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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

Beer With Dinner, Again

I’m as close as this industry gets to a regular wine drinker. I don’t get pallet-loads of free wine (nor do I want them).I buy my wine. It used to be that my wife and I would split a bottle of wine with dinner each night. But increasingly, we drink beer because the wine we […]

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

2011 California: Short But Good? Maybe, Maybe Not.

Short But Good was such an incessant mantra for the 2011 crush that it devolved into a drinking game. BUT … was it true? Not so much. At least, not according to some of the remarkable data from a survey from Burr Pilger Mayer’s Winery and Vineyard team of CPAs. According to their Survey #2 […]

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

NEWSFETCH – February 6, 2012

TOP NEWS My Wines Direct On Fast Track To Liquidation Hedging The Weather: Can derivatives beat crop insurance? Central Valley wineries boost presence ‘Regulate Marijuana Like Wine’ Measure Courts Billionaires For Support Russian River water supply declared ‘dry’ Many Russian River grape growers plan to voluntarily comply with water rules Wine + Millennials – Millennial […]

February 6, 2012 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

My Wines Direct On Fast Track To Liquidation

My Wines Direct  is on a fast track to liquidation using a legal maneuver which bypassed state courts and federal bankruptcy proceedings. According to documents mailed to creditors of the now-defunct My Wines Direct, the company will use a technique called an Assignment for Benefit of Creditors (ABC) to dispose of the company’s assets. The […]

February 6, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

It’s The Alcohol, Stupid! Looking At The Wine Industry’s Bone-Headed Fumble

The wine industry’s lack of an organized and sustained effort to correct mistakes and misconceptions in the press means that an increasing number of people believe that the cardioprotective effects of moderate alcohol consumption can be had without alcohol consumption. Science does not support that fact. Yet, the wine industry — especially red wine producers […]

February 3, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – February 3, 2012

TOP NEWS Two Buck Chuck turns 10 After Steltzner Deal, Plumpjack Hungry For More Napa Properties Effects of Climate Change’s Impact On California Pinot Noir NZ China trade board resigns en masse Westlands Water District sues federal government over irrigation drainage Farm bill process kicks off in mid-February TN: D&V Distributing prepares for expansion Mexican […]

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

NEWSFETCH – February 2, 2012

TOP NEWS Jackson Family Wines Sues Diageo Over La Crema Trademark Obama considers huge shakeup in alcohol law, eliminating TTB Vintage Wine Estates, Deutsch & Sons Flirt With New Red Plumpjack Buys Steltzner Vineyards Wine Market Council 2011 Report Card: The State of Wine in the US US Labor Dept to re-propose ‘parental exemption’ of […]

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

Jackson Family Wines Sues Diageo Over La Crema Trademark

Jackson Family Wines (JFW) has sued Diageo in federal court alleging infringement of the La Crema trademark. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete article. Also In This Article: The full text of the following sections is available to subscribers of Wine Executive News. COURT FILINGS DOCUMENT LA CREMA’S MARKET DOMINANCE […]

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

NEWSFETCH – February 1, 2012

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Wine, Miscarriage … Broken Links & A Broken Advocacy System

Wine, Miscarriage … Broken Links & A Broken Advocacy System

I had a nice email conversation today  with a reader who wrote to say that a link in today’s News Fetch (Moderate Drinking and Miscarriage Linked) was broken. I HATE when that happens because I personally click every link three times before it goes out. As it turns out, the Discovery News web site was […]

January 31, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More