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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

Gallo Lawyers Strike Tiny Paso Winery

“What’s the word?” “Thunderbird.” “What’s the price?” “Three bits twice.” E. & J. Gallo no longer runs that advertising jingle for Thunderbird, a throat-cauterizing brew which — along with EJG’s Night Train — is popular among dumpster divers. Regardless, that doesn’t mean their lawyers won’t strike like lightning at anybody who dares use the word […]

December 10, 2010 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 9, 2010

Anti-Alcohol Efforts Drive Europeans continue to drink less Cooler weather leads to fall in Calif wine crush How Fortune Brands grew before split-up plan Using terahertz imaging to seek quirks in corks Chile’s Neyen Estate Acquired by Huneeus Vintners Scientists Engineering Fungus-Free Wine Grapes Following CalOSHA rules can save you money Top Wine Restaurants Innovate […]

December 9, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 8, 2010

Calif Appeals Court Finds For W.J. Deutsch In $5.6 Million Renwood Winery Litigation Market Enforcement Branch Acts Against 7 Wineries OZ: Grape oversupply problems continue despite lower crush NZ: Wine sector warned of oversupply Fortune Brands Plans to Split Into Three Units Factbox: Fortune Brands businesses Analysts: Recovery picking up momentum Alcohol Sales at Restaurants […]

December 8, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

This might be news but who the hell knows?

And who the hell has the time to wade through the swamp of words that hides something that might actually be news? Livermore Wineries, Wente Vineyards, Murrieta’s Well and Tamas Estates, Latest to Join VinoVisit and Accept Online Reservations… This is the sort of crap that wastes time …  if you’re a reporter with constant […]

December 8, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Market Enforcement Branch Acts Against 7 Wineries

Market Enforcement Branch Actions Administrative Actions Against License To Purchase Wine Grapes Kaleidos, Paso Robles, License Denied, (Effective 10-8-10) La Czar Vineyard LLC, Forestville, 6-month Probation, (Effective 10-8-10) Camellia Cellars LLC, Healdsburg 6-month Probation (Effective 10-8-10) New Complaints against Handlers and Processors The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Market Enforcement Branch received verified complaints […]

December 8, 2010 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 7, 2010

First-of-Kind Heat Illness Case Heading for a Court Decision Could Convenience-Seeking Millennials Cause the Next Wine Boom? Sonoma County seeks grape frost protection & fish welfare OZ: Falling grape crush falls short of fixing wine glut Wastewater to feed Healdsburg vines Sale of Justin Winery lifts esteem of San Luis Obispo County wine U.S. agriculture […]

December 8, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Calif Appeals Court Finds For W.J. Deutsch In $5.6 Million Renwood Winery Litigation

A California appeals Court has denied Renwood Winery’s bid to invalidate an arbitrator’s decision against it in a $5.6 million contract dispute with W.J. Deutsch (WJD). See WII’s earlier article: W.J. Deutsch-Renwood Legal War Worthy Of A Grisham Novel for more details on the legal fight behind this controversy. VIP Subscribers click here to read […]

December 8, 2010 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 6, 2010

Millennials: the Great White Hope for Wine Industry Beer is the new wine Global Alcoholic drinks industry on the recovery path Restaurants not jolly about Christmas weekend U.S. economic crisis shows unemployment at its worst since WWII Water, Flower & pomegranate Billionaire Buys Justin Roll International unit buys Central Coast winery Experts of International Olive […]

December 6, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – December 3, 2010

Cosentino Winery Sale Set, Management AWOL Europe’s Hesitant Consumer: Stagnating Recovery with Pockets of Inflation BC: Okanagan Winery Fails SC: New state wine law surprises bars, restaurants SAfrica: KWV Shareholder Rejects Pioneer Food Takeover Offer as ‘Derisory’ Open Delta gates confuse fish New wine case possible for US Supreme Court Washington Wine Rules in Limbo […]

December 3, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Cosentino Winery Sale Set, Management AWOL

Physicians Reciprocal Insurers (PRI) will sell Cosentino Winery to the highest bidder at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 29 at Brown’s Court in Napa. Despite numerous rumors circulating, no sale has been made and no bids are legal until the formal process is complete. As is to be expected, the process has attracted the interest of the […]

December 2, 2010 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More