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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

Foreclosure Sale Set For Diamond Oaks’ Calistoga Vineyard

A 17.17-acre Calistoga vineyard owned by Diamond Oaks Vineyards, Inc., has been foreclosed on by its lender and scheduled for a trustee sale May 24. The sale constitutes one of the final bankruptcy acts for Dinesh Maniar, whose wine and race-horse empire filed Chapter 11 on Sept. 14, 2009. Wine Executive News subscribers please click […]

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

Sonoma State Wine Business Institute Scholarships Total $16K

Article provided by Sonoma State University FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2012 Rohnert Park, CA – The Wine Business Institute,within the School of Business and Economics at Sonoma State University, has awarded three scholarships totaling $16,000 for 2012. WOMEN FOR WINESENSE The first scholarship available was from Women for WineSense, a national organization that supports […]

May 22, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – MAY 22, 2012

TOP NEWS Washington State Heads Down the Tied-House Rabbit Hole Euro crisis could spark wine investment boom Want life insurance? Stay away from the vineyard Terlato Partners With Kim And Erica Crawford On NZ Venture Vintage variation not just Old World issue The world’s most powerful drinks brands ranked and rated Consumers Don’t Care That […]

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

NEWS FETCH – MAY 21, 2012

TOP NEWS Wineshipping investing millions in Napa fulfillment facility Foley Family Wines Purchases Napa Valley’s Sawyer Cellars Foley Ramps Up New Zealand Wine Empire Year-over-year restaurant traffic growth slowed in 1Q North Coast growers, vintners look at strategies to combat shortage Alcohol & Colorectal Cancer: Increased Risk or Prevention? Piedmont producers jump on Moscato trend […]

May 21, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – MAY 18, 2012

TOP NEWS Grape Gluts, Shortages & Facebook’s IPO IPO Rerun Special: Do people actually buy wine on Facebook? Turnover At Lot18: 4 Senior Executives Gone Restaurants use Facebook Offers, ordering to boost sales Is the fog of fraud dampening fine wine prices? As the U.S. grows more diverse, the wine industry remains white Constellation Signs […]

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

Grape Gluts, Shortages & Facebook’s IPO

Almost exactly 13 years ago, I sat on the edge of my seat, giddy on hope and thankful for shares in a high-profile Internet stock about to go public. The date was May 11, 1999 and the insider stock I had was in TheStreet.Com. I acquired the shares after moving over to TSC from MarketWatch […]

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

NEWS FETCH – MAY 17, 2012

TOP NEWS Labor firm settles federal lawsuit over local vineyard workers’ treatment Sierra Club loses vineyard parcel split case In US, Wine Consumption Stays Steady Shortage? Ot Not? Are Growers About To Over-Plant Again? Grape Growers Hear Good News Justin Vineyards Focuses On Quality With New Vineyards, Winemaker, Label U.S. Court invalidates NLRB election ‘ambush’ […]

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

Shortage? Or Not? Are Growers About To Over-Plant Again?

The most recent issue of the Allied Grape Growers Newsletter that landed in my email this morning raises some very important questions about supply, un-counted acreage and asks some really vital questions about whether to join the planting frenzy. The following is from the newsletter which you can read in its entirety by clicking here. […]

May 16, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – MAY 16, 2012

TOP NEWS Black Box Looks To Maintain Double-Digit Growth Shift in grape market impacts North Coast wineries, grower Technomic: Fast-casual restaurants ahead of industry growth Wine By The Glass Is For Chumps $716 million judgment for selling alcohol to minors English wine beats Moët in blind tasting The new rules of wine you don’t know […]

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

NEWS FETCH – MAY 15, 2012

TOP NEWS Global Supply: Bumper wine crop predicted in Chile Import/Export: Aussie farmers welcome falling dollar Ascentia Spins Off Ste. Chapelle Winery To Precept Alcohol consumption increases sexual assault risk: New Study Cool wine regions to benefit from research on new pathogen Protecting Wine From Transport Heat Damage Chapoutier considers legal battle with concrete egg […]

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