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NEWS FETCH – JUNE 4, 2012

TOP NEWS Where is the Global Wine Industry Headed? Geyser Peak, Accolade, Ascentia’s Implosion: Two Years In The Making WineDirect Acquires Vin65 Why Vin 65 Sold and How It Affects Customers Accolade Wines buys Geyser Peak Winery, sister brands Ironies of wine’s legal matters Wine drinkers warming to synthetic corks Glass cork’s the way forward: […]

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NEWS FETCH – JUNE 1, 2012

TOP NEWS Barrel Stop Winery: Frustrated Trustee Punts, 90 Days To Sale Or Foreclosure Wash Supreme Court Upholds Privatization Ascentia dismantling Healdsburg wine group Restaurant Index dips in April Frost protection court case in Mendocino Superior Court postponed Viaggio Estate and Winery changes hands Barolo giant Aldo Conterno dies at 81 Canadian Wine Law Reform […]

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Barrel Stop: Frustrated Trustee Punts, Winery Gets 90 Days To Sell Or Be Foreclosed

A frustrated U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee has washed her hands of the Barrel Stop Chapter 11, leaving the winery less than 90 days to find a buyer or be foreclosed upon by its senior secured lender, Mechanics Bank. As previously reported by Wine Industry Insight,  Alan Jaroslovsky, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge for the Eastern District of […]

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Geyser Peak, Accolade, Ascentia’s Implosion: Two Years Of Original Wine Industry Insight Reporting

As previously reported by Wine Industry Insight (see May 2 article, below), Ascentia Wine Estates will no longer be in the wine business as of May 31 when sales of most of its properties are supposed to close. CEO Jim DeBonis — after denying for months that any part of the company was for sale […]

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NEWS FETCH – MAY 31, 2012

TOP NEWS Vineyard Pesticides Linked To Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Study says 3 glasses of wine a week is enough for health Stockton prepares for bankruptcy within four weeks Napa’s Costly Fight Against Moth Canadian wine shipping reform stumbles,back on table in Ottawa Chinese wine import market grows 73% Wine Industry Network Continues Rapid Growth All […]

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NEWS FETCH – MAY 30, 2012

TOP NEWS International Wine Industry Leaders Discuss US Wine Market Investment Napa ag land values seriously clobber Sonoma’s Total Wine To Add 10 Stores In WA, Further Expansion In TX Rabobank Report: China Wine Market – “Mind The Gap “ Hearing in Russian River frost-protection case set June 4 The Washington State Alcohol Experiment Begins […]

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NEWS FETCH – MAY 29, 2012

TOP NEWS A Taste of Prohibition as Washington Liquor Stores Go Private Frank Arciero, acclaimed Paso Robles vintner, dies at 86 Wines At $11-And-Up Driving U.S. Market’s Growth, Says IRI DFV’s Female-Targeted HandCraft Surges To 50,000 Cases In 3 Mos Why Skinnygirl Wines Are A Bad Idea Farmers scrambling to find harvest labor Chinese Estates […]

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NEWS FETCH – MAY 25, 2012

TOP NEWS Foppiano wine family dispute back in court Concha y Toro commits to Fetzer Booze Biz is a Lose Business for Taxpayers State-by-state wine tax rates Calif sets up tip hotline for labor violations Study: Drinking Red Wine Good for Digestion Bill Passes Senate Allowing USPS to Ship Beer, Wine, and Spirits Restaurants to […]

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NEWS FETCH – MAY 24, 2012

TOP NEWS Pernod Ricard ‘expects’ to retain consumer confidence despite fake Jacob’s Creek seizures Marketing wine to minorities: Part 2 Napa County orders Sattui’s ‘Castle’ to stop church services Farm Loans From USDA Get Easier (.pdf) Life’s tough for 5th Column Wine E-tailers Coppola’s Revamped Sonoma Winery In High Gear Lessons From Brands That Are […]

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NEWS FETCH – MAY 23, 2012

TOP NEWS Foreclosure Sale Set For Diamond Oaks’ Calistoga Vineyard Barron’s Weekly: Time To Pluck the Grape Aussies say El Nino may return this year Maple Creek Winery Goes on Block Growers concerned about proposed water regulations New Bollinger bottle to reduce oxidation rate State court upholds Sonoma County’s firing of ag commissioner Bodegas Fariña […]

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