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While the $819 billion stimulus package recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is packed with enough pork to use up the global supply of sausage casings for a decade, it has snubbed the “alcohol and other drugs”industry. The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) and 150 other organizations are […]
Three and a half years ago, “Mr. Two-Buck Chuck” — Bronco Wine Company Co-owner Fred Franzia — challenged the restaurant business to stop ripping off diners. Franzia’s challenge? Price a bottle on the restaurant’s wine list for $10 or less. Every restaurant in America ignored the challenge and went about its usual business of cheating […]
Federal and state regulators are looking into the possibility that the recent mass layoffs at Jackson Family Wines violated provisions of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) requirements. The winery has reportedly axed 20 percent of its workforce.
Sonoma Sun columnist Kathleen Hill has reported that Sebastiani Vineyards may have laid off more employees than previously stated. WII asked Foley Family Wines for comment but received no comment.
Jackson Family Wines has laid off some 20 percent of its workforce according to reporter Kevin McCallum in a lengthy article in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. The article said that winemakers, marketing professionals, administrative assistants, accountants and hospitality staff were among the approximately 170 people who lost their jobs. K-J had about 800 employees.
PART ONE OF A SERIES: TURNING GOLD INTO LEAD A set of county-approved use and building permits for a 125,000-case winery and tasting room at the northern end of Sonoma Valley may seem like a gold mine to many in the wine industry. But the decade-long soap opera of Mobius Painter Winery and Cellars shows […]