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NEWS FETCH – OCTBER 3, 2012

TOP NEWS Wine fraudster jailed over £760,000 scam FL County Mulls Fetal Syndrome Warnings For Alcohol Sales Ways Restaurants Serve Wine To Counter Recession Craft brews lift beer sales surge The Rise of Stronger Spirits Magazines rebound, print not going away Texas Wine Shipping Ban Morally Indefensible, Bad for Business CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Indian doctor, Mitch […]

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NEWS FETCH – OCTBER 2, 2012

TOP NEWS Accolade Yanks Aussie Brands From Constellation WineDirect & Amazon Team Up Drought conditions in California expected to worsen Predicting the future of the wine business Calif Gets $18+ mil in USDA specialty crop grants USDA Handing Our $101 Mil in Specialty Crop Grants Amazon wine, the less ambitious sequel Amazon wine roundup CALIFORNIA […]

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WineDirect & Amazon Team Up For Wine Marketplace Compliance

See also: IBG Buys WTN Services Division of 1-800-flowers.com, Creates WineDirect An enhanced compliance and shipping system through WineDirect is in the works for vintners participating in Amazon’s Wine Marketplace program revealed last week. WineDirect was formed in September of 2011 when Inertia Beverage Group purchased the WTN Services division of 1-800-flowers.com, which provides marketing […]

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NEWS FETCH – OCTBER 1, 2012

TOP NEWS The Long Term Future of US Wine Sales BC Liquor Privatization Cancelled Grape Supply Loosens in Short Term Calif Gov kills water, shade regs for farmworkers Restaurant operators cautiously upbeat in August Police Investigate Death of Santa Ynez Wine Grower France may accept the little château on the prairie China woos oenophile wine […]

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NEWS FETCH – SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

TOP NEWS Beer Distros Gang Up On Internet Alcohol Sales Wine and Food Importers Sweat Threat of Port Shutdowns Calif employers now barred from invading privacy in social media Deal Making & Valuations at Calif wine symposium Constellation’s New Brands Strike Chord With Consumers American “Amarone” – Another U.S. Name Theft Floating in Wine’s Sweet […]

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NEWS FETCH – SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

TOP NEWS Jean Taittinger dies at 89 Amazon Gets Into Wine – AGAIN! (Updated Sept. 27) Three Biggest Wineries Take Half the Growth Online wine sales to double over five years, says economist Nielsen: Summer US Alcohol Sales Pack a Pouch Judge invalidates Calif’s frost protection regs UK Wine trade expects five more years of […]

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Amazon Gets Into Wine – AGAIN! (Updated Sept. 27)

Amazon is getting back into the wine business in time for this year’s holidays, according to Washington State sources close to the mega-online retailer who spoke to Wine Industry Insight on condition of anonymity. Indeed, Napa and Sonoma County vintners who attended meetings this week are non-communicative because of non-disclosure agreements they had to agree […]

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NEWS FETCH – SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

TOP NEWS High-end wine turnaround hoped for, but elusive Accolade’s Schaafsma has 90 days, Or …? Restaurant chains to benefit from improving Calif economy Alcohol-Breast Cancer Link Disputed Africa is the new China EU delays US “chateau” decision Conservation Compliance Key Part of Farm Bill Debate Farm Bill Stall Imperils Wine Research Treasury, Charmer Team […]

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NEWS FETCH – SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

TOP NEWS South Africa Working toward being world’s #1 wine producer Restaurant consumers still trading down Calif Wine Execs Talk Optimism, Concerns Wall-Ye wine robot takes bow in Burgundy Glazer’s Goes Global Growth With Virgin Islands Deal Texas ranks second in direct wine shipments Olive Oil Prices Soaring Is Red Wine Really As Good As […]

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NEWS FETCH – SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

TOP NEWS Low yields characterise global 2012 grape harvest Early holiday shopping forecasts suggest good news for restaurants How Will You Keep Up With Changes In DtC? Leading climatologist: “Napa will be a table grape region” US wine marketing in Asia effort “pathetic” Congress Evacuates D.C. Without New Farm Bill Wineries’ Direct Shipments Reach $1.4 […]

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