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NEWSFETCH – July 20, 2010

Mintel: Wine the most popular drink as customers continue to stay at home Gallo Nails AZ Cafe For White Rooster Logo Judgment Of Paris Winner To Be Sold For Relief Funds Mandatory Napa County Grape Moth meetings Pernod Ricard to use Facebook in anti drink-driving campaign Global Economic Recovery Slower than Anticipated Despite Asian/Latin American […]

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NEWSFETCH – July 19, 2010

Screw cap wine blamed for loss of forest Concha y Toro bullish on wine sales Half-million-dollar wine order From China Restaurant OZ: Chinese to taste wine in Adelaide Gleeson ups wine stake with 6Mln-Euro Gilbeys deal How Sonoma Wineries Thrive While Many Cut Prices, Sell Property NZ hit hard as sav blanc party peters out […]

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NEWSFETCH – July 16, 2010

CDFA Lowers 2010 Pierce’s Disease Assessment Silicon Valley bank Announces Quarterly Earnings Call Cosentino Running Out of Last Chances? Growers Head For Court, MCOZ Stock Suspended Again Yellow Tail: How Cheap wine built Casella fortune Beverage Alcohol legal expert scoffs at activists’ claims about HR 5034 Diageo appoints chief commercial officer for US Diageo US […]

July 16, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

CDFA Lowers 2010 Pierce’s Disease Assessment

NEWS RELEASE CDFA Secretary Kawamura Approves Lower Pierce’s Disease Assessment for 2010 Sacramento, CA – July 15, 2010 – A.G. Kawamura, Secretary of California’s Department of Food and Agriculture, has set the wine grape assessment at $0.75 per $1,000 dollars crushed value for the 2010 wine grape harvest. During its June 29th meeting, the Pierce’s […]

July 16, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Cosentino Running Out of Last Chances? Growers Head For Court, MCOZ Stock Suspended Again

Cosentino Winery may be running out of second, third — and even fourth — chances if a new volley of grower litigation is any indication. In addition the winery’s parent company — Cosentino Signature Wines (LSE/AIM: MCOZ) has voluntarily suspended trading in its shares on the AIM (The London Stock Exchange’s Small Cap market) because, […]

July 15, 2010 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWSFETCH – July 15, 2010

Alcohol Manufacturers Drink in Profits From At-Home Consumption Silicon Valley Bank Connects Congressional Democrats and VC Clients Is trouble brewing in the U.S. beer industry? U.S. pockets $20.6 bln in sin taxes in FY’09 French wine centre planned for Beijing Elite European producers push for fine wines in China Recession a blessing for wine sellers […]

July 15, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – July 14, 2010

2010 Calif Winegrape Estimate Down 6% Tour de France: wine “to dull the physical pain” Diageo weighs possible merger Shaky river delta infrastructure threatens water supplies SAfrica: Wine growers feel squeeze as costs rise Wine #Tweetups, Meet-up with a World of Wine The Art of Packaging Wines Plastic’ bottles for wine are ‘not inferior’ Extreme […]

July 14, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – July 13, 2010

Acampo winery accused of violating the Williamson Act Counterfeit Wine Below the Radar: The Case of Tesco California farmworkers may get 40-hour workweek Social media: necessary, but not sufficient for success NZ: Robotic vine pruner in development European producers push for fine wines in China Exploring brand associations in wine purchases (PDF) Will More Politicians […]

July 13, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWSFETCH – July 12, 2010

Discounting Drives US Sales Up 3.6%, Imports Slide, $20+ Wines Still Lead Jackson Confirms WII Article: Winemaking To Cease At Arrowood Winery HR5034 Hits a Snag Foster’s to spin off wine unit despite signs of growth Radical and Dangerous: Possible Changes to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Alcohol New Dietary Guidelines on Alcohol: Submit Your […]

July 12, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Discounting Drives US Sales Up 3.6%, Imports Slide, $20+ Wines Still Lead

Wines selling for more than $20 per 750ml bottle continued to lead dollar volume increases for the four-week period ending June 26 according to scanner data from The Nielsen Company. Overall sales were up 2.2 percent with U.S. wines gaining 3.6 percent and imports sliding, down 1.3 percent domestic. A decrease in the average price […]

July 12, 2010 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More