FREE! Subscribe to News Fetch, THE daily wine industry briefing - Click Here


Sponsored by:
Banner_Xpur_160x600---Wine-Industry-Insight[63]
InnoVint_WII_ad_portrait
Home » Entries posted by Lewis Perdue (Page 549)
Stories written by Lewis Perdue
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

NEWS FETCH – June 18, 2009

Wines & Vines Launches Online Marketing System Copia looks set to re-open following financial settlement Ex-Gallo VP suing Stanislaus County law enforcement over excessive Wine.com launches shipping division for wineries UK: Winemaker crushed to death by falling bottles Constellation Brands To Report First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Earnings There is a ‘Gold Crush’ of emerging wineries […]

June 19, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Pahlmeyer/Bear Sterns Case Transferred From NY To California

The Bear Sterns breach of contract suit against the Demeter Group and Pahlmeyer Vineyards [$VIP] has been transferred from New York Federal District Court to the Northern District of California. The case has been closed on the docket in New York, but not yet re-opened in California. SUIT ALLEGES CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN 2008 PAHLMEYER […]

June 18, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Napa Vintner Ron Spicer Dies

Ron Spicer, beloved husband of Kathleen Spicer, brother of LaDonna Spicer, Patricia Smith and Jacqueline Altamura, died on Saturday, June 13, 2009, at his home in Napa, Calif. Born in Rochester in 1939 to Henry and Rosetta Spicer, Ron was a cattle rancher in Theilman. Ron and Kathleen married in 1968, and were active and […]

June 18, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 17, 2009

Report: Lodi wine industry’s annual impact $5 billion Alcohol’s Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It Foster’s poaches drinks veteran to boost wine unit California wine industry got its start with Chinese workers Invading moth damages berries; quarantines grow NY: A Small Vineyard Helps to Put Long Island on the Map PA: Wine share allows […]

June 18, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Wine ’Spot Market’ Puts Collectors, 12 Million Bottles Online

June 15 (Bloomberg) — Technology entrepreneur Aaron DeMello has wines in his 2,000-bottle cellar he just doesn’t want anymore. What to do with those big Aussie shirazes and Napa cabs now that he’s mostly a Burgundy guy? Vinfolio Marketplace, an online wine market going live on July 1, is the latest answer. With a click […]

June 18, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 16, 2009

Rabobank: Consumer Spending Has Likely Been Altered for the Long Term Recession takes fizz from Majestic Wine profits NZ: Wine industry hits $1 billion export target a year early Despite recession, some wine country entrepreneurs see vine Magnotta Winery Q1 net earnings down Britain’s losing its bottle: health fears drive consumers away from wine Couple’s […]

June 17, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

San Joaquin Valley Wine Competition Entry Deadline Is June 19

June 19 is the deadline for entries in the fifth annual San Joaquin Valley Wine Competition but Competition Coordinator Peterangelo Vallis said that, “As long as the entry form is faxed in by the deadline, then the wines can arrive any time before Wednesday, July 24.” Formerly known as the Central California Warm Weather Wine […]

June 16, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

May 2009: Consumers Go For Both Cheap And Choice

Consumers went for both cheap and choice in May 2009. Wine Industry Insight’s analysis of data from Information Resources Inc. shows that consumers bought more wines from the bottom and top shelves than anywhere in between. Significantly, they drank more at every price point than they did during the same four-week period last year as […]

June 16, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 15, 2009

Record NZ Sauvignon Blanc Crop May Cap Prices Settlement moves Copia one step closer to revival Copia: Wine Shrine’ Saga Has Downs & Ups Agricultural panel jeopardizes climate bill Cali Wine Country Hooks Up Facebook Fans With Freebies Constellation Brands, Inc. – Annual Report 2009 Constellation Brands reporting in doubt Fire that ruined Nogales winery […]

June 16, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 12, 2009

Vintner promotes his craft among African Americans World’s best Chardonnay…from Canada? A Fresh Approach to Designating New Appellations Foster’s hires David Dearie as local wine division head Health Secrets of Red Wine Uncovered UK ‘suffers slump in wine sales’ Grapes of rot threaten a terrible hangover CORRECTED – UPDATE 2-Brown-Forman posts stronger-than-expected profit Do expert […]

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