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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 – October 4, 2011

TOP NEWS World waking up to global problems California Winery Innovates For Success Keyways Winery becomes first Temecula winery sale since 2009 Healdsburg council approves another wine bar downtown Château Suduiraut produces Sauternes aimed at younger market Bottle maker Owens-Illinois Takes Venezuela’s Chavez To Int’l Tribunal Steve Case, Geyser Peak, $3 wine Beer vs Wine: […]

October 4, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Beer Ascending

I’ve just finished pouring the fourth bottle of red wine tonight down one of my kitchen sinks. This is a dreary but increasingly frequent experience. There is a LOT of crappy red plonk for $10 and under. And those four bottles that weren’t worth the calories are $40+ down the drain. There used to be […]

October 3, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – October 3, 2011

TOP NEWS Wine Volume Jumps 7.3 %In Control States, Spirits Up 6.4 % Wine clubs and what their success says about the wine business Wastewater treatment bedevils wineries Palm Bay’s Lunetta Rides Prosecco Trend, Approaching 150,000 Cases The boomerang effects of wine-making standardization: the case of defoliation Value Added: Tasting success by creating wine ‘experiences’ […]

October 3, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – September 30, 2011

TOP NEWS Global wine auctions, investments to slow in 2012 Vintage Point’s David Biggar Sees Nearly 40% Growth For Layer Cake Bye-Bye Cruvee, Hello VinTank Social Connect CARE bill worries Calif. wineries Study finds grower dissatisfaction with H-2A Consumer Spending in US Slows as Incomes Fall Sunol: Elliston Vineyards bought by Asian investors Winemaker Pahlmeyer’s […]

September 30, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Geyser Peak, Ascentia – Tomato, Tomahto

Following yesterday’s article (Geyser Peak Winery Facing Bankruptcy? Just Rumors Says CEO), I’ve gotten a number of emails and phone calls about Geyser Peak Winery and Ascentia Wine Estates. One email informed me that it’s Ascentia — all of it — that’s for sale, not just Geyser Peak. But given that Geyser Peak is part […]

September 29, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – September 29, 2011

TOP NEWS EU Wine Reform Targets The USA Global restaurant traffic flat or down in 2Q Geyser Peak Winery Facing Bankruptcy? Just Rumors Says CEO Combating Wine Fraud: Testing Authenticity of Without Damage Lake County: Tulip Hill Winery for sale, closes tasting room Healdsburg: Too many tasting rooms? Regional Wine Week 2011 Competition Heats for […]

September 29, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Geyser Peak Winery Facing Bankruptcy? Just Rumors Says CEO

Geyser Peak Winery — the last major brand in the Ascentia Wine Estates (AWE) portfolio — has been desperately shopping itself all summer and now faces bankruptcy if a buyer is not found immediately. This according to multiple major wine industry investors. However, AWE CEO Jim DeBonis told Wine Industry Insight that such talk was […]

September 28, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – September 28, 2011

TOP NEWS Do consumers need protection from out of state wine? Scientists Slam Aussie Claims Against Moderate Consumption Benefits The Wine Buyer’s Dilemma, The Wine Economists’ Blunder EPA Boosts Water Policing as Farmers Say Worst Fears Realized The state of the restaurant industry Alcohol Isn’t Worth the Trouble for Some Chain Restaurants Anti-Competitive Wine Moves […]

September 28, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – September 27, 2011

TOP NEWS Brown-Forman Former Chairman, CEO Dies At 69 Impact’s “Hot Prospects” Rank U.S. Market’s Most Promising Wine And Spirits Brands Robledo Winery Sued, Sexual Harassment Alleged AB Inbev brewing up mega deal for sabmiller Oriental Flushing Syndrome May Limit Chinese Wine Market To a producer from a wine rep who doesn’t work for Southern […]

September 27, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Weary, Trite, Worn-Out, Lame Wine Headlines

Don’t. Just don’t. They ain’t cute. They ain’t clever. They ain’t creative. And they’re NOT going to help you. (Now where did I put the Kaopectate?) Wine no more for me, my darling Chinese and French wine experts trying to put a cork in counterfeit wine Wineries uncork predictive analytics … Drink in the best […]

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