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NEWSFETCH – October 11, 2011

TOP NEWS Domestic Wine Sales Steadily Up Will Customers Buy Wine on Facebook? Tasting Rooms: An Argument Against Big Limo Groups Immigration reform tops public policy issues Calif Gov signs dozens of new laws impacting business Temecula’s Keyways winery has new owners, expansion plans 1/3 of consumers will spend more online than in-store this year […]

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Ah Shaddup Awreddy With Trump Winery’s Reality Show Bubkes!

In addition to the news crawler I programmed to find articles for News Fetch, I log onto 163 web sites (as of latest count) each morning. Occasionally something keeps coming back like bad indigestion and today it’s the fascination with The Donald and his Virginia horse country “winery.” A couple of examples: Don of a […]

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NEWSFETCH – October 10, 2011

TOP NEWS Global wine exports grow, but not for Aussies, SAfricans Unionization of farmworkers gets protection under new California law Short 2011 crop brings relief to growers, but not much French winegrower potentially ruined by usual bureaucratic stupidity Wine consumption on rise among U.S. Hispanic adults New law streamlines storage-pond process for California wineries UPDATE: […]

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Comcast Weekend Work Fixes News Fetch Internet

When Comcast fixed my Internet they left me with a connection fast enough to spin my eyeballs around. I’m extremely happy with the fix. Not so much with the system. While the customer service reps I spoke with on Wednesday morning were courteous, they did nothing.By Friday morning my connection had crawled to 0.072 Mbits/sec […]

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NEWSFETCH – October 7, 2011

TOP NEWS Fairmont Sonoma For Sale? US Rep from Utah works to stop direct wine shipping, has 109 co-sponsors for bill Marijuana-infused wines are an open secret in wine country Rep. Lungren’s Proposal to Deal With E-Verify in Agriculture What does the economic slump mean for restaurant hiring? Restaurants: Bankruptcies and Lawsuits WA State Wine […]

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Fresno State Valley Berry Sensory Meeting Postponed

The grape berry workshop for growers and students originally planned for Oct. 20 at California State University, Fresno’s Viticulture and Enology Building (2360 E. Barstow Ave.) has been postponed until October 18, 2012, during next year’s harvest season. Due to unforeseen circumstances, organizers are unable to offer the hands-on evaluation exercise which is a critical […]

October 7, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Washington State Wine Commission executive director to leave

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEATTLE (October 6, 2011) – After nearly 30 years in public service, Washington State Wine Commission executive director Robin Pollard today announced that she will leave her current post at the end of this year to pursue new ventures in the private sector. “This has been the pinnacle of my professional experience,” […]

October 6, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Comcast Offers Dial-Up Modem Speeds At Broadband Prices, Bogs Down News Fetch…Again

This is what happens when broadband is a monopoly with no effective competition. A week or 10 days ago, I was getting what I paid for — download speeds of 6 to 10 Megabits-per-second (Mbps). And now (Oct 6) — 0.45 Mbps. No, the decimal is _not_ in the wrong place. (I wish!) UPDATE: As […]

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NEWSFETCH – October 6, 2011

TOP NEWS Millennials: The Flashier the Label, the Better the Wine! Tightening grape supply alters winery strategies SymphonyIRI Report Takes a New Look at Private Label Trends SLO law firm closes third winery sale Calistoga officials worry about legal risks of regulating wine Lake County Wine To Benefit From USDA Grants WA: Will State Privatize […]

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NEWSFETCH – October 5, 2011

TOP NEWS Wine drinkers may be imbibing party drugs SF Wine Writer Robert Finigan Dies Double-Dip: Is fine wine heading back to the future? Aussie Nobel winner Says Grapegrowing Harder Than Astrophysics US grape shortage pushes prices up Spanish Winemaker to Miss Sales Target as Consumption Drops Prominent Mexican restaurant chain bankrupt Retailers and manufacturers […]

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