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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

NEWS FETCH – May 30, 2013

TOP NEWS Asset Bubbles Seen in Art, Wine , U.S. Farmland Christie’s Pulls Burgundy from Auction After Authenticity Questioned US food companies scramble to source non GM ingredients New president/CEO picked for Fresno Madera Farm Credit Governor claims cost of his twin tunnels plan would be $24.5 Billion Cost of governor’s twin tunnels plan disputed […]

May 30, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – May 29, 2013

TOP NEWS Is Aussie Wine About To Get Cheap Again? Food retailers shifting to value and premium categories In Sonoma wine country, bumpy roads tell tale of fiscal woe Liquor Monopoly: Turning Citizens into Criminals Wine Trumping Gold as Bullion Investors Lose Faith CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Colby Red: Winemaker’s Teen Son Raises $350,000 For Heart Health […]

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

NEWS FETCH – May 28, 2013

TOP NEWS Alcohol prices rise at restaurants, bars Online Advertising Page-View Fraud Growing Loss of Ag biodiversity serious threat to human survival California Grape Acreage Underreported More Farm Bill Cuts Ahead? Chinese architect buys third Bordeaux property Chianti Classico econonically unviable for most producers CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Chile entrepreneur Guarachi acquires Sun Chase vineyard Winery plan […]

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

Online Advertising Page-View Fraud Growing

“Page views” rank as one of the major metrics of online advertising. PAGE VIEWS = MONEY Generally, the more page views, the more money an online publication can charge for their advertising. FALSELY INFLATING PAGE VIEWS IS DISHONEST But artificially inflating the number of page views by cutting articles into smaller and smaller chunks is […]

May 27, 2013 | Filed under Effective Advertising,Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – May 24, 2013

TOP NEWS Truett-Hurst Drops Offering Price Again Wine industry optimistic despite labor, import concerns Deport Immigrants With No Health Insurance? Chinese producer to release euro500 icon wine Jacky Lorenzetti buys Chateau Behere vines CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Auction Napa Valley: A Bottle For Wine’s Sweaty Heroes Bulgari Bling & Big Bottles Bring Big Spenders to Napa Auction […]

May 24, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Truett-Hurst Drops Offering Price Again

Truett-Hurst (Nasdaq: THST) has lowered the target pricing on its struggling IPO for a second time. According to the company’s new S-1/A just filed with the SEC, the new range is now down to a target range of $6 to $8 — just over half of its original pricing of $11 to $15 when the […]

May 24, 2013 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Auction Napa Valley: Give Bottle To Wine’s Sweaty Heroes

I ran a link May 23 about Auction Napa Valley that went to the 19,900+ subscribers of  Wine Industry Insight’s daily News Fetch: “ANV tickets sold out, but you can still participate.” I’ve also read various other articles about the arrival of the auction high-rollers in their Bentleys and McLarens who are already tooling around wine […]

May 23, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – May 23, 2013

TOP NEWS Spirits threatening wine sales in the US Mondavi, Simi Drive High-End Growth For Constellation Moderate foodservice growth expected in 2014 Modern Wine Industry Destroying Sense of Place Pomerol’s Chateau La Commanderie sold for €8m Dom 2004 sells out within hours of release Giving Young Black Winemakers A Boost WORLD GRAPE SUPPLY South America […]

May 23, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – May 22, 2013

TOP NEWS China to probe EU wine dumping Winemakers must do more to stop counterfeiting What’s in millennials’ wallets? Fewer credit cards Coping with brand management: Diageo’s story Red Blotch Research Funded By American Vineyard Fdn News Fetch Expanding, Seeks Editorial, Ad Sales Staff CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Investment group buys Napa Ritz, JV Wine sites Shannon […]

May 22, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

News Fetch Is Expanding, Looking For Editorial, Ad Sales Staff

NOTE: All inquries by email, please: lperdue@ideaworx.com News Fetch has been a one-man (Lewis Perdue) band since its first issue on March 31, 2010. It started out as my daily web surfing to keep myself informed. And as others in the industry realized what I had been doing, they asked for copies. And so it […]

May 21, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More