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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

What wine pairs with beans? This Nielsen chart indicates you may want to find an answer.

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14 Reasons the new NIH/industry-funded moderate alcohol & health study could be a $100 Million CREDIBILITY flop

Click here for an editorial on the issues raised by this article: Alcohol science versus public credibility – Why MACH15 must correct its protocol in order to be worthwhile This full premium article has been updated with comments from Dr. Kenneth Mukamal, the Principal Investigator of the study. By Lewis Perdue, Publisher and Executive Editor […]

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Calif winery, vineyard & brand owners unlikely to buy or sell in the next 3 years.

Calif Winery & vineyard owners unlikely to buy or sell in the next 3 years. Source: 2017 Wine Industry Financial Benchmarking Report (.pdf)  

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Calif Wine Grape Value Is Half a Billion Dollars Higher Than Crush Estimates

The has been under reported because the official crush report does not include grapes retained by growers to make their own wine according to True Value of California Wine Grapes, in the most recent issue of ARE Update published by the University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.   The study by researchers Olena […]

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2017 Calif Bulk Chardonnay prices blow away rest of world

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Owens-Illinois shows its disregard for wineries. Raises bottle prices in middle of devastating wildfires.

While wildfires (which began Oct. 8) were continuing to ravage Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino wine country, major glass supplier, Owens-Illinois decided it was a good time to saddle the already-disrupted industry by raising prices on bottles.   The following letter was forwarded to Wine Industry Insight by a number of angry vintners whose tempers were […]

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Wildfires literally grease the skids to accelerate mudslides

Source: USGS via San Francisco Chronicle

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Wine’s Trending Pursuit of Freshness: Why Less is More

This content provided by ProWein 2018   By Stuart Pigott and Paula Sidore   Wine boasts 6,000 years of documented history and a reputation woven in tradition and mystique. It’s an unlikely candidate for wholesale change. Yet the developing face of what we like to call The New Freshness is surprisingly dynamic and truly shaking […]

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Americans set to spend almost as much this Christmas as before Great Recession Hit

Source: Gallup

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Wine Country wildfires made worse by mutual aid failures

Source: Calif. Dept. of Emergency Services via SF Chronicle

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