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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

Surprise! Your Twitter marketing is going to miss most Millennials

Surprise! Your Twitter marketing is going to miss most Millennials Source: eMarketer

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Is it crazy to think you can get good wine by spending only $60 for an entire case?

I am a discovery junkie. I crave  novelty in a lot of things: from which trail I take backpacking, to the next glass of wine, beer or spirits.   For several years now, I have been trying to figure out how to select a bottle of wine that I have not tasted before, but which […]

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Duckhorn Finally Confesses It Lied About Sale Denials: Bought by TSG Consumer Partners

EDITOR’S NOTE: Duckorn previously denied it was on the block (Amid no word at all from Constellation or GI Partners, Duckhorn exec says not for sale). Wine Industry Insight broke the story of the pending sale on June 21.   Our sources close to the transaction now say that TSG Consumer Partners aced Constellation out […]

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Special 5-Article Series: The Dangers of Clean Water Act Enforcement

Dire consequences face every farmer & landowner who fails to grasp the vast and vague regulation of the Clean Water Act Clean Water Act Permits: Expensive, time-consuming, uncertain Ag exemptions to the CWA in law and as interpreted by Courts, EPA & Army Corps of Engineers How does soil become a pollutant? And a plow […]

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Clean Water Act Permits: Expensive, time-consuming, uncertain

By Lewis Perdue There is no nationwide land parcel registry or map that specifies whether a given field or plot of land is part of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS). Because land does not have to have water on it to be part of WOTUS, the process can be confusing. (See: Trying To […]

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Ag exemptions to the CWA law and as interpreted by Courts, EPA & Army Corps of Engineers

By Lewis Perdue Many activities within an area designated as part of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) require a permit from the Corps of Engineers. However, the Clean Water Act specified a number of farming exemptions.   One of the basic issues for farmers is to determine whether they need an exemption at […]

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How does soil become a pollutant? And a plow a “point source” of pollution?

By Lewis Perdue CWA Violation On its face, the Clean Water Act (CWA) is very clear that a violation consists of: The discharge of, A pollutant into, Waters of the United States. Permits and Exemptions Legalize Pollution The CWA does legalize a regulated amount of pollution in two cases: If a permit is first obtained […]

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Supreme Court’s “Nexus” author expresses second thoughts

By Lewis Perdue The Rapanos v. United States decision — which currently dominates debate about federal jurisdiction and enforcement actions — acknowledges that even the Supreme Court has not been able to figure out definitively how to define many provisions under the Clean Water Act (CWA) such as whether a dry stream bed or land […]

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Clean Water Act: A Bare-Bones Primer

Federal regulations and numerous federal court cases have established that practices which are legal and do not require a under the Clean Water Act (CWA) farming exemptions, are actually illegal without those exemptions. CWA Violation On its face, the Clean Water Act (CWA) is very clear about that a violation consists of: Discharge of, A […]

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Hispanic marketplace power and influence are surging. Your success depends on making them your customers

Source: Nielsen

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