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NEWS FETCH – September 3, 2013

TOP NEWS Paso Robles,vineyard thirst pits growers against residents Sales, traffic declines dampen restaurant outlook WA: TERO Estates, Flying Trout Wines acquire Waters Winery LA Man who stole $2.7 mil in wine gets 6 years in prison What’s the Surest Way To Fail in Business? Farm succession sometimes calls for creative deals Texas Wines Take […]

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NEWS FETCH – August 30, 2013

TOP NEWS NY Wine Schools Targeted For Lack Of Liquor Licenses NZ Wine Shipments To U.S. Jump Double-Digits China: Vineyards pour billions into chateaux 85% Jump In Wine Exports Boosts Chilean Economy Argentina’s wine industry takes a beating GAO Reveals Potential Farm Payment Snafus OR: Fire Destroys Bergström’s Equipment, Wine Collection OZ: Animal Liberation using […]

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NEWS FETCH – August 29, 2013

TOP NEWS Calif 2013 Harvest Looking Good Wine Advocate Boycotts Italian Producer After Racist Rant Casella to introduce Yellow Tail Sangria China Tontine Wines Group Revenue Down 82% CIVC Blows Cork Over ‘Champagne’ iPhone HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY Sierra Foothills WinegrapeTonnage & Timing Average Napa Sauvignon blanc harvest picks up Fetzer Lake County Harvest Looking […]

August 29, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

US Latinos Buying Nearly 95 Mil Cases Of Wine By 2033: Rabobank

NEWS RELEASE August 28, 2013 Adjusting flavor profiles and coordination with distributors  key first steps according to Rabobank FRESNO, Calif. (August 26, 2013) – Hispanics are projected to be the fastest growing ethnic minority in the U.S. over the next 20 years, but  under-index on wine consumption. According to a new report by Rabobank’s Food […]

August 28, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – August 28, 2013

TOP NEWS Viansa Winery Sale Update Myth: Millennials are driving fine wine sales Wal-Mart Wine Deal Erases Seven Sisters’ Apartheid Legacy EU says China guilty of giving illegal aid to solar industry FIRE & WATER Sierra Smoke Taint Concerns SLO Supervisors approve emergency Paso groundwater law Water Supplies down to the wire in much of […]

August 28, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Viansa Winery Sale Update

The closing of Vintage Wine Estates’ purchase of Viansa Winery has  delayed been by the need for additional due diligence according to sources associated with the process. Those sources say the snarled, checkered history of the winery and its players — including bankruptcy, intra-family transactions and some foot-dragging by the current owners — has “complicated […]

August 28, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

CALIFORNIA WINE NEWS – August 27, 2013

TOP NEWS Foley NZ wine firm plans full stock listing Do Zombie Wineries Exist? Bill Foley buys stake in wine distribution company Duarte Nursery Offers 30 Million Vines for 2014 Production SSU Prof Liz Thach Gets Fulbright Award SF Tech shakes Up wine-buying California Labor Union Bill Clears Hurdle Acidizing could rival fracking in Monterey […]

August 27, 2013 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

NEWS FETCH – August 27, 2013

TOP NEWS Foley NZ wine firm plans full stock listing California Labor Union Bill Clears Hurdle Do Zombie Wineries Exist? SF Tech shakes Up wine-buying Invisible Vineyards & the Division of Labor Theory Hong Kong Wine Sales Sour On Corruption Probes CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Acidizing could rival fracking in Monterey Shale Bill Foley buys stake in […]

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NEWS FETCH – August 26, 2013

TOP NEWS Viansa Sold To Vintage Wine Estates NY Alcohol Authorities Ban Wine Library NY Liquor Authority to Wine Library: “immediately cease and desist” Is China really ready for Napa’s higher-end wines? California wine enjoys a long boom HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY NASS Revises 2012 Grape Crush NZ Wine Exports Driven by U.S., Asia CALIFORNIA […]

August 26, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Viansa Sold To Vintage Wine Estates

Vintage Wine Estates is expected to close on the purchase of Viansa Winery this week, according to multiple sources knowledgeable about the transaction. The sale price and more details are available to Wine Executive News premium subscribers. The troubled winery — more famous for wedding events, family problems and feuds with its neighbors than its […]

August 26, 2013 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More