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Context Needed: U.S. Wine Exports Recover From Recession, Value Up 13% Over 2008

The Wine Institute news release needs a bit more context than is provided. First of all, despite the California headline, these data are overall United States numbers. No actual California shipment data is included. The actual “record” increase is substantial, but not the giddy 25.6 percent touted. If one must tout a “record” then one […]

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

NEWSFETCH – February 21, 2011

TOP NEWS UK to declare war on wine? Drinking alcohol might kill quarter million Britons in next 2 decades: experts WA: With no buyer, one of state’s oldest wineries may close for good Diageo Warns of Weak Conditions in Europe Net farm income: 20 percent jump predicted Possible link between berry shrivel and bunch-stem necrosis […]

February 20, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – February 18, 2011

TOP NEWS Could wine bars save bankrupt Borders? Chinese purchase Chateau de Viaud Distilled Spirits Industry Beginning to Rebound From Recession Partnership Inked Between Bill Hambrecht, Phil Hurst, Paul and Heath Dolan Grapevine DNA testing ready first time in U.S. SupremeCorq Suspending Operations Suitors For Piper & Heidsieck may include LVMH with Thienot Group or […]

February 18, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – February 17, 2011

TOP NEWS Vancouver’s Marc Anthony Group sues The Wine Group Consumers: Plenty To Hate About Supermarkets Interview: Chinese COFCO VP says company seeks larger global wine role Napa vineyard owner digs in on land-use fight Havens Wine Cellars Back In Business San Benito County Wine grape harvest strong this year AG: Federal Budget Add-Ons From […]

February 17, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Havens Wine Cellars Back In Business

Havens Wine Cellars is back in business and will release their 2009 Oakville Appellation Cabernet Sauvignon at Premier Napa Valley on Feb. 26. Winery founder Michael Havens will not be associated with the new company.  Aaron Pott, the former winemaker and General Manager of Quintessa Estate, is the consulting wine maker. The new venture is […]

February 16, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – February 16, 2011

TOP NEWS Treasury Ponders Road Ahead Diageo Sells Echelon to Winery Exchange US: Wine trends lean toward bargains, natural growers Precept Now Washington’s No. 2 Wine Producer Crop Surge Lifts Farmland Prices Millennials changing wine’s alcohol levels Paid sick leave challenges Calif. restaurants Same-store sales negative at family restaurant chains Overall US Retail sales increase […]

February 16, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – February 15, 2011

TOP NEWS Wine brand has little importance to consumer choices, UK study Foster’s lets go of its poison potion Winery’s transition sustains Bogle legacy Lodi grape yield down, prices slightly up Market Opportunities – Bulk Wine & Grapes 2010 Rioja Wine Exports to U.S. Market Up 33 Percent OZ: 100th Vintage – The family way […]

February 15, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – February 14, 2011

TOP NEWS Calif producers: grape prices ‘unsustainable’ Calif exports soared in 2010 Calif Crush: Demand high for grape harvest Canadian beer (not wine & spirits) exempt from new food-allergen labelling rules Is U.S. wine too bland? Holman Lang Winery Sold Plea deal in Calif farm worker’s death sparks protest Enologix’s Leo McCloskey on fixing U.S. […]

February 14, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – February 11, 2011

TOP NEWS A Graphical Overview of the 2010 Preliminary Crush Please scroll down for many more crush articles Gov Brown Appoints McNamara Pres of the Calif Board of Food and Agriculture Colour more important than price when choosing wine, says report Austria: Vandals destroy 500-year old vineyard UK: Naked Wines Challenges UK Wine Drinkers to […]

February 11, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

A Graphical Overview of the 2010 Preliminary Crush

These are the best, “high-altitude” overview of the 2010 Preliminary Crush Report. Tens of thousand of words of analysis from many experts will dissect all these and from that, hopefully meaning. Meanwhile, you can get .XLS files and/or .PDFs of the whole report by surfing over here. LEADING GRAPE VARIETIES AND DISTRICTS In 2010, Chardonnay […]

February 10, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More