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NEWS FETCH – December 14, 2009

Sonoma growers face freeze-protection restrictions Cosentino says its coming out of trouble in court Calif diesel exhaust rule relaxed due to recession Columbia River Water Next Export to California Mintel Predicts 2010 Consumer Upturn Retail Data Shows Strong Start to Holiday Season Bright Holidays: November Sales See Month-to-Month Growth Restaurant Industry Won’t Recover Until Second […]

December 15, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Nielsen: Trading Down Shows Legs, Imports & $20+ Bottles Suck

Trading down continued to hammer U.S. wine sales in November, with imports and the over-$20-per-bottle segments leading the decline. Domestic wines managed small to moderate gains according to The Nielsen Company. Overall wine sales varied inconsistently with the time period being examined. OVERALL SALES: U.S. UP, IMPORTS DOWN Nielsen scanner data showed that, for the […]

December 14, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

BOTTLESOFT INC. ACQUIRED BY MODULAR INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Established Bottling & Winery Management Products Added to Winery Software Product Portfolio For Immediate Release–SAN RAMON, CA – December 9th, 2009 Modular Information Systems, www.modularinfosystems.com, with an established track record in Winery Management Software innovation has acquired Bottlesoft, Inc. as of November 9th, 2009. The recent agreement is part of Modular’s aggressive business strategy offering […]

December 11, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

NEWS FETCH – December 11, 2009

Weyrich could lose prized properties Judge invalidates Calif water pact Napa’s shaky grape market Wine Economics: Do Ads Bias Wine Ratings? Santa Rosa winery to pay $3 million in DUI case Calif Wine Institute rebuts ‘Big Wine’ slurs Yellow Tail’s Casella blackmailed Cellared Wine as a Window to the Past HK’s wine imports up 41% […]

December 11, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – December 10, 2009

Aussie carbon-neutral wine the toast of Copenhagen NY: Local wineries thrive in tough economy Sector Snap: Constellation Brands, Brown-Forman Multi-million pound drive to promote cork as superior to screwcaps Pernod Ricard raised to overweight at JP Morgan Incredible Aussie private cellar up for sale Indiana Issues Operating Pemit to Southern Pomerol producers take protest to […]

December 11, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – December 9, 2009

Coppola Sues Vinocor over Not-So-Fine Wines Napa Wine train stimulus project called into question Grape growers say cold temperatures good news for vines UK: Majestic Wine leaves Vinopolis, Laithwaites to move in Constellation Price Target Raised Florida billionaire battles wine fakery It’s wine season in South America Green wine ‘will win overseas buyers’ McDonough Named […]

December 10, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Did Corruption Sink Mondavi/Getty Pope Valley Project?

With one Napa County Official’s resignation over a shakedown behind them, the backers of a Pope Valley resort development have filed lawsuits against three members of the Napa County Board of Supervisors alleging improper, unethical and possibly illegal behavior over the the denial of the project’s use use permit. A member of Napa County’s legal […]

December 9, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

AOL Refuses Wine Opinions Ad But Runs Its Own

America Online has refused to run a text advertisement by Wine Opinions seeking participants for consumer surveys despite the fact that the AOL food section continues to run its own ads for wine sales. According to Wine Opinions founder John Gillespie, America Online told him that it refused to accept to ad, citing a ban […]

December 9, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

John Salisbury’s Personal Account of His Vineyard LLC Chapter 12

Editor’s note: John Salisbury sent Wine Industry Insight the following personal account of the events leading up to the Chapter 12 Bankruptcy filing by Salisbury Vineyards, LLC.  The personal struggles will certainly resonate clearly with many others in the industry. Also, as we pointed out in our original article, this bankruptcy filing concerns the vineyard-only […]

December 9, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – December 8, 2009

Marin Institute Study Says Calif Family Winery is Myth California’s Newest Wine Tasting Center Opens to Public Major ag issues take center stage Champagne, Calistoga & Truth in Labeling A generous display at brain injury event Climate change: French wineries join Greenpeace Watchdog group has no cheers for wine industry Amarone promoted to DOCG More […]

December 9, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More