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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

Napa & The Panama Papers – Scratching the surface

This is the first in a series of quick glimpses of wine industry people and entities based on the Panama Papers’ massive data trove. That data has been collected by The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists News coverage of the Panama Papers has focused primarily on the lurid, and the sensational: tyrants, moguls, and top […]

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Adios French Paradox! Only 17% of Americans Say Moderate Drinking Is Healthy (Lowest in 15 Yrs)

Source: Gallup

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Vineyards, grain supplies have stake in “Goofy” Federal Plowing-Is-Pollution Case

EDITOR’S NOTE: While this particular case involves a row crop, its outcome will substantially effect vineyard development, grain production and tree-nut orchards.   Not only does this judicial decision reclassify shallow tillage (4-6″) as deep ripping, but it also holds that exemptions for ordinary farming activities are not exempt from federal sanctions if land is […]

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Nielsen ranks brands that are building momentum: One cider, no beer, no wine, but other Wonderful* things

Source: Nielsen *California-based Wonderful Company owns the Wonderful brands, listed above, as well as Justin Wines, Landmark Vineyards and HKG Estate Wines.

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Plowing Is Pollution, Dry Streams Are Navigable Water Says Federal District Judge In Duarte “Plow A Field, Go To Jail” Lawsuits

Plowing a field is pollution according to Judge Kimberly J. Mueller in an order issued June 10 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.   The decision carries significant implications for agriculture of every sort.     The order said that, according to the U.S. Clean Water Act (CWA) soil is a […]

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Volume near flat, but premiumization is driving overall profit pool for Calif wineries

Source data: Rabobank

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Nielsen says these are America’s best wine and alcoholic beverage ads

Nielsen says these are America’s best wine and alcoholic beverage ads

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Will politics leave California’s 2016 vintage to rot on the vine?

About 90 percent of California farm workers were born in Mexico and 60 percent are not authorized to work in the US.  — Source: University of California, Davis Source: Bloomberg

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Spice it up if you want to sell craft beer to women

Source: Nielsen

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This San Francisco synthetic wine start-up wants you to buy their 1992 “Dom Perignon” replica made without grapes

Source: New Scientist (click link to find out how the wine tasting went.)

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