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NEWS FETCH – February 13, 2014

TOP NEWS New York Legislators Defend “At-Rest” Bill US Wine Consumption Continues To Grow US Spirits Market Maintained Momentum In 2013 Legislatures Consider Changes in Liquor, Beer, Wine Laws Crop Insurance Supporters Talk Farm Bill, Statistics Anchor Steam(ed) over use of “Steam” trademark Going national? Consider this in your distribution strategy – ‘Control States’ [Sponsored […]

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NEWS FETCH – February 12, 2014

TOP NEWS Calif Hits 2013 export record US Senate Finally Plans Drought Help Drought: A flood of business for irrigation firms Net Farm Income to Decline in 2014 Americans Drinking More Italian Wines Than Italians Canadian Passport = Free Beer At Sochi Olympics Going national? Consider this in your distribution strategy – Control States [Sponsored […]

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NEWS FETCH – February 11, 2014

TOP NEWS Treasury Wine: Incompetent, Irrational, Disorganized WHO’s World Cancer Report 2014 Biased & Inaccurate Environmentalists dread Obama’s California drought trip Farm Bill: A trillion in the trough A Stellar Sales Pitch Starts With Only One Thing? [Sponsored Link] CALIFORNIA 2013 CRUSH REPORT Tidal Wave of Moscato Rises in California North Coast winegrape crop in […]

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Treasury Wine: Incompetent, Irrational, Disorganized

Treasury Wine Estates continues to shoot itself in both feet because management is incompetent, its sales strategy is irrational and its U.S. assets are a drag that need to be divested as soon as possible, according to an analyst report from Bank of America/Merrill-Lynch. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete […]

February 11, 2014 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – February 10, 2014

TOP NEWS Charles Banks Invests In New Zealand Winery Polar Vortex Chills Jan Restaurant Sales Foley Family Wines Expands in New Zealand Gunfire and grapes in taxis: How civil war threatened Syria’s only harvest French wine thieves caught red-handed Going national? Consider this in your distribution strategy – Control States [Sponsored Link] CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Obama […]

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NEWS FETCH – February 7, 2014

TOP NEWS Feds’ shutdown of Duarte winter wheat farm threatens all farmers Boston Wine Expo Bans Direct-To-Consumer Exhibitors CDFA: Sharpshooter Shot Dead Affordability, health benefits = wine sales increase How winter weather impacts restaurants Rabobank Report: Global Wine Industry Q4 2013 Predictions for the Chinese market in 2014 A Stellar Sales Pitch Starts With Only […]

February 7, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

The Thrillist … Wine Missing Another Marketing Boat?

The Thrillist is a predominantly Millennial site, but still  one of my favorite sites to surf for fun, but as this typical page (below) indicates, it rarely features wine. Wine sellers may not care much for me as a customer, but writing off this market could bode badly for the future.  

February 7, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs,Worth A Look | Read More

Comcast Internet Ads: False & Deceptive?

C’mon folks! iPhone/Verizon personal hotspot to the rescue again this morning. Comcast this week is mired in speeds that are positively Third World. See Comcast Sandbags News Fetch Again: iPhone/Verizon Save The Day for earlier this week. This constant failure makes their advertising look false and deceptive. If you promise, then you must deliver. UPDATE: […]

February 7, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Boston Wine Expo Bans Direct-To-Consumer Exhibitors

While much of the American wine industry sees their future on the Internet, and with mobile transactions, social media and Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) sales, one of the largest consumer wine festivals in America, the Boston Wine Expo, is holding tight to its brick-and-mortar, wholesaler/distributor roots and has banned DTC companies from exhibiting alongside an estimated 440 […]

February 6, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – February 6, 2014

TOP NEWS Mendo Winemaking Giant John Parducci Dies Making Sense of the 2014 Farm Bill Grapevine Gene Bank Under Threat Drought’s impact on farmers worries equipment vendors USDA Invests in ‘Climate Hubs’ New VA Gov Nixes State Wine Mansion Exclusive: “there’s some finer options” Power Grab By NY Liquor Middlemen Condemned by Wine Consumer Group […]

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