Worse than that are all of the bad wines I’ve had the […]

May 26, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – May 23, 2014

TOP NEWS Wine shipments could be hit by surcharges over strikes at US ports US Senate passes stealth Calif drought-relief bill Mapping The Hambrecht Empire Caroline Shaw Appointed Chair Of WineAmerica Board China’s Taste for Wine, Salmon, Flowers Boosts to Air Freight Cos. Build a Cult-Like Following For Your Brand *Sponsored Link* TREASURY DENIAL OF […]

May 23, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Mapping Part of The Hambrecht Empire

In working on a series of articles about wine finance and wine financiers, one man looms large in the industry and in finance as a whole: William R. Hambrecht. He’s truly a Renaissance financier who has placed bets so widely and frequently that he has left a lasting web of financial influence. Many have benefited […]

May 23, 2014 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More