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Chinese investors have made international headlines over the past year buying chateaux in France along with vineyards and wineries in Australia and New Zealand. Now a Chinese investment group has purchased Napa Valley’s Frazier Winery along with vineyards, land and an adjacent estate home. The sale was purchased out of three interrelated Chapter 11 bankruptcy […]
TOP NEWS Scroll down for a round-up of Jess Jackson obituaries from a wide range of sources including the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and more. Wine insurance concerns on the increase Ancien Wines winemaker dies in tank Aussie wine grape prices down 33-50% 1Q preview: Trends positive for […]
TOP NEWS Jess Jackson Dies (CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED) UFW Supports Bill To Allow Off-Site Voting For Union Foster’s demerger hits executive hurdle Hispanic and Millennial Judging Panels Debut at San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Competition French riot cops angry over lunchtime wine ban Silicon Valley Bank 2011-2012 State of the Wine Industry Report-April 27 Online Napa Valley […]
UPDATED INFO (NEWEST AT TOP) Kendall-Jackson winery owner Jess Jackson dies at 81 Jess Stonestreet Jackson Obituary From BloodHorse.Com: Owner Jess Jackson Dies at Age 81 KJ Blog Wine Icon Jess Stonestreet Jackson Passes Away ORIGINAL ARTICLE (DRAFTED 6:07 A.M.) Jess Jackson has died. Details from the company and family are not yet available. Multiple […]
TOP NEWS Market Enforcement Branch Investigates Remy Cointreau + 4 Other Wineries The Hess Collection Reaches New Contract Agreement With UFCW Local 5 $21 million for Justin Winery land Organic farming helps water retention Wine Law Seminar in Seattle to Focus on Financial and Legal Regulation The value of the winery experience Frost Protection In […]
The Market Enforcement Branch of the California Department of Food & Agriculture is investigating verified complaints from growers against five winegrape purchasers including Remy Cointreau USA. Please visit this Wine Industry Insight article for more information about the MEB and its role. Wine Executive News Subscribers (formerly VIP Premium Content) please click here to learn […]
TOP NEWS Robert, Richard Sands Split $25+ Million As Constellation Earnings, Share Prices Climb Vineyard’s profits shrink as regulatory expenses increase Pallet Wine Co. separates from Footstone Jive How Winemaking Is Like the Fashion Industry Chinese poised to snap up Aussie wine industry bargains Aussie Wine grape growers in dire financial straits Restaurant Industry is […]
Constellation Brands’ (NYSE: STZ) top two executives — Chairman Richard Sands and President and CEO Robert Sands — will split more than $25 million in cash and stock compensation according to the company’s current 8-K report filed April 5 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Click here for the entire report). Wine Executive News subscribers […]
TOP NEWS Frost damages wine grape crops in SLO County Ventura County approves, then rescinds Calif’s first methyl iodide permit FDA Says Alcohol Not Subject To New Labeling Rules, Solicits Comments Plonk Wars: Industry attacks psychologist for flawed taste test OMG! Brand Trends for Wine Revealed in Trademark Filings OZ: Wine grape glut problem continues […]
The following appears in the FDA Federal Register Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Menu Labeling (Federal Register: April 6, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 66) Proposed Rules, Page 19191-19236): While alcohol beverages are “food” under the FD&C Act, FDA recognizes that at least one court has held that TTB has exclusive jurisdiction over the labels of […]