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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

Napa Valley Vintners Issues Bulletin Regarding New Vine Inventory Removal

Subject: Inventory Removal from New Vine Logistics Date: June 3, 2009 The NVV is aware that the sudden, recent closing of New Vine Logistics is impacting some of our members. This morning we received a copy of the e-mail message below and want to be sure all NVV members who are also New Vine customers […]

June 3, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

New Vine Start-Up Investor To Be Sentenced In $100 Million Fraud Scheme

William “Boots” Del Biaggio III, who played a key role in the founding of New Vine, is scheduled to be sentenced in Federal Court on June 10 for his role in a $100 million scheme to defraud investors. Del Biaggio’s legal problems as well as his bankruptcy filings are not connected with New Vine’s abrupt […]

June 3, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 2, 2009

Wine shipment competitors field queries from New Vine customers French Clueless on French Paradox: Drink Less Wine (DUH!) Glass of wine a day ‘cuts risk of gallstones by a third’ Cork = Good Cap? Sales of imported rosé wines leap 42 percent Pierce’s Disease control program may expand Wine exporters swallow hard as dollar passes […]

June 3, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

UNDEAD! Suitors Sparring Over New Vine’s Bones

People with a lot of money rarely scurry as fast as the 20+ companies and other parties now clutching for a piece of New Vine’s body. But unaccustomed as they might be, the tire-kicking and deal-floating have been described by several participants as “a frantic rush to own the body before the last breath has […]

June 2, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

New Vine Founder, Chairman Offer Update

The following was posted as a comment on Wine Industry Insight’s article on the New Vine shutdown. It has been elevated to its own article in order to give it more prominence. The following is unedited and the entire comment. In response to yesterday’s media reports about the suspension of New Vine Logistics’ business operations, […]

June 2, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

May Overall Wine Sales Grow, $20+ Category Up, Imports Down

Domestic table wine sales posted a 3.7-percent gain for the four-week period ending April 19, over the same period last year, according to Wine Industry Insight’s analysis of data from Information Resources Inc. Sales tracked by the data account for approximately 63 percent of all wine sold in the United States and is weighted in […]

June 2, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

DEAD! – New Vine Withers After Amazon Bolts & Investors Pull Plug

New Vine Logistics slammed the doors and headed for the hills on May 30, after impatient investors pulled the plug following the direct-shipping company’s mounting losses. New Vine touted itself as the solution to allowing wineries to sell and ship wine to consumers while complying with the crazy quilt of laws that varied from state […]

June 1, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

WII Hiatus Due To Editor’s Trip

Sorry for the interruption, but Wine Industry Insight Editor Lewis Perdue is in Western New York State where he delivered a college commencement address to the State University of New York’s Corning Community College. Corning is a major regional two-year school and as such is part of the State University of New York. Afterwards, Lew  […]

May 26, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles,Insight FAQs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – May 19-21, 2009

Sorry for the interruption in News Fetch, but Wine Industry Insight Editor is in Western New York State to deliver a college commencement address. He is also getting an intensive update on the NY wine industry organized for him by the Cornell University College of  Agriculture and Life Sciences. Regular News Fetch will continue after […]

May 21, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Constellation To Close RH Phillips Winery, Move Brands To Woodbridge

The following letter, was sent Monday: May 18, 2009 Dear Colleagues: As Constellation has grown, our footprint has changed, resulting in excess capacity at some of our facilities.  As part of this footprint review and a strategic initiative to improve operational efficiency, it was determined that we can replicate the capacity at RH Phillips in […]

May 19, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More