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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 – OCTOBER 23, 2012

TOP NEWS Calif agency says farmworker suit ‘risks draining resources’ Canadian LCLB Halts Charity Wine Auction Michigan Alcohol Law and the Politics of Corruption HARVEST 2012 Sonoma Vines Finishing Strong Sunday’s rain no threat to Napa grape harvest Sustainability At Harvest Wineries call 2012 vintage a success North Bay vintners prepared for powerful rains The […]

October 23, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 22, 2012

TOP NEWS Treasury Wines earnings down, shares slide Chiquita drops Calif grapes, deciduous fruit The Best President for the Wine Business is …? “Liquor has no medical benefit.” – Oregon Sec’y of State on Pot Measure FTC Issues Revised Green Advertising Guidelines Rude wine label causing trouble in US Happy Days Again for Merlot? Aussie […]

October 22, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 19, 2012

TOP NEWS Almonds Top Grapes As Calif’s #2 most valuable commodity World Wine Shortage of 1.3 Billion Bottles Forecast Farmworkers union sues Calif over heat rule enforcement Calif Unlicensed Farm Labor Contractors Reigned In Delta farmers to fight tunnel project WSU Dedicates Wine Science Center in Richland Waiting For God and Wine In Utah Cork […]

October 19, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Bloggers: Hook Readers, Reel Them In, Or Sink

I had a terrific email exchange with an excellent blogger who has a lot of really good things to say … about a post that I didn’t include in my daily News Fetch Following is my email, minus any identifying characteristics. Other bloggers may be interested, because any blog post that merits inclusion in the […]

October 18, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 18, 2012

TOP NEWS Barrel Stop/Dominari Winery Sold At Foreclosure Auction Ch. Latour/Christie’s Owner on Trial in $4 Billion Calif Junk Bond Case Restaurants to mitigate health care costs by cutting hours Frackers in California Get Free Passes? Wine gets in the spirit with liquor blends Int’l Sparkling Wine Market: Good Growth, High Cost of Goods A […]

October 18, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Barrel Stop/Dominari Winery Sold At Foreclosure Auction

Barrel Stop/Dominari Winery was sold at a foreclosure auction on the steps of the Napa Court House yesterday afternoon. The auction had been postponed twice, once last year after the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of the winery and again in late-September when the owners — Marie and Jurgen Schutz  — filed personal bankruptcy. (See: Barrel […]

October 18, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

The International Sparkling Wine Market: Good Growth, High Material Prices

By Susanne Stauß for ProWein The author Susanne Stauß is a hotel management specialist and graduated from the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg with a degree in tourism. For a number of years she  worked as Editor-in-Chief for several hotel management magazines. She has been a freelance journalist focusing on the hotel and gastronomy industry and sparkling […]

October 17, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 17, 2012

TOP NEWS Calif sues to get unpaid wages for farm workers Restaurant same-store sales soften in September Indicted Wine Counterfeiter Accuses FBI of Illegal Search Wine beers start spreading across the US European Wine Harvest The Worst In Half A Century Mass Affluents: A New Target Niche Insight into TTB’s Approach to AVAs: The Inwood […]

October 17, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 16, 2012

TOP NEWS Food,wine producers urge less government intervention Restaurant Traffic Down in Sept Wine Sales Strong; Syrah’s Struggle Continues Plantings down, production up for Australia States Hope Hard Liquor Will Help Fix Their Economies Washington’s 13th AVA Approved Harry & David launches own wine label Wine prices, Amazon, Champagne fraud Food & wine fraud tackled […]

October 16, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 15, 2012

TOP NEWS Why Argentine Malbec doesn’t Flood the US Calif Winegrape harvest could be biggest in three years Beer Wholesalers Prepared to Bring Back the CARE Act Aussies want to raise taxes on wine Bill Foley: A Vineyard Bargain Hunter Builds an Empire Ohio Wholesaler wins federal case against large breweries US mounts Aussie wine […]

October 15, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More