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CDFA/MEB Investigating Grape Payment Complaints Against 9 Wineries

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Market Enforcement Branch has received verified complaints against nine winegrape processors. In addition, the MEB has issued prosecution updates for two other cases now pending in Sonoma and Alameda Superior Courts. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete, 400-word article. Also In This Article: […]

June 30, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Skalli Not For Sale, Not To Castel Or Anyone Else

Skalli is not for sale to Castel or to anyone else according to Emma J. Swain, CEO of St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery, the company’s flagship Napa Valley winery. With Ms. Swain’s permission, her entire email is reproduced below: “Your note on Skalli wines [News Fetch, June 28, reference added] brought a flurry of […]

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

NEWSFETCH – June 29, 2011

TOP NEWS Aptos Area Quarantined For Grapevine Moth Gallo Winery buying Edna Valley Vineyard Brown vetoes farm worker unionization bill CAWG Comments On Card Check Veto WineVeterans Portet and Chase Start New Wine Company Direct to consumer shipping on the rise The Shipcompliant Seminar by the numbers Court Ruling Could Shut Down Sales At NJ […]

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

Editorial or Advertorial: What’s the Difference?

This piece from the Online Journalism Review:  Editorial or Advertorial: What’s the Difference?, is a blast from the past … 1998 to be exact. It shows that today’s blogvertorial controversy is nothing new at all. Obviously performance-based advertising is not evil thing so long as the line between editorial and advertising is clear, prominent and […]

June 28, 2011 | Filed under News Reporting & Journalism,Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – June 28, 2011

TOP NEWS Allied Grape Growers: Balanced market strengthens wine grape prices Financial Crisis Offers Greek winemakers best chance to grab U.S. market Skalli to be acquired by Castel? NPD: Consumers return to restaurants for dinner 150 More Aussie wine growers down the drain Surge In Demand For Vegan Wine 7-Eleven Grows Proprietary Wine List Susie […]

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

NEWSFETCH – June 27, 2011

TOP NEWS Diageo to seal landmark China drinks deal Hispanics and ‘Millennials’ fuel rise of Moscato, Malbec High spirits as liquor sales rise French wine consumption drops by three billion bottles Parducci & Paul Dolan Vineyards Inaugurate Wineries For Good Works Will Grapegrowers and Consumers Accept Franken-Wine? Fine wine fraudsters having another vintage year Wine.com […]

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

NEWSFETCH – June 24, 2011

TOP NEWS Lawyer at Lodi forum warns of Delta water grab Treasury Wine Estates closes Asti tasting room Technomic: Restautants should raise prices but create value Valuing the great estates of Bordeaux – who is in the €50 M club? Premium Argentine Winery Argento Targets U.S. What a $150,000/bottle Whiskey Has To Do With Your […]

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

NEWSFETCH – June 23, 2011

TOP NEWS Lolonis Winery Melts Down, Growers Scramble To Get Paid $1.1 Million+ Technomic: Don’t call it a recovery, yet Have Chinese buyers had their fill of Lafite? Eurocrats mull EU alcohol marketing law Social media and the politics of disclosure Card check empowers unions, not union workers Planting Cork Oak in Southern California Calif […]

June 23, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Lolonis Winery Melts Down, Growers Scramble To Get Paid $1.1 Million+

The precipitous meltdown of Mendocino County’s Lolonis Winery has left growers scrambling to recover whatever they can of more than $1 million in unpaid winegrape bills. And while grower liens may offer some partial comfort, they will need to fight to recover anything at all in the upcoming Superior Court battle over the winery’s liquidation. […]

June 22, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – June 22, 2011

TOP NEWS Global wine sales boom despite crisis Deutsch succeeds in French Category By Tapping New Consumers 3 Stocks to Profit From the Rise of the Affluent Chinese Consumer Winery exec killed while waterskiing Bacchus Capital Provides Growth Capital for Andretti Winery ‘Bastard of Saint-Emilion’ wins 11 year inheritance battle Fair Play Vineyard On Auction […]

June 22, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More