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NEWS FETCH – July 9, 2009

Sonoma County Grapes going unsold Luxury Wine Market Reels from Downturn Bad economy could be good for consumers Oz: Yellow Tail makes agency change as new rival pops its cork Constellation Brands profit falls Canada: Alberta Reduces Wine Tax ‘Status quo’ farm spending bill nears House passage Monte Rio wine shop expects Boho gold rush […]

July 10, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs,Uncategorized | Read More

NEWS FETCH – July 8, 2009

A 90-point wine in a 3-liter box? Alcohol sales to minors an issue with self-service checkout From Galt, a toast to Portugal Hangover Time for Wine and Spirits Stocks Copia: Writing a new chapter in Napa’s rebirth Wine market datapoint of the day Fresno State researchers target mechanized thinning for wine grapes Looking for Mr. […]

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

New Vine competitor WTN Services Expected To Bid At Auction

The Napa Register has reported that New Vine competitor WTN Services is a likely bidder at the July 14 auction of NV assets.. “We requested a position at the auction to potentially participate,” said Chris Edwards, WTN Services vice president and general manager.” Read the rest of the story.

July 9, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Details of NVL Auction “Under Wraps,” Say Sources

Wine & Spirits Daily does an awfully good job day after day. Today’s coverage of the Inertia/New Vine auction is a good example. “The memo from New Vine Logistics (NVL) released yesterday was rather vague as you’ll recall, particularly regarding the auction of NVL’s assets. Since then WSD has done some digging and we’ve come […]

July 9, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

IBG Looking For $24 to $29 Million, “Do Or Die” To Acquire New Vine Assets

IBG has been working since late 2008 to raise additional funds for its operations which lost more than $5 million last year on revenues of $1.2 million. According to page 11 of the company’s current Series C offering circular [$VIP] the company is looking to raise $15 to $25 million “to complete development of next […]

July 8, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Creditors Charge IBG/New Vine Asset Sale Is Improper

Inertia Beverage Group (IBG) has deliberately made the New Vine (NV) asset sale process confusing and misleading and has short-circuited proper notice  in order to discourage outside bidders and “buy everything themselves for next to nothing” say a group of creditors who stand to lose everything they have loaned to New Vine. Some have told […]

July 8, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

New Custom Crush for Lodi Wine District

Wines & Vines has reported (New Custom Crush for Lodi Wine District) that a new custom-crush facility has opened in downtown Lodi. “Lodi, Calif.–The doors recently opened on downtown Lodi’s first working winery, and now a custom-crush facility is about to open for small- to medium-scale winemaking. The new facility is called Estate Crush, and […]

July 8, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – July 7, 2009

Brown-Forman 4Q profit falls as sales slide Do Taste and Smell Adjectives Signal Value, or Do They Create It? Newest American wine appellation, world’s largest Recent Research Bolsters Red-Wine Compound’s Health Potential Wine drinkers see the glass half-off Grapes: Who’s Planting What? Israel: 50KW Solar Roof on Carmey Avdat Winery NC: Donation to NCSU to […]

July 8, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

New Vine Asset Auction Set For Bastille Day

New Vine’s personal property assets will be auctioned off beginning at 10 a.m., July 14, at the law offices of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, 101 California Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco. According to a notice sent to interested buyers by Michael Hogan of Mountain View, CA-based Sherwood Partners, bidders must register no later than July […]

July 7, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Top 100 Brand Winners and Losers For June 2009

While overall wine sales grew in June, so did the pain for the Top 100 largest table wine brands. Wine Industry Insight’s analysis of data from Information Resources Inc. (IRI) shows that 41 of the Top 100 showed sales declines for the four-week period ending June 14, 2009 over the same period last year. That […]

July 7, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More