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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 – FEBRUARY 19, 2013

TOP NEWS Record crop eases wine grape worries; prices rise in SJ Valley New Spectator Blogger, Talia Baiocchi Leaves The Hidden Critique Of The Latest Cancer/Alcohol Study Champagne’s data riddle Stop-gap Farm Bill Threatens Organic Farming Research and Farmers El Nino is Coming, But Dry Weather May Persist Per capita Canadian wine consumption now 15 […]

February 19, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

A Credible, Thorough But Completely Hidden Review Of The Latest Cancer/Alcohol Study

Tuesday Morning Update: This story has legs, folks: Even moderate drinking can raise your risk of cancer. Is anyone tracking articles like this one? And sending them a context email with an easily digested version of Dr. Ellison’s critique? And the full critique? ELLISON CRITIQUE PUBLISHED 2 WEEKS AGO, NO ONE KNEW William “Rusty” Gaffney, […]

February 18, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

You Were Warned! Will The Newest Alcohol & Cancer Piece Be The “Anti-French Paradox?”

This has long been on the horizon. I’ve written about the wine industry’s malignant neglect of the health issues until I simply stopped because the industry is asleep at the wheel, doesn’t care whether the French Paradox goes down the drain, or is just too fat to get off its collective gluteus maximii. See the […]

February 18, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – FEBRUARY 18, 2013

TOP NEWS Spring Mountain Vineyards Founder Mike Robbins Dies at 89 Alcohol Unsafe At Any Level: 20,000 US Cancer Deaths/yr Another bumper Aussie harvest Champagne shipments fall by 14m bottles Farm Bureau Urges Healthcare Tax Repeal Hot Wine Sales for a Cold Month Wine: Out-Innovated By Beer, Under-Indexing With Hispanics Is wine losing its buzz […]

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

NEWS FETCH – FEBRUARY 15, 2013

TOP NEWS Calif Crush 2012 & Bulk Imports Constellation shares soar on revised beer deal Calif Wine May Not Pair With French Cheese in EU Talks Bacchus: Alternative Capital For Tapped Out Wine Makers Calif’s record 2012 crop: Behind the numbers French wine and spirits exports surge to new all-time high Manslaughter Charges In Aussie […]

February 15, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – FEBRUARY 14, 2013

TOP NEWS Constellation To Buy InBev’s US Beer Assets Galloni’s own news release about antoniogalloni.com Sign of the times: Drinkers Buy Cava Over Cristal Senators Introduce Bill To Rein In Farm Payments Immigration Reform’s Economic Benefits How the Short European Harvest Might Affect Wine Lists WA: Women In Agriculture Conference Feb. 23 NZ acts on […]

February 14, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – FEBRUARY 13, 2013

TOP NEWS Record Calif crush: what does it mean? Galloni Quits Wine Advocate Higher Taxes Put the Brakes on Retail Spending Diageo Wants TTB To Fast Track Alcohol Serving Fact Labels Coke, Casella plan a beer venture. . . but wine’s out American Farms Haven’t Made This Much Money In 40 Years Delta Smelt Deaths […]

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

NEWS FETCH – FEBRUARY 12, 2013

TOP NEWS Boomers & Busts: Sobering News For The Wine Biz? Juice Box Globalization: The Future of Wine? High-End Wines Drive Double-Digit Kiwi Growth French wines continue to lose market shares globally Pernod Ricard To Buy Le Maine au Bois Retailers Beat the Flash-Sale Bubble Is Buying Stuff with Hashtags a Good Idea? How brands […]

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

NEWS FETCH – FEBRUARY 11, 2013

TOP NEWS Calif’s Record Crush: Balance & Early Price Reductions Are We In a Global Recession? More than Half Say Yes Jan. Restaurant sales up Constellation Stock Upped to Outperform 2012 CALIFORNIA CRUSH California Sees Record Grape Harvest Allied Grape Growers’ Estimate Nails Size Of Crush CAWG Statement on 2012 California Crush North Coast grape […]

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

NEWS FETCH – FEBRUARY 8, 2013

TOP NEWS Napa’s Anu Wines Facing Felony Bad Check Charges Calif Preliminary 2012 Crush report Due Today at Noon US imports: Argentina drops for first time in 11 years South Africa exports record volumes of wine Has expensive Napa Cab reached the tipping point? Law firm ‘wine and dine’ event with client led to insider-trading […]

February 8, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More