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NEWS FETCH – June 18, 2013

TOP NEWS Former Wine Tasting Network Exec Accused in $900K Theft Internet Wine Sales Top $5 Billion Farm Bill: Families on food stamps would suffer while farms get fat Arrests Made After Vinexpo Attack On Chinese Students 1855 classification seeks UNESCO World Heritage status Turkish Wines Make a Statement Wine Industry: Know Your Friends. Wine […]

June 18, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Former Wine Tasting Network Exec Accused in $900K Theft

The Wine Tasting Network’s former VP and General Manager Chris Edwards has been charged in federal court on 23 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering in an indictment unsealed Monday.The FBI says he is wanted as a fugitive after failing to appear in federal court. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here […]

June 18, 2013 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 17, 2013

TOP NEWS Breaking Down World Wine Market Figures Restaurant sales reach 2013 high in May Bill Foley On The National Chain Business & Upcoming Acquisitions Edrington announces massive US, global expansion plans The Steep Climb For Immigration Reform Continues Racist attack on Chinese students AT Vinexpo sparks widespread outrage Turkey’s Vintners Under Siege as Bans […]

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NEWS FETCH – June 14, 2013

TOP NEWS Grape Supply Inconsistency Roils Global Wine Trade: OIV Foley Sees U.S. Growth Heating Up Lawsuit set to halt CA Delta Plan, governor’s water export tunnels Trotter accused in counterfeit wine sale Wines Sales and Jobs Continue Strong Growth Farmworkers feel the heat even when they leave the fields Farmland Price Compounds Challenges of […]

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NEWS FETCH – June 13, 2013

TOP NEWS Truett-Hurst Loses Major Distributor French NeoDry Bureaucrats: Gag Wine Bloggers Chinese Flip Newly Bought Chateaux BottleRock Needs Donations/investors To Pay Bills Canada, EU toast free trade agreement on wine, spirits EU Likely To Cave In On Wine/Solar Trade War CALIFORNIA BRIEFS New Urban Winery Opens In Napa Buyers out in force for 2013 […]

June 13, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Truett-Hurst Loses Major Distributor

Truett-Hurst (Nasdaq-THST) filed the latest amendment to their troubled IPO on June 6, this after lowering its price for a second time on May 22 (Truett-Hurst Drops Offering Price Again). While most of the changes are trivial formatting and minor tweaks, the major edits point toward the loss of some major distributor support and an […]

June 13, 2013 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Wine Executive News Premium Subscriptions Increased June 17.

Subscription rates for original, premium articles in Wine Executive News increased June 17 to $19.99 per month or $179 per year. This was only the second price increase since we began almost five years ago. CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS LOCK IN LOWER CURRENT RATE Continuous monthly or yearly subscribers who subscribed before that time continue to their […]

June 12, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 12, 2013

TOP NEWS Treasury Wine Estates Shares Jump On Aussie Dollar Drop Parker blames his meds for Galloni lawsuit 8 Things Your Wine Business Needs To Know For Asian & Global Success NZ reports 28% rise in grape production Phthalates in wine: OIV adopts analysis FARM BILL Senate Supports Specialty Crops With Passage of Farm Bill […]

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

8 Things Your Wine Business Needs To Know For Asian & Global Success

The expected slowing of growth in the main Chinese market, has received a ton of negative headlines predicting woe and collapse for wine industry marketing there. The nascent trade war between the EU and China has only helped darken the clouds overhead. Despite that, Pernod Ricard, the world’s second-largest alcoholic beverage company — and fourth-largest […]

June 12, 2013 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 11, 2013

TOP NEWS Could Cars Follow Wine In E.U.-China Trade Row? Wine world loses another good one The Vintner Group acquires Martin Scott Wines Precept Wine buys Yakima Valley ‘Skyfall’ vineyard Central Valley raisin growers win at Supreme Court Aussie Wine Outlook: Modified Rapture Senate Approves Farm Bill 66-27 £85k of wine stolen from Château Yquem […]

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