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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

Advertisers & Editors: Beware Of Using Flash

Bandwidth is not free. Comcast and other Internet providers are enforcing stiff bandwidth limits on its customers Videos, advertisements and and other Flash graphics are bandwidth hogs and those that start automatically consume a user’s allotment regardless of whether they’re interested or not. Stiff fines await users exceeding their rations. That makes this a dollars […]

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Rabo Agrifinance Owed $30Mil+ By Olsen Ag Raises Objections That May Threaten Bacchus Funding

Rabo Agrifinance (Rabo) — is owed more than twice the amount apparent in Olsen Agricultural’s incomplete initial filings — and has objected to the blanket use of cash collateral secured by its loans. Judge Elizabeth L. Perris of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon, on Friday agreed with Rabo’s objections and has […]

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NEWSFETCH – June 3, 2011

TOP NEWS Oregon Grower’s Survival Hinges on Quick Approval of High-Interest Bridge Financing Champagne Rebounds, With Some Marketers Seeing Frugality Fatigue Santa Maria Vintner Ardison Phillips, 70, dies Threat to GPS has agriculture industry concerned Weather Worries Northwest Wine Industry California: 2011 A Very Bad Year for Wine How Critical Should A Wine Critic Be? […]

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Oregon Grower’s Survival Hinges on Quick Approval of High-Interest Bridge Financing

The immediate survival of bankrupt Willamette Valley grower Olsen Agricultural Enterprises (“Olsen Ag”) depends on quick court approval of a plan to use secured receivables to finance a multimillion-dollar Debtor-In-Possession financing plan. The company filed for Chapter 11 protection June 1 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon. Rabobank, Olsen Ag’s largest single […]

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NEWSFETCH – June 2, 2011

TOP NEWS Will Supreme Court’s Arizona Law Ruling Affect Calif Ag Workers? Canadian consumers return to high-end wines Restaurant traffic up, average check down Good news for wine industry but not all wineries seeing the benefits Oregon Winegrape Grower Sunk By Grass Seed Market Crash Selling wine at NY supermarkets could help save farming Fresno […]

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NEWSFETCH – June 1, 2011

TOP NEWS Rabobank, W.J.Deutsch Take Massive Write-Downs As Court Clears Way For Renwood Winery Sale Restauranteurs maintain positive outlook on sales Seghesio Family Sells Historic Winery U.S. wine sales rebound Treasury UK releases impulse wine sales guide Randall Grahm developing hybrid vineyard Decanter “Most Powerful” List Built Upon Snobbery Rather Than Power Unusual weather: Climate […]

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Decanter “Most Powerful” List Built Upon Snobbery Rather Than Power

Decanter’s annual “Powerful” list is based not so much on power, clout, or the ability to move markets, but on a snobbish gaze at a small self-indulgent world that is increasingly irrelevant to the vast majority of the globe’s wine drinkers. Indeed, the wine industry’s obsession with the navel-gazing worship of sacred grapes blessed by […]

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Rabobank, W.J.Deutsch Take Massive Write-Downs As Court Clears Way For Renwood Winery Sale

The sale of financially troubled Renwood Winery has moved a step closer with the  approval of a consent agreement that will allow the assets to be sold free and clear of liens and lawsuits. Robert S. Bardwil, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge for the Eastern District of California, has approved a compromise consent agreement in the […]

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NEWSFETCH – May 31, 2011

TOP NEWS Aware of Its Dependence, Napa Takes Care of Migrant Workers Social Media Distractions Are Costing Businesses Major Money California wine grape growers concerned about erratic spring weather Latinos today find wine to their taste In Calif & Texas, Latino Moves to Wine Mean Exciting New Pairings Trade anger rises over high-alcohol wines Napa […]

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NEWSFETCH – May 30, 2011

TOP NEWS Internet Gives Wine Auctions New Wrinkle Wine Revelations, Power Grabs, Numbers, Battles and Events Skinner Vineyards: High Tech & History in the Foothills Marketing Wine in Order to Make Premium Wine Brands Profitable Kiwi wineries must band together to break into China market South African wine businesses going global with online tools Twins […]

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