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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

Cosentino Winery – Lender & Exclusive Investor To Negotiate Private Sale

Physicians Reciprocal Insurers (PRI) — Cosentino Winery’s senior secured creditor — now owns the winery after it received no bids at the trustee sale this morning at the Napa Courthouse. No one was willing to meet PRI’s minimum bid of $10.55 million. PRI was owed approximately $12.5 million secured by the winery real estate in […]

December 29, 2010 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 29, 2010

The Constellation wines re-merger U.S. Economy: Consumer Confidence Falls on Jobs Concern Big Wine Brands Lead Growth in US Market Diageo spirits sales under the weather International auction action roundup Move Uva Merlot: Make Way for Italian Grapes in California NY: Wine in grocery stores will help local economy Oklahoma Business Leaders Lobby For Grocers […]

December 29, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 28, 2010

Australia’s CHAMP sees global wine cycle near bottom Small business economic confidence falls Retail Sales Rebound, Beating Forecasts Constellation Brands Scales Back Abroad, Stays “Local” Doctored wine pulled from Walmart shelves RI, MA: Two-state alcohol price rivalry rages on Champagne price outlook unlikely to sparkle on customers´ tongues OR: Plans for winery hit some snag […]

December 28, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 27, 2010

Brown-Forman will hold onto Sonoma-Cutrer Fetzer sale ‘possible’ Weyrich’s businesses to continue collapse into 2011 The Paradox of [Wine] Choice MA: Alcohol sales tax set to disappear on Jan. 1 Sonoma County Economy turning a corner? 5 Things Vin65 Learned In 2010 No Gas Drilling Near N.Y. Vineyards for Now Solar energy shines brightly for […]

December 27, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 24, 2010

Expect wine prices to go down in 2011 Maryland winemakers toast state report The Maryland Report On Direct Shipping—Half Bad China Invites South Africa to join BRIC market group American Investors Buy Burgundy Domaine Hermes Shares Jump in Paris After LVMH Increases Holding to More Than 20% Seattle area winery for sale Small Sonoma Winery […]

December 24, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 23, 2010

NIELSEN: Most Off-Premise Price Segments Gain, But Per-Bottle Prices Drop Wine #3 in Nielsen Top 10 Consumer Packaged Goods Growth for 2010 (pdf, page 6) Constellation Brands Enters Agreement to Sell Its Australian and U.K. Business Brown-Forman Weighs Options for California Wine Business Pernod sells New Zealand wine brands AZ: Gallo Strikes Again: Phoenix Restaurant […]

December 23, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NIELSEN: Most Off-Premise Price Segments Gain, But Per-Bottle Prices Drop

After two months of struggling, wines selling for more than $20 have regained the top spot for dollar volume increases in off-premise sales, according to scanner data from The Nielsen Company for the four-week period ending Nov. 13, 2010. Overall sales were also up from the past period — 5.3 percent — with U.S. wines […]

December 22, 2010 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 22, 2010

Foster’s announces beer, wine heads (Please scroll down under for more Foster’s news.) Australia’s Foster’s says beer, wine split on track Little sign of recovery in key new-world wine markets 2011 Will Be A Time of Box Wine, Not Champagne PA: Wine Kiosks Shuttered Just In Time For Holidays Monterey Wine Funds Blasted as Wasteful […]

December 22, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

MAVERICK ACQUIRED BY PRIVATE EQUITY GROUP

News Release: DATE: 12/21/2010 Maverick Enterprises, a secondary closure company located in Mendocino County, announces today that it has been acquired by PCM Companies LLC, an affiliate of Private Capital Management, Inc., a registered investment advisor headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota with a long track record of success in the private equity business. “As a market […]

December 21, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 21, 2010

Constellation, Brown-Forman to unload wine ops (Please scroll down for more Constellation & B-F news) Wine 2011: Look forward to good prices and choices NZ: Most vintners’ luck running out Nielsen: Some Americans Still Waiting to Spend, Anticipating Last Minute Holiday Deals Distilled Spirits Council Commends Oregon’s Spirits Markup Measure PA: Will Corbett End The […]

December 21, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More