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NEWSFETCH – April 5, 2010

VinPerfect May Flee Anti-Biz Calif Asian women impact wine sales OIV: Recession Hits ’09 Global Wine Biz The $1 Million Nose EPR’s ’09 Vineyard/Winery Deals Chateau Starbucks? Smelt swim closer to ‘endangered’ Grape Acreage Summary Shows Imbalances NY: Wine bars demystify vino Sino-elite loves Bordeaux Earthquake wines VA: Fix-It Shipping Bill Passes Read This Vintage […]

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NEWSFETCH – April 2, 2010

Wine Institute Pays Koch $1.1 Mil Grapevine moth invades Sonoma Frost, moths mar Napa season start Wine investors’ spirits pick up Battling crime in the vineyards Women warned about drinking Bouquet of deals to wine country Changing a name is more than a name change NY: Rallying against grocery wine New EU pesticide regs impact […]

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A 10K Peek At EPR’s 2009 Vineyard & Winery Deals

Despite a challenging 2009, Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE: EPR) — a major player in wine-related sales/leasebacks — declared exactly the same Q1 dividend this year as it did in 2009: $0.65 per common share for shareholders of record on March 31. Preferred stock dividends also equaled 2009’s. Details here. EPR maintained its shareholder dividends despite […]

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NEWSFETCH – April 1, 2010

2009 Grape Acreage Summary Shows Planting Imbalances Nielsen: Consumers Shop Less, Spend Less Per Trip Smoke Taint Challenges Mendo Vintners Drinks Firms gear up for recovery Bordeaux re-classified Fine wine prices reach all-time high French Paradox: Is It The Alcohol? B-F, Bacardi Ink Euro Distribution Deal OZ: Fires put wine biz ‘on its knees’ Wine […]

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2009 Grape Acreage Summary Shows Planting Imbalances

California’s 2009 wine-type grape acreage is estimated at 531,000 acres. according to the 2009 California Grape Acreage Report, 2009 Summary released. Of the total acres, 489,000 were bearing and 42,000 were non-bearing. And while the leading wine-type varieties continued to be Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, the percentage of non-bearing acres are among the smallest in […]

April 1, 2010 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Consumers Starting To Trade Up?

Consumers may be pulling out of the Great Recession and beginning to “trade up” with domestic brands receiving most of the benefits. According to scanner data from The Nielsen Company, higher price segments mostly dominated growth in dollar volume with the 20+ segment gaining most. The original analysis, interpretation and custom calculations performed by Wine […]

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NEWSFETCH – March 31, 2010

Casual dining poised for turnaround? Britons give up on drink Hello Kitty gets cat-themed wine Calif’s Booze Buster Tax Text (pdf) NY: Money Talks in Grocery Wine Battle Wine sellers can ‘cash in’ on buyer info demand Twitter’s Charity Wine Pasternak To Import Saget Weapons & Wine Christies Sued Over Jefferson wine AAWE Paper: Crime […]

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NEWSFETCH – March 30, 2010

Calif: $5.11/bottle wine tax proposed Liquid assets top Russell 3000 Bad wine = chance to upsell? WSWA Confab To Open in Vegas FDA pressured to stop ‘food fraud’ NY: Grocery wine good for growers Cap or cork, wine’s what matters Willamette (WVVI) Profit Improves Wine Pronunciation for Dummies WI: Wine+Coffee=Mochavino U.S buyers: keep prices down […]

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NEWSFETCH – March 26, 2010

Italy exports: Volume +6%, value -11% Consumers Shift Channels Petrus ’82 sets Bordeaux record Honoring women of wine Napa’s Most Powerful Woman Diet may trim breast cancer risk Dutch sparkling wine sales soar OZ: Water too late for wine OR: UCC Gets ETS Labs Testing Asia’s insatiable wine thirst India: wine flowing freely Education, not […]

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NEWSFETCH – March 29, 2010 –

Leonard Brutocao Dies Spain’s 3-billion-litre wine lake Small bottles: Big Profits? Moth A Dirty Wine Secret? Glug if you’re not local OZ: Drinks code to hurt sales NY: No grocery wine in budget Constellation to Issue Q4 & FY 2010 Chile: Wine biz looks to rebuild An Italian wine walks into Wine Spectator’s top 100 […]

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