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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

A Good Article Spoiled By Nauseating, Self-Congratulatory Hype

I was about to add the news, below, under the “TOP NEWS” in today’s News Fetch until I read the first sentence containing the following: “the highly trusted bulk wine and grape brokerage company…” Gag me with a bung puller. True, Bill Turrentine certainly IS highly respected, no doubt. But this sort of self-celebratory offal […]

June 14, 2011 | Filed under News Reporting & Journalism,Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – June 13, 2011

TOP NEWS Gallo Winery Fire Guts hundreds of thousands of empty wine bottles (Video here) Premier Pacific Plan to cut Sonoma forest for vineyards faces opposition Is it “Game on” in the Wine World? SJ Valley Winegrowers Tasting partners with Hispanic Chamber & Young Professionals Assn. The road to China NY Retailer Morrell Sees Growth […]

June 13, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – June 10, 2011

TOP NEWS CA Bill Would Ban Retailers From Selling Alcohol Through Self-Service Checkouts Red wine partly behind good SLO County Jobs Report Lodi reaches out to expand trade with China Soaring beer, cocktail sales prompts restaurant to ditch wine list Calif. wine grape growers suffer a sobering spring Wine: Now THAT’S a Lousy Business MW: […]

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

Hong Kong Tycoon Offers $40 Mil For Napa Valley Winery & Vineyard

Hong Kong investment and factoring company Goldin Financial Holdings (HKEX:530), said Wednesday in a public filing (available to Wine Executive News subscribers) that they were acquiring an as-yet-unidentified Napa Valley vineyard and winery for $40 million and that the deal was expected to close today. The Goldin filing also stated that the “book value” of […]

June 9, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – June 9, 2011

TOP NEWS Asset Sales double Brown-Forman Profit Strange dieback affecting Sonoma Pinot crop Appetite for Upscale Dining Shows Little Sign of Revival Technomic finds online daily restaurant deals driving positive consumer behavior Aussie Wine grape glut problem continues Top Cava Brands Tap Into US Consumer Price Sensitivity Arroyo Seco winery approved Women agree to disagree […]

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

NEWSFETCH – June 8, 2011

TOP NEWS Alcohol sales thrive in hard times How many times in 10 years can Bordeaux producers create “the vintage of the century?” E-VerifyDemands for Farm Labor Likely to Increase Climate change not responsible for rising alcohol levels: study Sonoma County grape values down, other crops up in 2010 Money, Power and Wine Cool weather, […]

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

Texas Wine Industry Urges Drinkers to Drink Texan or Go Thirsty

Just received this news release. The program seems to follow the path pioneered by Australia. I suppose you might as well do this since the totalitarian influences at the Texas ABC, UPS and FedEx have told consumers to go screw themselves when it comes to wine choice. ————————— NEWS RELEASE ————————- For Immediate Release: June […]

June 8, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – June 7, 2011

TOP NEWS Delaware House committee stops bill to legalize wine shipments Illegal Immigration Focus Switches To Employers Wine & Spirits Education Trust Adopts Hanni Principles Sonoma Growers Hear New Water, Labor Policies Winery serves as veterans’ sanctuary Restaurants expect strong summer employment Sonoma Winemaker Lewis Douglas Davis Dies Crush Lunch in honor of a Mike […]

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

Wine & Spirits Education Trust Adopts Hanni Principles

NEWS RELEASE Napa CA, June 7, 2011 — The London-based Wine & Spirits Education Trust, the major international beverage educational association, is adopting the wine-and-food program espoused by Tim Hanni, M.W., after his visit this month. Hanni’s principles focus on individual preferences and eliminates the inference, “we know what you should like better than you […]

June 7, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – June 6, 2011

TOP NEWS Rabobank Owed $30Mil+ By Olsen Ag Raises Objections That May Threaten Bacchus Funding Silicon Valley Bank parent eyes India, China Pernod-Ricard Facing Declining UK Wine Sales Thief switches barcode, gets Petrus for $3.65 Ag industry faces labor woes in immigration debate Fetzer Reborn: Concha y Toro’s Big Plans for California 5 positive signs […]

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