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NEWSFETCH – December 27, 2011

TOP NEWS California  Winegrape growers satisfied with 2011 harvest Vintner Says Proposed Federal Ag Child Labor Regulations Overreaching Yao Ming’s $289 Cabernet, and what it says about China’s wine market Pancho Campo MW: investigation or witch hunt? NLRB postpones effective date of rights posting rule to April 30 Not all QR codes are created digitally […]

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AT&T and Hilton Not Ready For Business With Last Century Internet

Checked into the Embassy Suites in San Luis Obispo today to make Central Coast visits. Will be producing the daily News Fetch from here through Friday. In the past, I have chosen Hilton properties because of good, solid fast Internet connections. But they have gone back to the digital Stone Age and are offering a  […]

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NEWSFETCH – December 23, 2011

TOP NEWS My Wines Direct Looking For A Sale Novato tea company owner buys River Road Vineyards Galloni Controversy Continues In Sonoma (Be Sure To Read Comments) Interview: Wayne Chaplin of Southern Wine & Spirits Americans Are Bubbly about Sparkling Wine Illusive Progress in Wine Advertising? Will Climate Change Help Finger Lakes Wine? Liv-ex: How […]

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My Wines Direct Looking For A Sale

Amid rampant industry chatter of an imminent 2012 shutdown, My Wines Direct CEO Robert Miller offered the following statement to Wine Industry Insight: “Thanks for contacting me about the rumors you are hearing.  I’d rather respond than ignore it.  It is true that My Wines Direct is exploring a sale of the business.  While we […]

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NEWSFETCH – December 22, 2011

TOP NEWS End of Calif harvest leaves winegrape growers satisfied San Luis Obispo Vintners Assn Searching For New ExecDir New wage rates for H-2A temporary agriculture workers in effect Wine, women and cancer:  Alcohol increases the risk — but folate seems to offset it Today in Research: Bad News for Wine Drinkers Irreparable damage done […]

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Rogal + Associates Chosen To Develop Copia

“ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation announced today that after an intensive, multi-year review of options to revitalize the Copia property, we have selected a Napa-based planning, design, and property development team, Rogal + Associates, to assist with our efforts going forward.” Read the rest of this from Paul Franson’s NapaLife newsletter which broke this article late […]

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San Luis Obispo Vintners Association Conducts National Search For New Executive Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 21, 2011 For More Information: Becky Gray (805) 541-5868 becky@slowine.com December 21, 2011 (San Luis Obispo, CA) —San Luis Obispo Vintners Executive Director, Becky Gray has resigned to fulfill a passion with a start up non-profit organization in the North County. Her resignation is effective January 30, 2012 and the search […]

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NEWSFETCH – December 21, 2011

TOP NEWS California to smash records as sales surge Feds Issue New Guide on Hiring Temporary Foreign Ag Workers Global Champagne shipments approach record levels Wine lovers to profit from falling prices Napa: Sage Canyon vineyard pays $20,000 fine for permit violations Sacramento County changes zoning to increase wine tourism Travel and tourism spending turned […]

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NEWSFETCH – December 20, 2011

TOP NEWS Wine in cans selling out Stateside Treasury Wine Estates lays off 30 from Napa workforce Champagne sales hit by cocktails and cava Napa Vintner Emily C. Miner Dies U.S. Underemployment in Mid-December Similar to a Year Ago New Employer Obligations for 2012 – Wage Theft Protection Act Lynmar Estate’s Anisya Fritz Launches Sonoma […]

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NEWSFETCH – December 19, 2011

TOP NEWS Foppiano heirs in bitter fight over Healdsburg winery’s future Whoever satisfies the growing thirst for Chinese wine wins Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 makes Goldman Sachs top 100 charts Environmantalists Thwart Small Napa Vineyard Are California Wineries Looking to Sell? Crop insurance helps North Coast growers weather harvest Aussie tudy to clear the air […]

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