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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

TTB Approves Lake Chelan AVA, Ditches Paso Robles Westside

(news release) Washington, D.C. – The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published two notices in the Federal Register establishing the Lake Chelan viticultural area and withdrawing its proposal to establish the Paso Robles Westside viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and […]

May 1, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Teaching winery opens on Cornell campus

With the snip of a grapevine, Susan A. Henry, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), opened the CALS Teaching Winery before a large crowd of faculty, students, vintners and other guests April 1. Craig Cramer At the opening of the winery April 1, Gavin Sacks, assistant professor […]

May 1, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

NEWS FETCH – April 29-30, 2009

Environmental Activists Sue State to Curtail Water Shipment to Delta Eos, Other Calif Central Coast Tasting Rooms Busted for Selling Alcohol to a Minor New vineyard of knowledge is taking root at UC Davis Grape-growing vs. wastewater in Wine Country ‘Forgotten’ Pope Valley seeks appellation status Don’t Dampen Wine Industry Remoteness hurts Washington wine town […]

May 1, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Prominent Addiction Policy Groups Merge

High profile drug addiction advocacy and public policy groups Join Together and  The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University have merged, according to a joint announcment today. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., CASA’s founder, is stepping down as President but will serve as Chairman of the Board. He will be replaced […]

May 1, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Water Lawsuit Heats Up: Districts Request Injunction Against Feds, Green Groups Want To Intervene

The people on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley are suffering, “from a disaster that if caused by nature would demand immediate actions by federal and state Emergency agencies.” — Central Valley water district’s request for an injunction to block water cutbacks. I personally swim, boat, fish and bird-watch in the Bay-Delta estuary […]

April 30, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Could Obama Endangered Species Decision Help Central Valley Water Lawsuit?

California’s water controversies — including the recent Central Valley Project lawsuit –  grew more complicated Tuesday with the  Obama Administration’s reversal of an  Endangered Species Act (ESA) decision made by the Bush Administration. (A full copy of that lawsuit is available to VIP Subscribers in Wine Industry Insight’s Data Cellar) The Obama Administration decision reinstates […]

April 30, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Drink Wine, Live Longer:Dutch Study

April 30 (Bloomberg) — Half a glass of wine a day may add five years to your life, a new study suggests. Drink beer, and you’ll live only 2 1/2 years longer. Dutch researchers followed 1,373 men for more than four decades, noting their eating and drinking habits. Men who had about 20 grams of […]

April 30, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – April 28, 2009

Fortune Brands Announces Expectation for First Quarter EPS Washington: Yet another positive change at Columbia Winery Crushpad brings SF-style do-it-yourself winemaking to Bordeaux CNFO: California Drains Water Bank to Fight Water Shortage Australia: Fish business gets a taste of the vine Australia: Here’s cheers to a new tanker Australia: WA wine production down Virginia: Chateau […]

April 30, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Central Valley Farmland Prices To Decline

The Stockton Record is reporting that Central Valley farmland prices are poised for a decline. California farmland has had a nice run. Even for most of 2008, after commercial real estate values slipped and housing prices tumbled, strong profits from many grain, nut and vegetable crops helped keep farm and ranch values rising or at […]

April 30, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

THE VALUE OF ZERO: Expanding the Market Beyond Wine’s Super Core

In the world of Sherlock Holmes, the biggest clue of all can be the dog that didn’t bark. Indeed, the missing clue to greater sales just might be asking the right question about what isn’t happening. Take the Wine Market Council’s latest offering: “Snapshot Report: Super Core Wine Drinkers.” This peek at the group’s consumer […]

April 27, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More