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CAWG Scholarship Program the Big Winner in Tractor Raffle

[NEWS RELEASE] Sacramento, Calif., April 22, 2009 –  “It’s great to be a winner,” which is just what both Brad Alderson of Acampo and Gary Merwin of Clarksburg must have thought when they learned they were each the winners of New Holland commercial mowers raffled by the California Wine Grape Growers Foundation (CWGGF) to support […]

April 22, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Gallo Cuts Off Distributor, Sues To Make Sure They Stay Cut off

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April 22, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

More Rooster Lawsuits For Gallo

NOTE: In the five years since this post was written, some of the links to external publications have broken.   The world is full of roosters, which means there will always be companies and products for E. &. J. Rooster (translated from the Spanish and Italian) to threaten. When it comes to trademarking this particular […]

April 22, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – April 21, 2009

E. & J. Gallo Sics Lawyers on Small Pasta Maker St. Supéry’s Michaela Rodeno Retires Blossom Hill bids to revive wine spritzer Suisun: The new Napa? Home wine shipments legalized in Kansas San Jose lawmaker’s beer-tax plan is back The recession: Wine industry not immune Brown-Forman To Cut 6% Of Jobs, Stop Merit Raises Brown-Forman […]

April 22, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

NEWS FETCH – April 20, 2009

Three’s Company’ actress takes gig in wine campaign Wine Industry Executive Profile: Mario Zepponi Everett grocery store adds wine tasting Sharing our water? What for? Parducci Wine Cellars: Historic and green ACWA Statement at “March for Water” Rally American folk culture: Street wine AWA Wine Gains Presence in Hubei Province, China Sunday Liquor Sales: Bills […]

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

Cosentino Scrambles For Shelter To Stay Ahead Of Lawsuits

Lawsuits in San Joaquin County have forced Cosentino Signature Wines PLC’s (MCOZ.L) to scramble for new venues where it can continue winemaking and tasting room operations. Multiple sources have confirmed that, after Cosentino hurriedly vacated its Lodi-area wineries, it placed its wine from there — and possibly some equipment — at other area wineries which […]

April 17, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

NEWS FETCH – April 15, 2009

Sales of Napa Valley red wines come to a ‘screeching halt’ Gallo: putting value before volume Cold Snap Puts Wine Grapes at Risk Connoisseurs skeptical about wine in a box Champagne corks replaced by ‘revolutionary’ metallic capsule Wine sales down, but rebound seen Grape Identity Crisis in Australia Australia Grape oversupply sparks call for grower […]

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

Sale/Leaseback Owners Shopping Cosentino’s Lodi, Pope Valley Wineries and Vineyards

Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE: EPR), is looking for buyers for Cosentino Winery’s Lodi and Pope Valley wineries and vineyards. The Kansas City sale/leaseback financier, which has played pivotal roles in a number of major fine-wine transactions (among them Ascentia, in Sonoma County and EOS Estate in Paso Robles)  was shocked when Napa Valley’s Cosentino Winery […]

April 15, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Cosentino’s Financial & Legal Woes Gathering Momentum

The recent announcements from Cosentino Winery that it had abandoned most of its vineyards and wineries and defaulted on the interest payments due on $18 million in debt may be just a prelude to a gathering storm of lawsuits and financial crises. Wine Industry Insight’s examination of public records, court documents and securities filings show […]

April 15, 2009 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Inertia Beverage Group Gives Sacramento Businesses Taste of New Virtual Wine Distributor (News Release)

(PR NEWSWIRE) — Inertia Beverage Group Brings Virtual Wine Distribution to Sacramento and Tahoe with Wine Trade Tastings — (SACRAMENTO, Calif)—Sacramento and Lake Tahoe area restaurants and wine shops will get a taste of the future of wine distribution when Inertia Beverage Group presents a trade-only tasting of wineries utilizing its Direct-to-Trade virtual distribution platform, WineREvolution.com. […]

April 15, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More