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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

NEWSFETCH – March 2, 2012

TOP NEWS Lighting Influences Wine Tastes, Price Points: Study Terlato Taps Innovation To Achieve Double-Digit Portfolio Growth Fresno State Wine Professor Fugelsang Retires Where in the World Is My Wine? Track It! Wine subtleties mostly irrelevant to consumer palates Barefoot Advice: A Solid Business Foundation is Necessary for Success Bordeaux Châteaux boycott Christie’s Chinese names […]

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NEWSFETCH – March 1, 2012

TOP NEWS MAJOR UPDATE: American Wine Distributors To Close After Losing Lawsuit & Biggest Client Restaurant Performance Index down, operators still optimistic McWine! McDonalds Has Wine on the Menu in South America New Zealand’s Marlborough touted as next big Pinot region Calif. delta tunnel plan would increase pumping How US farmers’ markets reach out U.S. […]

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

MAJOR UPDATE: American Wine Distributors To Close After Losing Lawsuit & Biggest Client

American Wine Distributors (AWD) will close after a losing a federal court case brought by New Zealand’s Delegats Wine Estates, formerly AMD’s largest client. The U.S. District court in San Francisco and a jury panel have awarded Delegats $189,924 in damages and interest on top of $336,131 in Delegats’ receivables which AWD has admitted owing. […]

February 29, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – February 29, 2012

TOP NEWS Napa’s St. Supéry Sees Luxury Wines Coming Back In The On-Premise Progress on Calif’s European Grapevine Moth Quarantine Winery Exchange Sues 7-Eleven – $2 million Supplier Dispute What would Andrew Jackson drink? Reflections on the $20 price barrier Fine Wine Getting Back on Track (Bloomberg video) Wine Mixology: cocktails not just for liquor […]

February 29, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Tastes Are A Changin’ – A Vintner’s View

Herewith an email from Rob Arnold, Founder of Chandelle Winery. Reprinted by permission. Lew, I noted one of your links today to the subject ‘Tastes Changing.’ Yep. Here’s what we have found developing over the past 3 years in the Tasting Room as the Boomer generation fades. 1. No one buys wine for aging any […]

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

NEWSFETCH – February 28, 2012

TOP NEWS Restaurant chain beverage refocus on cocktails & beer, not wine Congress moves to redistribute California’s water Delta groups urge defeat of water rights revamp Alcohol Regulation Roundup Liv-ex: Fine wine merchants take stock of 2005 French Vin-Expatriates Flocking to Hong Kong Utah Liquor Law and the Immaculate Concoction Capella Pedregal Brings Top Chefs […]

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NEWSFETCH – February 27, 2012

TOP NEWS Predicting Wine Prices In 2012 Not A Simple Task New Zealand heading for winegrape shortage in 2012 Sourcing Winegrapes in a Shortage LIFO Accounting May Vanish In Obama’s corporate tax overhaul ‘Defective’ trusts may boost 2012 tax exemptions for vineyard, winery owners UK consumers willing to spend more with non-chain wine stores CropLife […]

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

NEWSFETCH – February 24, 2012

TOP NEWS Washington: Cab Production Down 28% in 2011, Overall Production Down 11% California Harvest 2011: A New—and Welcome?—Direction Naked Wines: 24,000 bottles in 24 hours for Easthope Pernod to push Tempranillo as Spain’s NZ Sauvignon Blanc Wine Survey Opinions Needed By UC Davis Cooperative Extension Rodeno reflects on 4 decades in the wine industry […]

February 24, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Wine Survey Opinions Needed By UC Davis Cooperative Extension

As someone who has worked for Cooperative Extension (as a student at Cornell), I’ve got a pretty good idea of just how vital this information is … and how hard it is to collect. Input from wine industry professionals is needed to help UC Davis identify and address your concerns more effectively. Please complete the […]

February 24, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – February 23, 2012

TOP NEWS US Wine Trade Deficit Worsens, But Americans Getting More $/Liter On Exports Calif State Water Project allocation is slashed Central Valley Project also curtails water deliveries To Buy or Not to Buy: Factors Impacting Winery Supplier Choice Naked Wines invests in NZ winemaker OZ: Riverina grape growers pressured to sell fruit at half […]

February 23, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More