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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

NEWS FETCH – February 24, 2014

TOP NEWS Sonoma County Enviro Threat Irks Grape Growers Feds cut water to Central Valley farmers to zero The drying of the West (From the Economist) Best practices that distributors use to grow profits: [Sponsored Link] CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Napa Premiere auction raises record-breaking $6m Keith Rogal proposes 5-story Copia hotel project Vintage Nurseries Expands, Doubles […]

February 24, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – February 21, 2014

TOP NEWS Treasury Wine: Faint Praise, Crossed Fingers & Tough Love Treasury Wine’s CEO choice under fire Domaines Barons de Rothschild Targets Major US Expansion Calif Ag Sales Soared During Recession, Farms Grew Larger US Ag Census Shows Boom In FarmRevenues Et Tu Australia? Drought Brings Policy Drought Imports To Take 50% of US Fruit […]

February 21, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Treasury Wine: Faint Praise, Crossed Fingers & Tough Love

Treasury Wine Estates is a lot like a brilliant, but ill-focused teenager still loved by his parents who realize an urgent need for some tough love if he’s ever going to perform up to potential. That seems to be the consistent opinion of David Errington, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch’s Australian research analyst whose Feb. 21 […]

February 21, 2014 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – February 20, 2014

TOP NEWS Why Are Calif Farmers Exporting Water To China? Treasury Wines Estates picks outsider as its new leader Treasury Wine H1 earnings slide 38 pct on sales drop Scroll down for more Treasury Wine Estates coverage Petition to Oust USDA from US dietary guideline Role Potential Tax Changes Could Cost Ag $4 Billion Potential […]

February 20, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – February 19, 2014

TOP NEWS Treasury Wine Estates: Is The ‘Penfolds Curse’ Back? Calif Megadroughts Have Lasted For Centuries US Absent From World’s Top 5 Per Capita Wine Consumers California AVAs as splintered broomsticks in “Fantasia” Prison wine breaking into your local liquor store Ten Proven Methods to Motivate Your Sales Team [Sponsored Link] CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Ballard Canyon: […]

February 19, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Contact Forms Mean You DON’T Really Want Contact

If you use a contact form, you are communicating that don’t you really want contact. Fill in the blanks. No one has the time in a busy world. I found what might have been a good article this morning, but it was missing a headline. I tried to email the site about that. But  instead […]

February 19, 2014 | Filed under Online Usability,Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – February 18, 2014

TOP NEWS Feds Ignore Water Rights, Cut Central Valley East Side by 60% Jan. restaurant sales: trouble ahead Schumer urges speedy loans for vineyards hit by cold In Utah, many want to pull down ‘Zion Curtain’ drinking laws Politicians discover Central Valley Ten Proven Methods to Motivate Your Sales Team [Sponsored Link] GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY […]

February 18, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Just Like Quality Wine, Quality News Is Not Free

I occasionally get emails from News Fetch subscribers wondering why there are so many advertisements. Or why there are some articles that they must pay extra for. The one, true answer is that without advertisers, the result in wine news would be the same as in the larger world of journalism as a whole as […]

February 15, 2014 | Filed under News Reporting & Journalism,Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – February 14, 2014

TOP NEWS Note To Obama: SJ Valley Problems Extend Beyond Drought Gallo stays at top of US Producer list Sham Wine Investment Company Busted Maureen Downey Talks Sharks, Snakes, Slalom & Seedy Wine Going national? Consider this in your distribution strategy – ‘Control States’ [Sponsored Link] CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Grape harvest bodes well for Modesto-area wineries […]

February 14, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Volatile Organics: Preserving Wine Is NOT Just About The Oxygen

This blog post — Volatilizing esters brings you so much more enjoyment — reminded me this morning of a key way that the Coravin gets things right. It’s not just that it has a cool serpent’s tooth needle to pierce the cork or that it uses argon to shield the wine from oxidation. A huge […]

February 14, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More