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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

Final New Vine Liquidation: $Zip For All Creditors Except For Taxes, Trustee and 1 Former Exec

Tax authorities, the Federal Bankruptcy Trustee and one former New Vine exec will be the only recipients of cash from the well-picked bones of the direct shipping company taken over by Inertia Beverage Group in a no-bid auction in July 2009. VIP Subscribers (now called Wine Executive News) click here to read the complete, un-redacted […]

January 25, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

WII’s Premium VIP Content Is Now Wine Executive News

The VIP premium content section of Wine Industry Insight has now become Wine Executive News. The change has resulted from two rewarding years of working with both our free (News Fetch) and premium subscribers. Because our premium subscribers are  — with few exceptions — winery owners, top wine company and industry supplier executives, financial movers/shakers, […]

January 25, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Snooth & CellarTracker – Legal & Ethical Ain’t Always The Same

Point. Counterpoint. Vintank’s Paul Mabray has written two blog posts ( #1 here and #2 here) on what he sees as Snooth’s improper use of CellarTracker tags by Snooth. Snooth has responded twice: in a Cyril Penn blog post at Wine Business Insider Blog, and in Snooth Founder Phillip James’ blog. In essence, Mabray has […]

January 25, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – January 24, 2011

Jobs, Inflation Drive Pessimistic End to 2010 Global Consumer Confidence Foster’s loses CIO Leyden Wineries shrug off slump Wine Drinkers Picking Higher-Priced Bottles The TRUTH About Snooth Data Pesticides kill French winegrower Justin Vineyards owner settles Malicious Prosecution Case Involving Princess Diana Fund Decision on Jess Jackson’s request to rename Black Mountain delayed Napa vineyard […]

January 24, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – January 21, 2011

Federal illegal worker crackdown expands with creation of audit office Messier, Bronfman get suspended jail in French Vivendi trial Better times ahead for N Coast grape growers Williamson Act Tax break for Calif ranchers, farmers on chopping block Ab Simon, Chairman of Seagram Wine Unit, Dies at 88 Sonoma Valley Vintner John Wellington Dies Vintners, […]

January 21, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – January 20, 2011

Higher Food & Gas Costs: Consumers To Manage Food Budgets Differently Ascentia Wine Estates: Debonis Out Kenton in As CEO Farmworkers win pay increase, set agriculture precedent Alcohol Companies Struggle With Nutrition labels Wine: Two perspectives from a down economy Hope Family Wines Promotes Meliza Jalbert to Export Director Wine drinkers trending back toward pricier […]

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

NEWSFETCH – January 19, 2011

2010 Global Wine Exports Improve Over 2009: Rabobank Cosentino Winery Update – License & 840+ Affected Parties Constellation to close Blackstone’s Kenwood winery Constellation reins in Wild Horse operation Comprehensive genetic analysis of domesticated grape completed WELL DUH! – Argentina pulls ahead of Chile in wine exports to U.S. Authenticity, Millennials and Wine Star at […]

January 19, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

WELL DUH! – Argentina pulls ahead of Chile in wine exports to U.S.

This shouldn’t come as any surprise to anybody: Argentina pulls ahead of Chile in wine exports to U.S. Chile right now has a crisis because their peso is strong against almost every other currency, especially the dollar. (Click on “view” — right-hand box — for the one-year chart.) The Argentinian peso is the ONLY currency […]

January 19, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Cosentino Winery Update – License & 840+ Affected Parties

LICENSE TRANSFER Bankruptcy Judge Alan Jaroslovsky (Eastern District of California) approved on Jan. 14, the sale of Cosentino Winery’s California liquor license (#396215 ) to Vintage Wine Estates for $10,000. The transfer to VWE had not been recorded by the California ABC as of the writing of this article. Click here to check current status. […]

January 19, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

2010 Global Wine Exports Improve Over 2009: Rabobank

2010 global exports are improving for most countries over 2009, but exchange rates will continue to be a problem, according to the Rabobank Global Wine Quarterly Report for Q4 2010 (pdf). BRIEF OVERALL STUDY HIGHLIGHTS France, Italy, Spain, the US, Chile and Argentina all registered substantial increases in export volumes. The one exception appears to […]

January 18, 2011 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More