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NEWS FETCH – JULY 2, 2012

TOP NEWS Restaurant Index dips in May Wine Sleuth Sniffs Out Fakes, Takes Hammer to Lafite Cooperatives Merge to Become France’s Biggest Player Schumer pushes for end to restrictive Canadian wine taxation policies OIV Development trends and market on world vitiviniculture For wineries seeking capital, be prepared Kurniawan: Details from a sealed deposition Salinas Valley […]

July 2, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Wine Industry Needs A Loud Clear Message To Counter Neo-Prohibitionist Ascent

Scott Edwards of Aveniu Brands sent Wine Industry Insight this email after reading Rob McMillan’s blog post,‘Neo-Prohibitionists are Alive and Well’ Significantly, Rob’s a top wine banker and Scott’s a top wine sales dude. Looks like the smarter folks on top are starting to recognize that the NeoDrys are ascending and the Rip Van Wineindustry […]

July 1, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

CORRECTION: Salisbury Tasting Room For Sale, Not Yet Sold

CORRECTION: Salisbury’s SLO Schoolhouse Tasting Room Property is for sale, not yet sold. This headline in the June 28 News Fetch was incorrect: Salisbury Sells SLO Schoolhouse Tasting Room Property My bad. I manually look at more than 160 web sites every morning to produce News Fetch and this time did not read things correctly. […]

June 28, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – JUNE 29, 2012

TOP NEWS Constellation to Acquire Remaining 50% of Crown Imports Raymond Vineyards expansion raises concerns Constellation Buys Mark West Wine Brand from Purple Wine Co. Bill Foley Completes Deal with New Zealand Wine Company Red Sun Fund offers alternative investment opportunity in China Bordeaux’s Calon-Ségur Likely Sold BC Winery Puts New Law to the Test […]

June 28, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – JUNE 28, 2012

TOP NEWS Barrel Sales are Up, but the Future is Still Murky Chinese Exec Buys Napa’s Bialla Vineyards for $3.2 Million Salisbury Sells SLO Schoolhouse Tasting Room Property Red Wine Not Miracle Drug After All? Napa County Thwarts Reata Winery Expansion The OIV to define dealcoholised wines Label Transparency in the Wine Industry Commentary on […]

June 28, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – JUNE 27 2012

TOP NEWS Deceptive Retail Discounts: How Much is that Wine Really Discounted? Insurance for crop quarantines proposed Freaked By Grape Shortage Potential, Wineries Snap up Vineyards Economic Study of Pennsylvania Wine Monopoly (AAWE-PDF) Eggs making waves & lawsuits in wine industry Stockton files bankruptcy Reata Winery drops bid to become Napa’s 5th Largest Farmers’ campaign […]

June 27, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – JUNE 26, 2012

TOP NEWS Alcohol taxes reduce moderate drinking, not bingeing UFW ‘disappointed’ in Supreme Court immigration ruling Is The Term ‘Sustainable Packaging’ a Red Herring? EU fines Italy, Spain, Greece for illegal vine plantings Foley launches NZ food and wine club Wine Snobs/Suckers Pay More For Hard-To-Pronounce Names Lot 18 layoffs: The Corrections Argentine Engineer Takes […]

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

NEWS FETCH – JUNE 25, 2012

TOP NEWS Chinese group Bright Food buys Bordeaux wine exporter Diva WA: I-1183 Coalition sues Liquor Control Board over implementation rules Neo-Prohibitionists are Alive and Well Senate Farm Bill: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Central Nebraska winery destroyed by weekend fire California’s Magic Wine Grape Bullet North America’s Wine Industry Needs Research Focus […]

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

NEWS FETCH – JUNE 22, 2012

TOP NEWS Cazes Family Takes Over Crushpad Bordeaux, Updates Clients Can America Drink Its Way to Fiscal Solvency? Senate Passes Farm Bill, Keeps MAP, Specialty Crops Support Enoteca Trading Probe AxesBanker Amid Insider Probe Red Wine Compound May Not Prolong Life Penn Privatization Stuck In Neutral US wine’s potential in China uncorked Supreme Court health […]

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

Cazes Family Takes Over Crushpad Bordeaux, Updates Clients

“In mid-April, the whole of Crushpad Bordeaux’s operating activities were taken over by a separate entity owned by the Cazes family of Chateau Lynch-Bages. The new entity (temporarily called CCW) is well-funded, guarantees the completion and availability of all your wines and, more importantly, the continued growth and development of our Bordeaux operation.” That quote, […]

June 21, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More