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Wine Exports Running Behind 2013 and 2014

Source: Trading Economics

May 4, 2015 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Cameron Hughes Issues A Statement On Court Case

Please see related article: Cameron Hughes Wine Forced Into Receivership, Sale/Merger Likely     CORRECTION: Cameron Hughes’ reference in his statement to “factual errors” referred to a statement in the premium version of the original article published by Wine Executive News. Wine Executive News originally wrote: “The receiver’s first inventory, dated April 23, shows case and finished […]

May 4, 2015 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Cameron Hughes Wine Forced Into Receivership, Sale/Merger Likely

NOTE: All hyperlinked court filings are available in their entirety for Wine Executive News premium subscribers. The Clara Street Company, dba Cameron Hughes Wine (CHW) and Sales Pros, has been placed in receivership by the Superior Court of San Francisco at the request of its lender, Union Bank. John Hawkins of St. Helena was appointed […]

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

Why Using Flash Can Kill Your Advertising And Web Site Traffic

A large percentage of users now browse with Flash blockers or with Flash turned off. And this is what they see: Flash — especially auto-running video — is ranked among the most annoying things on the web, especially when multiple flash sessions launch suddenly and turn the web page into a twitchy, blinking eyesore that […]

May 4, 2015 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

San Joaquin Valley 2015 Crop Looking A Lot Like 2014

Source: Allied Grape Growers 2015 Acreage Report

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

World Wine Consumption Mostly Flat Since 2009

Source: OIV 2015

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

Millions In USDA Export Funds Now Available To Ag/Wine Trade Associations [And An Apology]

First, the apology: I should have found the USDA’s  April 7 calls for proposals in the Federal Register sooner. It was pretty well buried and I stumbled across it almost by accident while trying to write an article about how the Wine Institute spent the $20+ million it has received from this program over the […]

April 30, 2015 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

America’s $3.77 Billion Wine Trade Deficit

Source: OIV 2015 $3.77 Billion Wine Trade Deficit In 2014, The United States was the world’s largest importer of wine, spending €4.03 Billions. The Euro averaged somewhere above $1.33 for 2014 which means that the United States imported wine worth more than $5.36 billion. By contrast, the United States exported wine worth $1.49 billion making […]

April 29, 2015 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Why Your Email Contact Form Says “Go To Hell” To Your Web Site Visitors

No one really has time to fill out all your little boxes. Fill in the blanks. Screw that! No one has the time in today’s busy world. That’s why using a contact form says  “Go to hell!” to your visitors and sends potential customers somewhere else. The forms also communicate that you don’t care about […]

April 29, 2015 | Filed under Online Usability,Worth A Look | Read More

Wine Trade Associations Girding For Battle With Illinois Lawsuit Troll

The Wine Institute and the Oregon Winegrowers Association are preparing to move against Stephen B. Diamond, an Illinois attorney who has filed hundreds of lawsuits against wineries and other Internet shipping companies in “qui tam” litigation brought in the name of the state Attorney General. A spreadsheet listing 214 of those cases dating back to […]

April 29, 2015 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More