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NEWS FETCH – November 12, 2013

TOP NEWS Southern Loses MO Wholesaler Appeal Virgin Wines’ UK business in £14m management buyout – More in UK section World’s Most Powerful Fine Wine Brands EPA Proposes Stricter Control of U.S. Tributaries, Lakes China Poised to Overtake US as the New Wine Country. Eleven Eleven Winery replacing Napa’s Dominari Unified Debuts Keynote, Tours CALIFORNIA […]

November 12, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Eleven Eleven Winery replacing Dominari

According to Paul Franson’s NapaLife newsletter: “Dominari/Bottle Stop Winery on Trancas St. at Big Ranch Road has a new owner and will soon reopen as Eleven Eleven Winery. (There’s already an Eleven Winery, in Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound in Washington, of all places!). “The original winery was both a custom-crush facility and individual winery […]

November 11, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – November 11, 2013

TOP NEWS Veterans Day: Honor and Thanks Deserved (Scroll to bottom for tributes) Heidi Scheid to lead California Winegrape Growers Two wineries approved by Napa planners Chinese drink wine for health benefits, not flavour How to sell a vineyard and winery business for high multiples CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Temecula hot air balloon explosion injures four Big […]

November 11, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Heidi M. Scheid Elected CAWG Chair

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2013 Heidi M. Scheid Elected CAWG Chair New Board Members Elected to Officer Positions Sacramento, Calif. – Heidi M. Scheid, senior vice president of Scheid Vineyards Inc., was elected chair of the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) during the board’s Nov. 7 meeting in Sonoma, CA. Her father, Al […]

November 11, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – November 8, 2013

TOP NEWS Ageing populations: Wine’s Biggest Global Opportunity Restaurant sales, traffic improve in October Govt Shutdown Hurt US exports of beer and wine Mass. Legislators to Consider Direct Shipping 300 years of sweat won’t save Port from obscurity’ Winemaker kills thief with poisoned wine Stand by for more of less from Congress Kurniawan may plead […]

November 8, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Fake Wine, Insanity, Counterfeiters and Crazy Buyers

The news that insanity may be offered as a wine counterfeiting defense (Kurniawan may plead insanity in trial) makes me think that the loony behavior may be on the other side of the bar. According to that article, “During an FBI search of his LA home, agents found a counterfeit wine laboratory filled with thousands […]

November 8, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – November 7, 2013

TOP NEWS US Wine Trade Values Premium Aussie Vintages Truett-Hurst Inc. Reports Q1 FY 2014 Results On-Premise Fuels Double-Digit Growth For J. Lohr SB County Opposes Chumash Congressional Bid China’s Bubble trouble India keen to join global wine trade fraternity Organic acreage rebounds after recession Trotter death: autopsy inconclusive CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Lawsuit threatened over Temecula […]

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NEWS FETCH – November 6, 2013

TOP NEWS Treasury Wine Aussie Shareholders Begin Plonk Debacle Lawsuit Pressing Data Into Great Wine Brands Bacchus Launches Wineworks Sales & Marketing Unit Accolade snaps up Mud House and Waipara Hills CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Is Mendocino the Most Organic Wine Region? Moss Adams names Jeff Gutsch to North Bay partner in charge How the French once […]

November 6, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – November 5, 2013

TOP NEWS Canada warns US Origin rules could hit Calif wine exports EnCap Co-Founder Rescues Bankrupt Alma Rosa Winery Truett-Hurst Buys Half Of Daryl Groom’s Colby Red Wine Brand Trends affecting the wine industry $90 Million—The Cost to Defend the Three Tier System Wine brands with no back story will struggle CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Chenin Blanc […]

November 5, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Truett-Hurst Buys Half Of Daryl Groom’s Colby Red Wine Brand

Truett-Hurst has bought 50% of the Colby Red wine brand from Daryl Groom, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. Colby Red was conceived by Groom’s son, Colby, as a fundraiser for heart research:  Colby Red: Winemaker’s Teen Son Raises $350,000 For Heart Health. The price and current production numbers were […]

November 4, 2013 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More