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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

Ad Fraud: Stuffing The Page-View Ballot Box

My May jeremiad on shoddy web site pagination practices (Online Advertising Page-View Fraud Growing) provoked a lot of emails, mostly from web and online professionals who would shun the practice except for (as one email phrased it) “powers that be who like the way that pagination stuffs the page-view ballot box.” The fact that advertisers […]

June 10, 2013 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 10, 2013

TOP NEWS Casella’s Outlook Boosted By Currency Drop Aussie Dollar To Fall To 85 US Cents In Central Valley – Nation’s Breadbasket – Latinos Stuck In Poverty Growers Urged to Take Vocal Stand on Immigration Winegrowers facing labor hurdles as harvest season approaches 2013 Southern Hemisphere Harvest Report: South Africa Majestic pulls Chablis over health […]

June 10, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 7, 2013

TOP NEWS Cheaper Kiwi Wine? NZ Currency falls to US79c 2013 Southern Hemisphere Harvest Report: Argentina and Chile Supergrapes could make good wine despite climate change Napa Valley to replant up to 15% of vineyards Why does anyone drink wine? PARKER Parker Says Not Commercializing his Name Signature or Wine Advocate Wine Advocate slams branded […]

June 7, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 6, 2013

TOP NEWS Mayo Clinic MDs Call For Sin Taxes on alcohol, tobacco Diageo: New Pres, Other exec changes On The Acquisition Trail With Charles Banks 75% Of Small, Medium Businesses Say Growth Too Low To Hire Staff 2013 Hemisphere Harvest Report: Australia and New Zealand Spirit Airlines starts serving ersatz wine in cans Chinese trade […]

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

NEWS FETCH – June 5, 2013

TOP NEWS Economic recovery? What recovery, ask UCLA economists UK market wide open for new Calif brands Restaurant sales continue to rise in May Parker moves into branded wine cases 2013 Southern Hemisphere Vintage Report Immigration, farm bill top Capitol agenda Senate immigration bill could double guest workers China hits back at EU wine over […]

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

NEWS FETCH – June 4, 2013

TOP NEWS Greater global competitionin the wine market Only 1 in 4 S Australian grape growers profitable Sta. Rita Hills Wines: A Question of Integrity or Cynicism Turkey fights for the right to drink alcohol Brothers jailed over £4.7m booze fraud Ancient French Winemaking Had Italian Roots PRIVATIZATION & DIRECT SHIPPING WA: Legislature should reject […]

June 4, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 3, 2013

TOP NEWS Spirits Lead Beverage Alcohol Sales Growth Harlan Wines, Aston Martin Lead Record Breaking Napa Auction 7 Steps The Napa Valley Vintners Took To Hit An Auction Grand Slam Restaurants upbeat on future CA Wine grape demand strong even after big 2012 crop Why Sell Wine Based on Aroma and Taste? Senate Bill Won’t […]

June 3, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

7 Steps The Napa Valley Vintners Took To Hit An Auction Grand Slam

UPDATED 5:44 A.M., JUNE 3 TO INCLUDE FINAL AUCTION RESULTS NEWS RELEASE (PDF). The stunning $16.9 million comeback of the 2013 Auction Napa Valley was no accident. While improved economic conditions most certainly made a contribution, the record-shattering total relied on a year’s worth of introspection, strategic thinking and the sort of precise and back-breaking […]

June 2, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – May 31, 2013

TOP NEWS Napa’s Sloan Estate Owner Buys Le Bon Pasteur Gallo’s Import Business Builds Major Presence Wineries Banking on Busier Tourist Season Stanly Lane resort gets financing Sonoma producers protest new labelling law No drop in morale amongst international wine buyers CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Boisset’s Raymond Vineyards Hosting Napa Valley Barrel Auction Auction Napa Valley’s Impact […]

May 31, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Napa’s Sloan Estate Owner Buys Le Bon Pasteur

Pomerol’s Château Le Bon Pasteur has been sold to Sloan Estate owner, Sutong Pan, chairman of Hong Kong-based investment holding company Goldin Financial, according to The Wine Cellar Insider. Wine Industry Insight previously covered the Hong Kong investment in Napa Valley’s Sloan Estate winery. PREVIOUS WINE INDUSTRY INSIGHT COVERAGE OF SLOAN ESTATE Goldin Financial To […]

May 31, 2013 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More