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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

Ascentia & Gallo: Another Piece Of The Scattered Puzzle

Cyril Penn over at WineBusiness.Com looks to have found another piece in the scattered puzzle pieces left by the Ascentia implosion. In his blog piece, Gallo Going to Washington?, Penn writes: “While chatting with some leading figures in the Washington wine industry yesterday I learned that E&J Gallo is expected to purchase Columbia Winery and […]

May 8, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Just Say “NO!” To WinZip

Yesterday, I was dumb enough to BUY a copy of WinZip 16.5, standard edition. Be warned. Don’t be dumb like me. Just say “no!” Why? Because, after I paid and got an activation number, WinZip’s dialogue box that requests that number, would not permit me to enter all the numbers. I sent WinZip support an […]

May 7, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – MAY 7, 2012

TOP NEWS Wine Prices Stay Low Because Of Sluggish Economy New@Vintank: Social CRM with your Facebook Fans Naked Wines invests $8m in 22 winemakers in USA and Australia A New Alcohol Toy—And Why It Will Be Banned Quickly When You Get a Gold Medal, What Should You Do With It? Cork has let us down: […]

May 7, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Naked Wines invests $8m in 22 winemakers in USA and Australia

NEWS RELEASE May 6, 2012   Naked Wines, the UK’s fastest growing online wine retailer, is investing £5.5m in 2012 to help 22 talented winemakers from the USA and Australia to set up or build their own businesses. Among the projects are: AUD $400K to help Sam Plunkett, who made the Best Shiraz in Australia […]

May 6, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Story on Minors & Online Sales Disappears – WTF?

This article disappeared from the web right before I sent out News Fetch this morning: I tried to track down the “WTF?” factor. Couldn’t believe my eyes, so I re-Googled. Got this: And ALL of those links now fail to find the original article. No one at television station WFMY in Greensboro NC was available […]

May 4, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – MAY 4, 2012

TOP NEWS How The Government Screwed Taxpayers On The Napa Valley Wine Train Wine Wholesalers Stab Their Best Customer in the Back Easter Boosts Wine Sales 11% Napa Valley will have Latino majority within 20 years Central Coast winery market heating up Chinese investors buy old Weyrich properties Monterey: Ag Winery Corridor & General Plan […]

May 4, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – MAY 3, 2012

TOP NEWS Diageo Third-Quarter Revenue Rises on Emerging Markets Wine prices in 2012, one more time Nothing Like A Good FTC Probe To Bring ANOTHER Headache To Wineries Wash State U Announces $5 M Investment For Organic Ag Farm Laithwaites introduces Amazon-style wine recommendations Clock ticks on Koch case over fake Jefferson wine Napa group […]

May 3, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – MAY 2, 2012

TOP NEWS Geyser Peak Sale Pending, Ascentia’s Demise Close Aussie Wine Set To Boom Again? US to review online marketing of beer, liquor and wine Direct Wine Shipping Comes to the Garden State Castel fined for infringing trademark rights of Robert Parker’s ‘new friend’ Global Winegrape Harvest Round-Up From Ciatti Company Wine: What should the […]

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

Geyser Peak Sale Pending, Ascentia’s Demise Close

Like an old Saturday Night Live sketch (“Generalissimo Francisco Franco is Still Dead“) Ascentia Wine Estates has been twisting slowly in the financial wind for more than two years. But that looks to be over in the next month if due diligence goes smoothly for buyers who have committed to take most — or all […]

May 2, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – MAY 1, 2012

TOP NEWS Mendo Wine Group seeks to dismiss Dolan case Constellation’s Simply Naked Brand Off To Fast Start Concha y Toro:World’s Most Admired for the 2nd Consecutive Year New State Regs On Central Valley Wine Storage Alcohol Emissions? Washington State Auction Should End Privatization Debate Daily deals have all the right flavours for wine entrepreneur […]

May 1, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More