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NEWS FETCH — February 1, 2016

TOP NEWS Southern, other big distros may hide your favorite beer & wine at the supermarket Water Losses Eclipse Gains from Winter Storms Wine sales rise in run-up to Super Bowl New York-Area Ports Shut Down as Longshoremen Walk Off the Job 10 most profitable wines of 2015 Rioja war as Basque vintners launch bid […]

February 1, 2016 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Alc Bev market share: spirits swim, wine treads water, beer sinks in the big brew undertow

Source: Danny Brager – SVP Beverage Alcohol Practice, Nielsen: “U.S. Wine Consumer Trends: Battle for the next pour.” New York City, January 25, 2015 (Joint Wine Market Council, Nielsen event)

January 31, 2016 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

The sort of wandering, vapid news release that drives journalists nuts!

What exactly the NEWS here? This is an Easter egg hunt with no egg.   Trinchero Family Estates Partners With Karen Cakebread and Ziata Wines   NOWHERE does this “news” release tell us what the “partnership” involves. Is there a joint venture?   Did they buy Ziata?   Is this a distribution deal?   Buried […]

January 29, 2016 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH — January 29, 2016

TOP NEWS Premier Cru: Trustee asks judge to order wine company’s secret computer turned over Craft beer blowing away the entire under-$10 budget wine segment Prosecco is on fire, women buy more wine than men, and football isn’t just for beer. EU Commission promotes smart farming to mitigate climate change The Business of Wine. Accessing […]

January 29, 2016 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Craft beer blowing away the entire under-$10 budget wine segment

Source: Jon Fredrikson, Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates, presentation a Unified Wine and Grape Symposium, Sacramento, CA January 27, 2016

January 29, 2016 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

NEWS FETCH — January 28, 2016

TOP NEWS Wine sales growth slows to 2% as consumers upscale Crimson Wine Group Acquires Seven Hills Winery Winemaker Joey Tensley Buys Colson Canyon Vineyard in Santa Maria Valley $13.99-$19.99 table wines, sparkling, NZ and 3L Boxes dominate Nielsen’s top 2015 wine trends Is the U.S. wine boom over? Director of Cornell Wine Lab Dies: […]

January 28, 2016 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

$13.99-$19.99 table wines, sparkling, NZ and 3L Boxes dominate Nielsen’s top 2015 wine trends

January 28, 2016 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

NEWS FETCH — January 27, 2016

TOP NEWS What Fred Franzia Said Tuesday That Totally Shook Up His Unified Symposium Audience Fred Franzia takes on banks, grapegrowers and academia in lively talk at Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Truett-Hurst, Spins Off “The Wine Spies” Membership equity Impact of California’s Drought on U.S. Wine Prices Why the American Wine Industry Needs a […]

January 28, 2016 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

What Fred Franzia Said Tuesday That Shook Up His Unified Symposium Audience

Keynote speeches at the Unified Wine Industry Symposium are usually benign recitations of mostly known facts delivered in a polite tone resembling a British tea party with pastries and cute cakes. I’ve never see a speech get the whole Symposium buzzing. But Bronco Wine Company CEO Fred Franzia’s speech hit the audience like a ton […]

January 27, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Beer trumps wine for tobacco company bucks: Altria’s SABMiller equity makes 6X more than Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

Source: Trefis (Interactive chart at this link)

January 27, 2016 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More