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NEWS FETCH – APRIL 18, 2012

TOP NEWS Fine-wine Prices to increase in 2012, costs to hurt winery profits Imported Wine to Gain Market Share Restaurant comps steady in March, strong April expected Sonoma State To Host 1st Global Wine Biz Education Conference Hailstorms hammer San Joaquin Valley crops Sonoma County scales back frost-protection rules World Bulk Wine Expo: Record number […]

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

Sonoma State To Host 1st Global Wine Biz Education Conference

Envisioning the Global Wine Business Professional of the Future On April 27 & 28, the Wine Business Institute of Sonoma State University will host the first global wine business conference, focusing on the roles and responsibilities of wine business professionals. Envisioning the Global Wine Business Professional of the Future, brings together faculty from leading wine […]

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

NEWS FETCH – APRIL 17, 2012

TOP NEWS Minors Not A Not Public Safety Problem in Direct Alcohol Shipping Calif State Water Project allocation increased to 60 percent The Status of Women and Wine Latour en primeur exit good news for wine consumers TTB to require label disclosure cochineal extract & carmine? Labeling Updates from the TTB for United States Alcohol […]

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

NEWS FETCH – APRIL 16, 2012

TOP NEWS Sonoma’s Jordan Sells Original Land to Native Americans Chinese wine auctions far exceed value of US sales NY Real-Estate Magnate set to buy NW Aussie winery Marijuana-Laced Wine Grows More Fashionable in California Barrel Stop Rescue Rests On People Behind Defunct Corp, Elder Abuse, Indecent Exposure FTC to increase oversight of Internet alcohol […]

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

Elder Abuse, Sex Offender Amp Up The Bizarre in Barrel Stop Bankruptcy

Elder Abuse, Sex Offender Amp Up The Bizarre in Barrel Stop Bankruptcy

The Barrel Stop/Dominari bankruptcy has grown more bizarre with Wine Industry Insight’s  discovery that the winery owners were found guilty in 2010 of elder abuse and that a registered sex offender with Rothschild and Opus aspirations is deeply involved in the already strange attempt to buy the winery out of bankruptcy. Those new revelations top […]

April 13, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – APRIL 13, 2012

TOP NEWS Struggling Rominger West Winery throwing in the towel Tech Maven Decries Wine’s Innovation Problem California Supreme Court Issues Major Employment Law Decision Sonoma County Indian tribes getting into wine business FTC Orders Alcoholic Beverage Co Data For Ad Compliance Study Copyright Troll Alert: Why Is Coppola Picking On The Little Guys? Sales popping […]

April 13, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – APRIL 12, 2012

TOP NEWS Feds may target 3 herbicides used in Central Valley Farmworker Advocates Sue Fresno Grower Arista Winery Owners buy Martinelli Road Vineyard Wine prices: Stable for 2010? Spring rains help redeem Napa’s dry winter Red wine helps weightloss Ambiguity, ‘Appearance of impropriety’ in l’affaire Campo/Miller Treasury Wine slaps New Zealand wine drinkers in the […]

April 12, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Arista Winery’s McWilliams Family buys Russian River Martinelli Road Vineyard

NEWS RELEASE April 10, 2012   The McWilliams family, owners of Arista Winery on Westside Road in the Russian River Valley have purchased of the historic 74-acre Martinelli Road Vineyard. Planted to 5 acres of Zinfandel, 10 acres of Chardonnay and 3 acres of Pinot Noir, the vineyard site has been continuously farmed since the […]

April 11, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – APRIL 11, 2012

TOP NEWS Bankruptcy Trustee Appointed For Barrel Stop Winery, Bank Opposes Sale “No evidence of actual impropriety” in Jay Miller/Wine Academy Affair: Law Firm Vintank Intros Wine Industry Social Media Index – How Do You Measure Up? Total Wine Unveils Details Of Launch Into Dallas Market Alcohol sharpens the mind, research finds Organic wine availability […]

April 11, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Bankruptcy Trustee Appointed For Barrel Stop Winery, Bank Opposes Sale

Barrel Stop/Dominari Winery has had a trustee appointed to oversee its insolvency. In addition, its largest senior secured creditor, Mechanics bank, has opposed the winery’s proposed sale, relying on essentially the same information reported by Wine Industry Insight on March 28 (Barrel Stop Gets Offer, Buyer Background Raises Viability Doubts) TRUSTEE APPOINTED Alan Jaroslovsky U.S. […]

April 11, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More