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NEWS FETCH – JULY 26, 2012

TOP NEWS Vintage Wine Estates Buys Weibel Hopland Facility, Will Rename it Ray’s Station Weibel Family Vineyards & Winery Comments On The Sale of Their Facility Atlas Peak Vineyard project Fined $65,000 Bad Massachusetts Wine Shipping Bill Unlikely to Pass in 2012 Wash Wine Commission’s Ambitious New Plan For Promotion Registration Opens for 2013 DtC […]

July 26, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Weibel Family Vineyards & Winery Comments On The Sale of Their Hopland Facility

NEWS RELEASE Weibel Family Vineyards & Winery has sold their Hopland winery facility and the surrounding 24 acres of vineyards to Vintage Wine Estates in order to streamline operations and focus on their Weibel Family brand and private label business. As part of the sale, Weibel will continue to crush and make their Weibel Family […]

July 25, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Vintage Wine Estates Buys Weibel’s Hopland Facility, Will Rename it Ray’s Station

Vintage Wine Estates has purchased Weibel’s Hopland production facility and 24 acres of vineyards according to Vintner Pat Roney. He said that VWE is set to produce 400,000 cases at the winery commencing with the 2012 Crush. The facility will be renamed Ray’s Station. In addition, Roney said VWE would “phase out of the Grove […]

July 25, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – JULY 25, 2012

TOP NEWS Diageo Changes North America Exec Team Delicato Family Vineyards Mourns The Loss Of Frank Indelicato, Sr Updates: Barrel Stop’s Purple Unicorn and Russian River Vineyards Ch11 Naked Wines Rents Blackstone Winery, Offers $100/ton Custom Crush CA Jumps on the Alcohol Law Crazy Train Wine’s Sweet Spot Is a $20 Bill Women in Wine […]

July 25, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Updates: Barrel Stop’s Purple Unicorn and Russian River Vineyards Ch11

The Purple Unicorn In Barrel Stop Winery’s Soap Opera The Barrel Stop bankruptcy continues to be a tiresomely muddled soap opera in which no one is sure who’s on first except for the purple unicorn. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete 692-word article. The rest of this article is for […]

July 25, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – JULY 24, 2012

TOP NEWS Fetzer prepares for “rebirth” New Wine Industry Trade Event to Focus on North Coast Wine Accounting Merger: Moss Adams Combines With Rabanal & Smith Warm weather ripens North Coast winegrape season Trinchero Family Estates Adds Spirits to Portfolio Calif Ag Secretary Hosts Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Accolade Wines fires 175 Aussies in […]

July 24, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

New Wine Industry Trade Event to Focus on North Coast + Breaking Custom Crush News

NEWS RELEASE The Wine Industry Network (WIN) today announced the launch of a new trade event, the North Coast Wine Industry Expo, scheduled for  Dec. 5 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, CA. “Over the last two years we’ve been approached countless times by vineyard and winery owners and local associations, about the […]

July 24, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Wine Accounting Merger: Moss Adams Combines With Rabanal & Smith

Santa Rosa, Calif. – July 23, 2012 — Wine country accounting firms Moss Adams of Santa Rosa and Rabanal & Smith of Napa will merge effective August 1. “We’re extremely pleased to deepen our commitment to the Napa community and count the talented team at Rabanal & Smith among our accounting and business consulting professionals […]

July 23, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – JULY 23, 2012

TOP NEWS For foreign investors, US winery assets look increasingly attractive The Mystery Surrounding Lot18’s UK Closure Paul Dolan: Cultivating life at Dark Horse Vineyard Hidden Tax Deductions for Wineries and Growers US debates farm insurance subsidies Politicians Ignore US farm bill as farmers struggle with drought ‘Complicated’ US wine market led to Vinexpo postponement […]

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

Naked Wines Rents Blackstone Winery From Ken Wilson, Offers $100/ton Custom Crush

Naked Wines has signed a deal with Ken Wilson to use the Blackstone Winery in Kenwood to offer custom crush operations at $100/ton to “experienced winemakers,” according to information received from Naked Wines. Founder Rowan Gormley said the deal adds to the more than $5.5 million “investment” the company has already made with American winemakers […]

July 23, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More