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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 1, 2013

TOP NEWS Calif Water: “The Delta Can’t Be Saved” Trinchero Looks To Burnish Premium Credentials Former Screaming Eagle owner buys Mayacamas Vineyards The Vast Differences between regular moderate and binge drinking 40 Under 40: America’s Tastemakers Groups Push For Energy Title In Next Farm Bill Costs, overvalued Peso plague Argentina’s bottled wine industry CALIFORNIA BRIEFS […]

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NEWS FETCH – April 30, 2013

TOP NEWS Future of Wine Sales Is Digital New Calif acreage report: more of the same How an Internet sales tax affects wine Grapevine Nurseries Face Supply Challenge Diageo’s Open Offer for India’s United Spirits Fails Eagle Castle Winery in Paso Robles to be sold Vandals destroy £90k of NZ wine CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Judge Rules […]

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NEWS FETCH – April 29, 2013

TOP NEWS House Reveals Agricultural Guestworker Proposal Are Immigrants taking American Jobs? Wholesalers Bribing NY Lawmakers? Winebow Aims At 2 Mil Cases in 2013 NW 2013 Ag Outlook A Mixed Bag, Northwest Farm Credit Notes A possible new way to manage water and snow in thirsty California Consumers notice ‘little difference’ between Champagne and Prosecco […]

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NEWS FETCH – April 26, 2013

TOP NEWS China, mass retail, Web to drive global wine sales, on-premise decline Mendo grape grower fined $33,800 For Water Diversion New York Faces New Wine Sales Restrictions Why Craft Beer Is Constellation’s Next Targets Top 10 US Wholesalers Show Strong Growth Restaurant hiring pressure increases in 2Q Bill Introduced To Require FDA Labeling of […]

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NEWS FETCH – April 25, 2013

TOP NEWS Diageo Raises $3.25 Billion in Bond Offering Twin Liquors Releases Statement On Federal Raid Millenials Go … Boom! Specialty Crops Gain Attention in Farm Bill Talks Call For EU Planting Restrictions To Stay Until 2030 Wine retailer association rebrands Heavy College Drinking Could Increase Heart Attack Risk Amtrak Wine Tasting Makes A Bad […]

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NEWS FETCH – April 24, 2013

TOP NEWS Truett-Hurst IPO Stumbles Over Red Flags & Confusion Truett-Hurst: Insiders, Ownership, History and Conflicts of Interest Millennials Drive Wine By The Glass Sales Feds Raid Twin Liquors Headquarters In Texas Brunello Consorzio suing Soldera for libel French Winemakers Look Overseas To Boost Sales Mysterious disease wiping out Aussie pomegranates Secret talks would give […]

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Truett-Hurst: Insiders, Ownership, History and Conflicts of Interest

NOTE: This is a companion piece to the main article: Truett-Hurst IPO Stumbles Over Red Flags & Confusion It’s clear that Truett-Hurst has cobbled together a fascinating array of people, businesses, relationships and investments. Further, most of the conflicts of interest plaguing the company filings reflect a pattern of people in the wine industry doing […]

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Truett-Hurst IPO Stumbles Over Red Flags & Confusion

The decision by Truett-Hurst, Inc., (THST – NASDAQ Small Cap Market)  to drop the offering price for its IPO should not be a surprise, given that investors were being asked to buy shares in a company with no physical assets, where public shareholders were locked out of any decisionmaking or influence, trumped by a small […]

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NEWS FETCH – April 23, 2013

TOP NEWS Truett-Hurst IPO Stumbles, Price Reduced What the Senate Immigration Proposal Would Mean for Wineries Growers start vine work early to avoid labor shortage Terlato Moves Into Artisan Spirits, Looks To Global Markets Wine Advocate & eRobertParker.com Name 2 More Reviewers Court Okays DOJ, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Grupo Modelo , Constellation Deal CALIFORNIA BRIEFS North […]

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NEWS FETCH – April 22, 2013

TOP NEWS Dialing up wine sales over the phone Sonoma Wine Company Truett-Hurst Going Public Cobank Sees Some Drought Relief, Hope For 2013 Markets Charge of the light wine brigade New Wine Producing Region to Watch: China eWinery Solutions Acquires Blue Dog Solutions Spirits, Wine Beer Up: Product Innovation, Line Extensions Drive Growth Malbec, leader […]

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