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NEWSFETCH – September 7, 2011

TOP NEWS Proposed Calif labor bill would preserve secret ballot Direct-To-Consumer Database Start-Up Gets $1.3 Million in Funding Are Consumers to Blame for the Sorry State of Wine? IBG Buys WTN Services Division of 1-800-flowers.com, Creates WineDirect More dysfunction ahead in immigration debate Olympic Gold Medalist Peggy Fleming’s Winery — Fleming Jenkins — To Close […]

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

Direct-To-Consumer Database Start-Up Gets $1.3 Million in Funding,

“The wine industry today is similar to what I saw in the specialty retail catalog industry 30 years ago,” said Pat Connolly, Vintners’ Alliance’s co-founder. COMPANY NEWS RELEASE,  September 6, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO —  Vintners’ Alliance, a marketing technology and database provider for super-premium wineries said it has received $1.3 Million Series A round of […]

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

IBG Buys WTN Services Division of 1-800-flowers.com, Creates WineDirect

For Immediate Release September 6, 2011 New Company Provides One-Stop Solution for Direct-to-Consumer Wine Fulfillment, Ecommerce and Marketing (Napa, California) — Inertia Beverage Group (IBG) and 1-800-flowers.com, Inc. today announced a strategic alliance designed to enhance both company’s position in the wine business. As part of the agreement, IBG has purchased the WTN Services division […]

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NEWSFETCH – September 6, 2011

TOP NEWS Supermarket unions push Calif ban on alcohol self-checkout Privately held wine companies snap up properties Oil Exec John Hofmeister To Keynote WSWA 2012 Convention Farm storage-pond bill heads to governor’s office Proposed Calif Law would regulate pot like wine May We Suggest a Pinot With That Redwood Forest? Silenus Wine Exhibition starts at […]

September 6, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Heading to Napa for the Sonoma Wine Auction

We’re headed to Napa to escape the Sonoma Wine auction tourist jams. For locals,  the event means more tourists than ever, stopping in the middle of the road to take a picture of every damned grapevine in sight … and drinking way more than usual which is usually way more than they should. Makes going […]

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

NEWSFETCH – September 2, 2011

TOP NEWS No US Brands Among World’s Top 10 Most Admired Cal Gov suggests California ag labor changes Federal Ag Child labor laws may be toughened Australia’s Wine Bust Aussie vineyards ripe for the buying The Personal Investments of China’s Tech CEOs: From Pig Farms and Wineries Spotlight: Cameron Hughes Should local restaurants feature only […]

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NEWSFETCH – September 1, 2011

TOP NEWS Healdsburg’s Limerick Lane Winery being sold Restaurant operators’ outlook dimmed in July Binny’s Beverage Depot Of Chicago Continues Aggressive Expansion UC Davis Study: Federal Program Has Significant Effect on Wine Market Two Buck Chuck’s New Home In Sacramento? Cork and synthetic bullish about performance Gov. Jerry Brown may restructure water boards, throwing ag […]

September 1, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

UC Davis Study Finds Federal Program Has Significant Effect on Wine Market

News Release August 31, 2011 Sacramento, Calif. – Today, the University of California Agricultural Issues Center released an economic study which finds that use of the federal drawback program expanded rapidly over the past decade, resulting in significant movement in bulk wine supply and prices for California winegrapes. However, determining whether the drawback program is […]

August 31, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – August 31, 2011

TOP NEWS Yellow Tail Creates a New Theme to Help Spur Growth Calif grape harvest delayed How Does a Wine Monopoly Lose Money? Gilt Taste Wine v. Lot18: The Battle For Online Wine Sales California farm revenues reach new high “All wines work well in the Asian market” Has the BEA Already Documented A Double […]

August 31, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Pepi: A Winery Web Site Gone Horribly, Horribly Wrong

Winery web sites at their very fundamental level, should provide visitors with information about the winery, the wines, people, and everything else about the operation and the product. But sometimes, somebody loses sight of all that. They let designers go wild, fail to establish goals for the site or lose sight of  every rule of […]

August 30, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More