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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

Standard Web Affiliate Programs Illegal For Wine in California

The web’s near-ubiquitous affiliate programs, such as those offered by Amazon Associates, are illegal in California for wineries and retailers as well as bloggers and websites, according to information issued today by the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The ABC’s opinion came as the result of a query made by Wine Industry Insight on […]

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Conti Slips Closer to Foreclosure, Trustee Still In Charge

Foreclosure for Conti Estate/Charles B. Mitchell Winery has gotten closer with the Bankruptcy Court’s removal of bankruptcy protections that previously prevented the Bank of Alameda –which holds liens on the winery’s real estate and personal property — from pursuing legal action. VIP Subscribers click here to read the complete, un-redacted article. Also In This Article: […]

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Peter Posert has a knack for creating popular, drinkable wines at reasonable prices

From The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat: By VIRGINIE BOONE FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Peter Posert sits down at a table in front of 50 bottles of red wine of various sizes. None are adorned with the usual labels but instead with generic, lab-like descriptor stickers listing the varietal, appellation and amount available along the lines of […]

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Palate Press – New Online “Webazine” Debuts Sept 10

(Submitted by Palate Press) PALATE PRESS: The online wine magazine, the next step in the evolution of on-line wine content, is pleased to announce its launch on September 10, 2009.  PALATE PRESS is the collaborative effort many of the best recognized wine voices on the internet, including American Wine Blog Award winners and twenty of […]

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NEWS FETCH – September 8, 2009

WA: Firefighters dodge flying corks in wine truck fire Jancis Robinson on Altatech: A mature nose for investment Makers of high-end wines caught in ‘dead zone’ Chileans expected to produce more high quality wines at ever lower prices. Can o’ Cabernet, Anyone? Rexam produces wine cans for Russian distributor UK: Peter Lehmann Awarded Lifetime Achievement […]

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NEWS FETCH – September 3, 2009

Why Aussie wine is on the nose overseas At the Smithsonian, Julia Child’s kitchen is a star attraction Findings of wine contest study hard for critics to swallow As Champagne Fizzles, Makers Squash Supply Champagne: radical new harvest rules Not So Grape: Champagne Price Pain on Way? Pernod warns of “stagnating” wine and spirits market […]

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How Journalism Works At Wine Industry Insight

Here’s how an article works. I hear about something that may be news. I learn about these through public documents, emailed and phoned tips, or sometimes by putting two-and-two together and looking around the right territory. CONTACT MADE WITH EVERY POSSIBLE SOURCE Then I contact everyone possible. This includes the people directly in the news […]

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Billington Winds Down Havens Winery

Financially troubled Billington Imports has all but pulled the plug on Napa Valley’s Havens Winery, telling employees and growers that it would not be making a 2009 vintage. Suppliers, former employees and others formerly associated with the winery said that Billington executive and winery General Manager Phil Manno informed the winery’s remaining six employees of […]

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Follow-Up On CDFA Cosentino Hearing

While majority stockholder Larry Soldinger and other officials of Cosentino Winery have failed to return any of Wine Industry Insight’s requests for information about this (or any of the previous articles), more details have emerged from participants and observers at the August 31 hearing to revoke the winery’s processor license for non-payment of $1.2 million […]

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NEWS FETCH – September 3, 2009

Soledad Wineries Nix Fireworks After Constellation Implicated In Blaze UK: US$655 price tag for Jay-Z-endorsed Champagne DFV Wines Announces Changes to National and International Sales Force Foreign Investors Target New Zealand Wine Australia in danger of confusing consumers: Wolf Blass The Grapes Of Global Warming “Gallo Be Thy Name”—Ernest & Julio as thugs, winemaking entrepreneurs, […]

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