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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

Journalism’s Slippery Slope

This piece: It’s time to admit that journalists are human beings is part candor and part slippery slope. “In the wake of the sanctioning of a public-radio host for being involved in an Occupy Wall Street protest, former Slate media critic Jack Shafer says that media outlets should stop trying to force their journalists to […]

October 27, 2011 | Filed under News Reporting & Journalism,Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – October 26, 2011

TOP NEWS Subpar economy has helped wine drinkers Can Private Label Wines Pour Profits for Wineries? (.pdf) Delicato Grows Fast With Value-Oriented, Creative Concepts The power of wine awards Tasting rooms offer tough-to-get wines under one roof Retailing Pinheads, part 2: MW, CS, MS, CSET, STFU Leon Panetta to toast New Year’s with $10,000 bottle […]

October 26, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – October 25, 2011

TOP NEWS Brown-Forman Sharpens Focus On Sonoma-Cutrer, Korbel Post-Fetzer Gallup: Economic Confidence Marginally Better Than Aug.Lows Why more wineries aren’t failing Bacchus Capital Invests in Sbragia Family Vineyards Most retailers expect to hire the same or fewer seasonal workers as a year ago California economy ticked up in August, says new report New Accord to […]

October 25, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – October 24, 2011

TOP NEWS Going into holiday season, consumer confidence still weak More Than Half Of Americans Didn’t Dine Out Last Year Mexico lifts 20 percent tariff on Golden State wine CA Warehouse Issued $499K Fine for Wage Statement Violations Diageo boss Paul Walsh threatens to cut top jobs in UK over 50% tax French Tax Code […]

October 24, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – October 21, 2011

TOP NEWS CDFA Market Enforcement Branch Acts Against 11 Vintners, Including 2 Criminal Cases Pinotgate: the scourge of all French wannabes Morris Chafetz, 87, Dies – Altered View of Alcoholism New Security Threat: Infected QR Codes Costco doubles down on Washington liquor initiative Vintank Offering Free Location-Based Marketing Seminar Traps detect California fruit fly infestation […]

October 21, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

CDFA Market Enforcement Branch Acts Against 11 Vintners, Including 2 Criminal Cases

The Market Enforcement Branch of the California Department of Food & Agriculture has acted against 11 vintners for licensing violations and grower payment improprieties. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete 672-word article. The full text of the following sections is available to subscribers of Wine Executive News. – TWO  WINERIES […]

October 21, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – October 20, 2011

TOP NEWS Wine lists are shrinking as restaurants offer more beer & cocktails Argentine grape growers predict depressed exports Congress must help ease farm labor crisis Free the Grapes! October Update Can American Fans Save German Riesling? The future of the wine business is not what you think The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly […]

October 20, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – October 19, 2011

TOP NEWS Barrel Stop Faces January Deadline For Ch11 Plan Approval Trinchero Adding To Hot Brand Success With Fresh Brands The Slow and Sad Death of Mobile Wine Apps It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like an E-Holiday: SymphonyIRI Ascentia Deep Discounting Geyser Peak & Columbia Aussie vat vandalism possible sabotage bid Is Liquor Liberty […]

October 19, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Barrel Stop Faces January Deadline For Ch11 Plan Approval

Barrel Stop Winery of Napa (also dba Dominari Winery) must gain creditor approval for a Chapter 11 plan by January 15, 2012 or be converted to Chapter 7 liquidation according to an order by Judge Alan Jaroslovsky of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. Barrel Stop’s most recent filings list $8,617,521 […]

October 19, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Ascentia Deep Discounting Geyser Peak & Columbia

From the Southern Wines & Spirits book:

October 18, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More