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NEWSFETCH – June 4, 2010

Chalk Hill For Sale, Foley Leading Suitor Farm workers’ overtime legislation advances UFW organizing protest to Arizona immigration law Foster’s attracts interest from Bright Foods and Tsingtao Brewers Association opposes H.R. 5034 Cases of wine fraud Diageo rethinks global marketing structure Ubisoft Makes Wine on Facebook with Vineyard Country Quartz Reef Selected For NZ Wine […]

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Chalk Hill For Sale, Foley Leading Suitor

Chalk Hill Winery is for sale and the most likely buyer seems to be Foley Family Wines according to numerous sources in the wine industry. Neither Chalk Hill’s owner, famed attorney Fred Furth nor a spokesman denied that the winery was for sale unlike early 2009 when sale rumors sprang up like spring dandelions. Foley […]

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NEWSFETCH – June 3, 2010

Calif Fight brews over ag worker overtime Concha y Toro reveals full impact of earthquake Temperance Smokescreen and HR 5034 DE: Direct Shipping Bill Fails Nielsen files for up to $1.75 billion IPO target=”new” Loyalty Expert Headlines Wine Shipping Conference Grapegrowers Get Federal Water Funding IBG: REthink Engine Out, Vin65 In Sonoma wine event targets […]

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

Imports Down, Domestics Edge Up, $20+ Wines Lead Way

A 6 percent decline in imported wines nudged overall U.S. consumption down half a percentage point for the four-week period ending May 1, but domestic sales increased 1.7 percent led by wines costing more than $20 per bottle, according to scanner data from The Nielsen Company. (NOTE: This article and several others in the coming […]

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

IBG: REthink Engine Out, Vin65 In

Inertia Beverage Group (IBG) has scrapped its REthink Engine and signed a deal to license the Vin65 eCommerce and marketing platform for its customers to use for direct sales efforts, according to an email sent out to IBG clients late June 2 by IBG President & CEO, Joe Waechter. British Columbia-based Vin65 is owned by […]

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NEWSFETCH – June 2, 2010

Beverage Industry Convergence Accelerating TTB Proposes Pine Mtn-Mayacmas AVA 2010 Chile Wine Exports To Jump 8% Foster’s beer could pull bids of $10 bln Taittinger sales to rise as euro loses fizz EPA’s proposed regs for pesticide discharges Income improves for farmers and ranchers California land value recovery A Fascinating Cri De Coeur Over Wine […]

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Napa Valley Vineyard Owners Seminar

2010 Vineyard Owners Seminar June 15 – 16, 2010 12:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. / 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Trinchero Napa Valley 3070 St. Helena Highway North The NVG will host its 3rd Vineyard Owners Seminar on June 15 & 16, 2010 at Trinchero Family Estates in St. Helena.  This year’s seminar will focus […]

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NEWSFETCH – June 1, 2010

Decanter founder Colin Parnell dies Proposed cuts to crop insurance could hit Calif In tough times, wineries turn to creative marketing, discounts Foster’s beer and wine businesses ‘undervalued’ BC: Vintner faces tech export charges Oregon wineries move to direct sales New Yorker on Vaynerchuk Deal on Hispanic farmers’ bias suit near A Celebration of Wine […]

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NEWSFETCH – May 28, 2010

SABMiller brews bid for Fosters Molson Coors may bid for Foster’s 100+ Co-sponsors Back HR5034 How Fosters Big thirst became hangover France Targets China Wine Scammers Molson Coors adds premium wines Chemical fumigation alternatives Drink (Wine) to Your Health! Air Board delays Ag Burning Ban Some premium wines resist downturn Winery fights downturn with $14 […]

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NEWSFETCH – May 27, 2010

Fmr. Exec: Beringer, Other Foster’s Wine Buys a “mistake, disaster” EGVM smuggler should face prison Allied Grape Growers Acreage Update: Record Numbers, Adequate Bunch Counts Laurent-Perrier chairman resigns Blunt advice for Napa Valley wine sellers Demand for anti-alcohol drug soars Foster’s: An $11 Bill Target After Wine Spinoff Foster’s To List Beer, Wine Units Separately […]

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