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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

Wine.Com’s $140 million funding foundation takes #1 position in WII’s wine venture funding series

Wine.Com is truly the last company standing that grew out of the early bleeding edge of wine e-commerce. The current Wine.Com — and its total funding —  is an outgrowth of eVineyard whose components along the way include Virtual Vineyards, WineShopper.Com, and a previous wine.com operation purchased by eVineyard..   In 2017 company statements, the […]

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WTF!?! American lifespans lagging rest of developed world as costs soar astronomically

What went wrong after 1980? No one knows. Source: Our World in Data via NY Times

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Hate making money? Here are 5 ways to make customers loathe your e-commerce site & shop elsewhere

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Insolvent Sonoma Cider assets for sale. Auction bids due by this Friday (May 18)

Bids for the assets of the defunct Sonoma Cider and its contract wine canning operation must be submitted by this Friday — May 18. being accepted by Liquid Solutions Group.   After five years of operation  the company was shut down in March: after fizzling through $6.2 Mil in venture capital. Claims against all the […]

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Urban wine tasting room sales revenues suck! (Compared to winery)

Source: Last chance to join Silicon Valley Bank’s upcoming live DtC videocast

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Napa Valley vintner Koerner Rombauer has died

Napa Valley, California, May 11, 2018 —- Koerner Rombauer, the founder of Rombauer Vineyards and a beloved figure in the Napa Valley over the last four decades, died on May 10 according to a statement released by his family (below). He was 83.   Koerner is survived by his wife, Sandy,  sister Kay Thornton children, […]

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Canned wine: explosive growth from tiny revenue base. Other alt-packaging also growing strongly

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Overall alcohol e-commerce % sales & $ growth sluggish – Nielsen

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Top 40 U.S. Craft Beers Showing Double-Digit Growth

Source: Nielsen

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