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(NEWS RELEASE) Doral, FL, April 2, 2009 Veteran winery executive Gary Ramona has been named Vice-President of Marketing and Sales for Argentina’s Antigal Winery & Estates, prominent Mendoza producer with headquarters here. Antigal president Horacio Peiro said, “We’re extremely pleased to have Gary join our family winery and work with us in building our international […]
Like millions of other Americans, residents of Sandpoint, Idaho sort their recyclable waste for curbside pickup. But there is no market for the recycled glass, the city mixes the glass back into solid waste and disposes it at a landfill in Eastern Oregon. Julie Meyer, Co-Proprietor of Pend d’Oreille Winery in Sandpoint says this frustrated her […]
Pinot Noir in 1.5-liter bottles topped the list of varietal sales winners with a 20.4 percent dollar sales increase for the four-week period ending Feb. 22. according to data from Information Resources Inc. (IRI) with additional analysis from Wine Industry Insight. Even more impressively, Sauv Blanc showed a 25.1 percent increase for the 52-week period. […]
For people who ponder what wine goes with sacred cow, comes a web-based, wine-humor web site called Dregs Report (http://dregsreport.com), scheduled to go live at 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time April 1. The new site is a collaboration of 40 wine bloggers and writers coordinated by W. R. Tish (editing), Katie Pizzuto (graphics) and Dale Cruse […]
The Specialty Wine Retailers Association’s (SWRA) appeal of a direct shipping case in Texas is scheduled to be heard March 31 by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, according to the SWRA. In that case — Siesta Village Market v. Perry — U.S. Federal District Judge Sidney Fitzwater found the Texas direct-shipping […]
(From TTB News Release) Washington, D.C. – The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published a final rule in the Federal Register establishing the 868-square mile “Haw River Valley” viticultural area in Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, and Rockingham Counties, North Carolina. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the […]
Tennessee Looks Ready To Approve Direct Shipping NY Wine Bill Dies Texas Pacific’s Bill Price Invests in Cabernet Producer Buccella Robledo applies for 15000-case use permit for Lake County winery Women tasters have an edge Sonoma Water board to consider sprinkler frost-control regulation Two winery burglary suspects caught after chase through Sebastopol Many cheer limits […]
Foster’s Picks New Leader for US Wine Division The Rise of the Shotgun Wine Company Monterey Vintners and growers association names board California can’t afford more water problems Napa Valley: Sharper than a serpent’s tooth Small airplane crashes at Meridian Vineyards Randall Grahm – the way back is the way forward Old technology gets new […]
Bankruptcy Judge Michael S. McManus has ordered the United States Trustee to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee in the MC2/Conti/Charles B. Mitchell Bankruptcy. Generally, Trustees are appointed in a Chapter 11 case when the judge determines that the debtor’s management is unable to handle the reorganization. The hearing has been scheduled to continue at 11 […]
The federal government will spend $400 million to restorea 63-mile section of the San Joaquin River to make it more salmon friendly. While the plan calls for greater water releases from the Friant Reservoir, the plan also calls for reconstructing irrigation canals and other measures that are supposed to make up water losses to more […]