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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

Mass casualties are in store for Calif farmers if the U.S. gets in an international trade war

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New Money In Town: Largest US Farmland REIT Dips a Toe in Calif Specialty Crops (Including Vineyards)

Agricultural property REIT Farmland Partners Inc, (NYSE:FPI), has dipped a toe into the California market with its recent acquisition of American Farmland Company (formerly AMEX:AFCO). The stock-for-stock merger, which was announced in September 2016 finally closed on Feb. 2. The combined company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.   Following the merger, FPI becomes the largest […]

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6 of 10 largest craft brewers saw growth in 2016

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Calif water storage at or above historical averages statewide

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California raisins and table grapes are doing just fine, thank you! (A Daily Data mea culpa)

Daily Data misinterpreted things in yesterday’s edition (which has now been corrected). We regret the error.   “When table grapes are crushed, that just means they cant be sold AS table grapes.   Typically table varieties crushed represent the strippings that don’t make the grade to pack. Raisin grapes always have the option of going […]

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CORRECTION: Raisin & table grapes driven to brink of extinction by wine (Not!)

Daily Data misinterpreted things in this post. We regret the error.   The following correction was provided for us by a wise reader:   “When table grapes are crushed, that just means they cant be sold AS table grapes. Typically table varieties crushed represent the strippings that don’t make the grade to pack. Raisin grapes […]

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Treasury/Ste. Michelle Celebrity Stag Deathmatch: Opening Skirmishes (Redux)

The celebrity stag death match between Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and Treasury Wine Estates has entered its second round of opening skirmishes following the judge’s admonishment of both parties for their earlier round of legal catfighting (Dueling Stags: Judge Hands Losses To Both Ste. Michelle & Treasury, Then Spanks Their Lawyers).   No substantial new […]

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Food & Beverage Start-ups Top IndieGoGo Regulated Crowfunding

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Overall Calif wine grape prices recover to 2014 levels. Raisin and table types fall

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2016 Grape Crush UP 8.5% Over 2015. Overall Price Below 2012– Below Average or Normal? Depends on who’s counting.

The 2016 wine grape crush totaled a hair over 4 million tons, up 8.5 percent from the 2015 crush of 3,71 tons according to the  2016 Preliminary Grape Crush Report.   Total 2016 tonnage was about equal to the 2012 crush and lower than 2013. Average price per ton in 2016 was higher than 2015 […]

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