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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

Unity Bank Ready to Help Vineyards & Wineries Finance Red Blotch Replanting

This article presented by our sponsor, Unity Bank The California State Farm Service Agency (FSA) has approved Grapevine Red Blotch-associated Virus (GRBaV) as an eligible plant disease for financial assistance through the 2014 Farm Bill, Tree Assistance Program (TAP). The state program, however, does not cover all your costs for replanting which is where Unity […]

September 4, 2015 | Filed under Presented By | Read More

Duarte wins a round against the Corps of Engineers, judge OKs new charges

John Duarte and co-plaintiff Duarte Nursery won a round Thursday (Sept. 3), when U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly J. Mueller ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CoE) could be charged with violating Duarte’s First Amendment rights. Previously, Duarte had sued the Corps in October 2014 charging Fifth Amendment violations alleging the taking of […]

September 4, 2015 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

More Wine Financial Symposium survey respondents see Calif growth slowing

Source: 2015 Wine Industry Financial Symposium Industry Trends Survey

September 3, 2015 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Chocolate is health food … So who eats most of it?

Source: Statista

September 2, 2015 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Official: Vintage Wine Estates Buys Swanson Vineyards (As reported on Aug 26 by WII)

Official now. First reported August 26 by the Wine Executive News premium service of Wine Industry Insight: Wine Mergers & Acquisitions Heat Up   NEWS RELEASE SANTA ROSA, Calif., Sept. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Pat Roney, President of Vintage Wine Estates, announced their latest acquisition, Swanson Vineyards, located in the Rutherford appellation of Napa Valley, […]

September 2, 2015 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

WiFi hackers are waiting to ruin your Labor Day Trip. Here are the most dangerous tourist spots.

Source: Skycure via Business Insideri

September 1, 2015 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Authenticity, new, unique experiences driving wine consumers as they trade up.

Source: 2015 Wine Industry Financial Symposium Industry Trends Survey

August 31, 2015 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Making sense of scents and cents — Fundamental wine-by-the-glass disasters

Those of us who try to find new wines that we will like, often try to save money our vino-casino gamble by buying a glass of wine instead of an entire bottle. A lot of time it makes no sense because a lack of scents make us lose our  hard-earned cents. As I’ve written recently, […]

August 31, 2015 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Plow Field, Go To Jail? Feds Threaten John Duarte. He Slugs Back

By Lewis Perdue, Publisher & Executive Editor Copyright 2015, Wine Industry Insight   California nursery owner John Duarte planted winter wheat on 445 acres of his land in Tehama County in November 2012 with no idea that the federal government would shut his farm down three months later. He would lose that first wheat crop. […]

August 31, 2015 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Marketers: The importance of “Craft” & “Artisan” differ significantly, depending on consumer age

Source: Media Post & Harris Poll

August 30, 2015 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More