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WineAmerica Taps Chandler As New Exec Director

From NEWS RELEASE WineAmerica, the national organization of American wineries, has selected Mark Chandler as its Executive Director, effective in February 2013. The national winery organization, with hundreds of members from 48 states, is focused on grassroots-powered public policy advocacy primarily on the federal level, but also provides a centralized communications capability for wineries and […]

January 31, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – JANUARY 30, 2013

TOP NEWS Unified Symposium: Globalization Drives Bulk Wine Market Economist blasts cost-benefit analysis plans for Calif Delta tunnels NW Winemakers Hope To Entice China’s Emerging Middle Class Glazer’s, Charmer, Wirtz To Explore Back-Office Deal Wine consumption growing each year DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION Case Study Presentation from The DTCWS DtC at the State Level PA: […]

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

NEWS FETCH – JANUARY 29, 2013

TOP NEWS Allied Grape Growers Reports On Calif’s Record 2012 Crush (.pdf) Central Valley irrigation helps rainfall in Southwest Immigration Framework Offers Ag Provisions Argentine winery to bottle in California Casella dismisses reports of financial difficulties First Strikes, Now Fires Threaten S. Africa’s Wine Laird Family Estate Buys Silverado Hill Winery DFV Wines’ Top Five […]

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

NEWS FETCH – JANUARY 28, 2013

TOP NEWS Casella Wines moves towards debt restructure Wanted: the USA’s Missing Wine Drinkers Looking For Logic: Cigarettes, Lot18, Fred Franzia & Wine Inventory Parallels in the California and Australian Wine Industries SSU economic outlook conference to he held at Green Center China to be No. 1 market for WSET students in 2013 Wines of […]

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

NEWS FETCH – JANUARY 25, 2013

TOP NEWS Pressing times push Aussies into US wine market Direct sales of wine rise 10 percent last year US consumers ‘confused’ by multiple Sonoma AVAs Craft beer becoming alternative to wine at the dinner table Lot18 Picks Up Pieces Of TastingRoom.Com Why growth in bulk wine will boost branded wine Duckhorn asks N.Y. winery […]

January 25, 2013 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Lot18 Picks Up Pieces Of TastingRoom.Com

Lot18’s spin machine went into high gear with their promotional emails tonight with a $20 voucher and headline that read: “TastingRoom has partnered with Lot18. To welcome you to Lot18, we’re giving you the above voucher to apply toward your first purchase on Lot18.com.” PARTNERSHIP. REALLY? Partnered? That wasn’t the impression last night when TastingRoom.Com […]

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

NEWS FETCH – JANUARY 24, 2013

TOP NEWS Global Wine Market Driven by U.S., China Treasury takeover bid speculation persists Sonoma Coast Gap’s Crown Vineyard Sold Wine Market Council Off Mark On Moscato? Are Dec Retail Sales Really The Worst in 20 Years? SAfrican Unions Call For Wine, Fruit Boycott Bacchus Capital Invests in Maritime Wine China Bulk Wine Imports: Spain […]

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

NEWS FETCH – JANUARY 23, 2013

TOP NEWS Shopper Sentiment Dips to Lowest Point in a Year FTC taking aim at online alcohol marketing Red Hills Vineyard Fire in Lake County Contained China Wine Imports Cool Off: Sobering Customs Stats Who Consumes the Most Wine? It Depends on How You Count Sales: Wine List Placement As Vital As Shelf Position Westland’s […]

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

NEWS FETCH – JANUARY 22, 2013

TOP NEWS Champagne market woes far from over in 2013 Treasury Wines denies sale rumours On-Premise wine consumers traded down from bottles to glasses in 2012 Development Threatens Calif Farms & Ag Economy Big Consumer Booze Battles Coming in 2013 Employers’ Social Media Policies Come Under Regulatory Scrutiny Can fracking kill livestock, family pets? South […]

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

Champagne market woes far from over in 2013

From The Reims Management School: Reims Professor Predicts Another Flat Year The Eurozone crisis has significantly impacted the Champagne market, which has seen worldwide year on year shipments down 6.5% in the first half of 2012. And experts fear that year-end results will reveal an even more difficult year than 2011, especially as the countries […]

January 22, 2013 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More