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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

NEWS FETCH – April 20, 2015

TOP NEWS Wine Institute Series: Aided By USDA Funding, Calif Wine Exports Continue Growth Despite 2014’s Stumble Tesco to unveil biggest loss in its history How Important Are Tasting Rooms to Success? Food safety scientists have ties to Big Tobacco TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link* INTERNATIONAL TRADE New TTP bill ‘key’ […]

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Aided By USDA Funding, Calif Wine Exports Continue Growth Despite 2014’s Stumble

Despite a stumble in 2014 exports, exports of California wines have continued to grow in volume, value and price per gallon. As the chart below illustrates, wine exports from California have increased more than six-fold since the mid-1990s. Much of that success is due to the Market Access Program (MAP),  which is part of the […]

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On-Premise Wine Challenged by Myriad Brands but Consumers are More Engaged

Source: Technomic

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Spirits Lead Export Value, Wine Falls To #2, Beer #3, But Up

Source: 2014 Distilled Spirits Council Industry Review

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Wine Institute’s Shrinking Representation Of California

This is one of a series of articles profiling the California Wine Institute. Other articles in the series include: Wine Institute’s Shrinking Representation Of California Questions The Wine Institute Found Un-Tenor-able Please check the “Featured” category at  Wine Industry Insight for other articles in the series.   One of the biggest questions the Wine Institute […]

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Questions The Wine Institute Found Un-Tenor-able

Below is the complete email sent to the Wine Institute who objected to the “tenor” of with the questions and said it would  not answer or cooperate. I had sent the initial questions in hope of getting a response and following up with further questions. The first of a series of articles can be found […]

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Wine Institute Facing Changed Industry Climate

This article is the first in a series on California’s Wine Institute.   The Wine Institute is the nation’s oldest and largest wine trade association, having represented California vintners since 1934. Despite its preeminence and longevity, it is facing  a changed competitive climate: California wines continue to lose market share to imports. The Institute itself […]

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Italy Still Import Top Dog, NZ Soars, Argentina Tanks

Source: Gomberg Fredrikson via Rabobank

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Severe Droughts Nothing New In California

Source: NY Times

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Winery Marketer Gives It Up To Help Terminal Cancer Patients Have One Good Day

Lewis Perdue asked his friend Peter Nowack to write the following for of Wine Industry Insight. We have published it here with light editing and hopes for a recovery that amazes his doctors. By Peter Nowack (writing about himself, as a client, in the third person) Avid winery marketer, blogger and social media persona, Peter […]

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