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Who’s NOT in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is as significant as who IS

Anybody see China in the deal? Source: New York Times

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Video ads, Flash & scripts punish mobile users’ time and budgets

 Right-click all graphics to view larger images. Mobile ads: Slow, annoying, expensive Which items cause the most cost and aggravation: Ads, Flash and scripts Source: The New York Times See also related article: Ad blocking: A self-inflicted wound by advertisers who continue to abuse web visitors

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Ad blocking: A self-inflicted wound by advertisers who continue to abuse web visitors

Ad blocking software has been prominent in the news recently as highlighted by a recent New York Times article: The cost of mobile ads. You may also scroll down for a list of other recent articles. Apple’s inclusion of its own ad blocking app included in the most recent release of iOS 9 has also […]

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Napa Valley Wine Train lawsuit – legal summary and complaint document

The following are selected excerpts from the complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco on October 1. No court response has been made yet by the Napa Valley Wine Train which issued a brief statement via crisis-management public relations firm Singer Associates. The full, 21-page complaint is […]

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Could craft beer be bigger than the entire Calif wine industry by the end of 2016?

Dead cert if current growth rates continue. California Wine Sales 2014 (Wine Institute): $24.6 billion, up 6.7% from 2013 Craft Beer Sales 2014 (Brewers Association): $19.6 billion, up 22% over 2013

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Ban demon alcohol! What could possibly go wrong? (Other than more meth labs, addicts & crime.)

Multiple sources on multiple unintended consequences via The Washington Post

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Restauranteur/vintner Pat Kuleto sells 602-acre Sage Canyon Ranch vineyard

Restaurant entrepreneur and vintner Pat Kuleto has sold his Sage Canyon Ranch vineyard for $8.25 million, according to  realtor Lisa Sheppard who handled the sale along with Todd Sheppard and Jeff Bounsall. The 602-acre property is located between Howell Mountain and Pritchard Hill in Napa Valley, overlooking Lake Hennessey and includes a 60-acre Bordeaux style […]

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Bank says Southern Comfort a “drag” on Brown-Forman: Sale a good idea

Brown-Forman’s potential sale of Southern Comfort and Chambord is a “strategically sound” move according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Nik Modi  in a statement released late  Tuesday. His complete statement follows: “Reuters, in an unsubstantiated article, is reporting that Brown-Forman has hired bankers to seek a sale of Southern Comfort and Chambord for potentially “hundreds […]

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After 2014’s disasters, Treasury Wine struggles forward To 2013 despite American margins

2015 Earnings per share equal to 2013, EBITS slightly higher   Asia: Small volume, big margins. America: Just the opposite  Source: Treasury Wine Estates 2015 Annual Report

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Naked Wines responds to angry Angels article

The following materials arrived via email following the September 28 publication of “Majestic: Angels angry over Naked Wines closing of Kenwood tasting room without warning. Naked Wines did make an effort to notify its Angels, but apparently some did not get the message as evidenced by numerous emails received by Wine Industry Insight and by […]

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