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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

Musical Inspiration To End The Work Week

Those readers who read all the way down to the bottom of each day’s News Fetch know I listen to Slacker Radio Alternative Channel during the 2.5 to 3 hours each day it takes me to produce it. Down there under the last advertisement, I usually list one or two songs that were interesting, inspiring […]

August 12, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs,Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – August 11, 2011

TOP NEWS Screaming Eagle Founder Buys Pillar Rock Vineyard Michel-Schlumberger Being Sold? Marcassin under fire for Burgundy bashing Study Says Sue Alcohol Retailers to Reduce Alcohol-Related Problems Wall Street and weather keep agriculture industry on edge Hardship, potential for SLO wine industry Second-label Spell Wines designed to appeal to millennials Study Says Drudge Report Drives […]

August 11, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Screaming Eagle Founder Buys Pillar Rock Vineyard

Arlie Jean Phillips — who founded über-cult winery Screaming Eagle in 1986 — has purchased the 114-acre Pillar Rock Vineyard. The Stags Leap Appellation property includes an estate home, 22 acres of prize-winning vineyards, a vested winery permit and approval for caves. Specifics on price and other details about the property and purchase are available […]

August 11, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Michel-Schlumberger Being Sold?

Just in: as-yet unconfirmed information from multiple sources indicates that Michel-Schlumberger Wines is soliciting buy-out offers for a reported $12 million. Sources say that owner Jacques Schlumberger is ready to retire and that his family members are not interested in running the winery. Sources further indicate that a buyer may already have been signed. More […]

August 11, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – August 10, 2011

TOP NEWS Bankrupt Addamo Winery Gets Buyout Offer From Far-Eastern Oilman Grape harvest at hand in Central Valley U.S. restaurant count continues to fall Federal debt deal will affect farmers in coming years Feds move to speed wine bottle labeling Did China Really Save Bordeaux? Kiwis use helicopters to fight frost What factors are fueling […]

August 10, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Bankrupt Addamo Winery Gets Buyout Offer From Far-Eastern Oilman

Bankrupt Addamo Estate Vineyards of Santa Maria has filed a Chapter 11 reorganization plan that relies on a purchase offer from controversial oilman Randeep Grewal whose various petroleum companies have chronically run afoul of environmental regulations along the California Coast, most frequently in Santa Barbara County.The company is facing charges  filed in U.S. District Court […]

August 10, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – August 9, 2011

TOP NEWS S&P Downgrades Include Farm Credit Diners seek refuge from London riots in wine cellar Sale reopens disputes over founding of Landmark Vineyards U.S. Retail E-Commerce Spending Up 14% Thanks To An Increase In Buyers Budweiser Trademark Trolls Extort Argentinian Winery Name Change Companies pursue Indian consumers: Economy on track to match China’s Tesco’s […]

August 9, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

S&P Downgrades Include Farm Credit

Along with the U.S. Sovereign debt, S&P has downgraded senior debt issues by the Farm Credit System. Issuer credit ratings on the four System Banks is unchanged. My thanks to Santa Maria real estate appraiser Dave Hamel for tipping me off to this. This is what the S&P statement had to say about Farm Credit […]

August 9, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – August 8, 2011

TOP NEWS Central Coast frost severe but could have been worse Growers wary of compulsory e-verify Top Ten Napa Valley Properties Now On The Market Social media presence “not important” to drinks consumers Moms drive restaurant decisions for entire family Bordeaux 2011: Early, but not great? Farmland values continue to rise; will the trend last? […]

August 8, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – August 5, 2011

TOP NEWS Federal debt law could speed farm bill Environmental ‘Dirty Dozen’ challenged by UC Davis Ren Acquisition Closes Purchase of Renwood Winery Fine Wine: Only For the Uber-Wealthy Distributor-Inspired Bill Would Ruin Mass. Craft Brewers Women Winemakers Go Online A warning for the U.S.: High alcohol taxes fuel fraud in the U.K. Argentina launches […]

August 5, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More