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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

Swirl, sniff, sip & spit tastings miss important taste elements

  Source: Harvard University (with many supporting footnotes at that link)

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To-Kalon lawsuit dismissed, then reinstated and combined as both parties refile, but “iconic” still all about myth, Benjamins, and grapes at $38K/Ton

NOTE 1:Following is the WII’s original article. A new headline and litigation summary  have been added. NOTE 2 : To Kalon has variously been written as To-Kalon and ToKalon. We have chosen to use the version with a hyphen because that is the style used by the U.S. National Park Service in their Historic Landscapes Survey  […]

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Most people have no idea about the difference between CBD & pot

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Midwest, NY, British Columbia tops in new wine club member growth

Source: 2019 Insights for Successful Consumer Wine Sales Silicon Valley Bank &WBM

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O’Neill Vintners & Distillers Launches Augmented Reality App

NEWS RELEASE SAN FRANCISCO, CA June 24, 2019 – Line 39, a fast-growing, super-premium California wine brand  has launched a proprietary mobile app that features interactive augmented reality (AR) with consumer offers.   Owned by O’Neill Vintners & Distillers, Line 39 is currently trending at +17 percent annual growth in retail sales and +13 percent […]

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Winery gross margins, pretax profits & sales growth mediocre

Source: Silicon Valley Bank On Wine  

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Napa County net wine club growth smallest of major West Coast regions

Source: 2019 Insights for Successful Consumer Wine Sales Silicon Valley Bank &WBM

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A surprising number of people are on social Media more than 10 times per day

Source: Good Firms Social Media Usage Report 2019

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Yellow Tail maker Casella for sale?

  NOTE: The link, below, leads to a premium article.   We found that it displayed the full article sometimes, but most often it did not. Therefore, we have written a short synopsis, below. You may want to try the link to see if you can get the full text. -lp According to a subscriber-only […]

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How the Wine Institute fumbled the moderate consumption fight & aided NeoProhibition

I do agree with Wine Business Monthly Editor Cyril Penn that the Wine Institute (WI) under John DeLuca’s guidance, made substantial contributions to the debate over moderate alcohol consumption and health. DeLuca and I clashed on any number of things back when I was Wine Business Monthly‘s editor and publisher. But I certainly agreed with […]

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