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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

Kosta Browne, The Barlow To Build Winery In Downtown Sebastopol, Calif (Sonoma County)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KOSTA BROWNE WINERY Tony Lombardi Public Relations Director (707) 823-5935 tony@kostabrowne.com (May 5, 2011 — Sebastopol, CA) — One of California’s most sought after Pinot Noir brands announces plans to occupy a brand new, state of the art winery in The Barlow, located in the center of downtown Sebastopol, CA. The opening […]

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NEWSFETCH – May 6, 2011

TOP NEWS More consumers plan to drink this year Research Finds Only One in Four Willing to Pay More for Eco-Friendly Products Kosta Browne, The Barlow To Build Winery In Downtown Sebastopol, Calif US Spirits & Wine Ad Spend Up For First Time Since Recession Onset Is Australian wine poised for a comeback? WA: Retiring […]

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Worst News Release Of The Year (so far): ShopDragon & World of Wine Festival

Entire release below. Any clue as to WHEN THE BLOODY FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE? Yes, yes I am shouting. Every morning, every day, I get a flood of badly written news releases but this one takes the cake. Few PR people these days have ever been  journalists. Some do an excellent job despite that, but way […]

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NEWSFETCH – May 5, 2011

TOP NEWS Private Equity Drinks And Drives (But Not At The Same Time) Bloggers Driving New Zealand Wine Sales In Asia TTB reopens comments for Fort Ross-Seaview AVA in western Sonoma County Opposition mounts to Jess Jackson’s renaming of Sonoma County peak World Renowned Rhone Valley Winemaker Forges New Partnership in the Finger Lakes Sankey […]

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All The Wine Industry News: Not Just The Feel-Good Stuff

I get complaints now and then about the selection of articles for News Fetch and Wine Industry Insight. The most frequent  gripe comes over why I select articles dealing with alcohol abuse or those with an obvious NeoProhibitionist slant. Why do it? Because being informed means having all the information, not just the feel-good stuff. […]

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Sankey Brings Back Wine On Tap

By Jim Neal – President/CEO – N2 WINES & Jeff Gunn – President/CEO – IDD Process & Packaging, Inc. Wine on Tap is back, and the stainless steel “Sankey” keg concept is spreading through the US wine market. From San Francisco to New York City and most major wine sales centers in between, on-premise operators […]

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NEWSFETCH – May 4, 2011

TOP NEWS Wine Sales Gain At the Expense of Discounting, Aussies Buried By Their Own Dollar Metro Premium Wines Sues Bogle, Winebow Mike Lee, wine icon dies Aussies to spend $4m to smoke out wine taint Foster’s Wine Binge Leaves Lasting Headache – The Economist Virginia wine business to Texas: Drop dead Regulators delay new […]

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Metro Premium Wines Sues Bogle, Winebow

Metro Premium Wines has sued Bogle Vineyards and Winebow, charging them with ten counts including breach of contract, fraud, and conspiracy. The lawsuit, originally filed in Cook County (Chicago) Circuit Court, has been transferred to federal court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the […]

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Nielsen: Wine Sales Gain At the Expense of Discounting, Aussies Buried By Their Own Dollar

High-end wines continued their dominance of off-premise sales gains, according to scanner data from The Nielsen Company for the 52-week period ending April 2, 2011. Most gains, however, came at the expense of price discounts. Overall wine sales were up 3.2% with U.S. wines gaining 4.8 % and imports down 0.4 %. Spreadsheets and Nielsen […]

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NEWSFETCH – May 3, 2011

TOP NEWS Torres plans major expansion in China Canal Break Cuts Water to Placer Vineyards Labor Updates: UPS, NLRB and Card Check; Record Hong Kong series tackles non-payment issue on wine, antiques Digital and Very Social: American Women and Technology Adoption Total Wine & More to Break $1 Billion in Sales This Year Precision breeding […]

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