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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 Should Be Free – Stop This Wanting To Be Paid BS!

This is a revised version of an article originally published on Feb. 14, 2014 titled, “Just Like Quality Wine, Quality News Is Not Free“ I occasionally get emails from News Fetch subscribers wondering why there are so many advertisements. Or why there are some articles that they must pay extra for.   The answer is […]

August 7, 2014 | Filed under News Reporting & Journalism,Worth A Look | Read More

PayPal Still Way Ahead Of The Digital Wallet Competition

Source:Statistca

August 6, 2014 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

NEWS FETCH – August 6, 2014

TOP NEWS Ciatti: Treasury takeover could benefit Beringer What’s Up With The Kurniawan Sentencing? These Court Docs Tell Part Of The Story Hill Wine Co Rushes Toward Liquidation Prosecco producers blamed for Italy flood deaths 15 Tips On Securing Distribution: How to Make Your Brand a Winner **Sponsored Link* CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Sonoma Valley “Smash & […]

August 6, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Hill Wine Co Rushing Toward Liquidation

IMPORTANT NOTE: Hill Family Estate as well as William Hill Estate Winery, are not affiliated with, nor owned by the same families as The Hill Wine Company in this and previous bankruptcy articles. The Hill Wine Company Chapter 11 appears to be rushing toward a faster conclusion than most observers anticipated. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court […]

August 6, 2014 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

What’s Up With The Kurniawan Sentencing? These Court Docs Tell Part Of The Story

I have been running links about the Kurniawan case in News Fetch for some months now. As you have been reading, sentencing has been delayed time and again. Final sentencing was supposed to have been set on Aug. 4. But so far, still nothing. I was curious, so this morning — while creating today’s News […]

August 6, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Sonoma Valley “Smash & Grab” Crimes Hitting Wineries

Half a dozen Sonoma Valley wineries have confirmed to Wine Industry Insight that they have been hit by a wave of  swift “smash and grab” robberies with valuables taken from cars. “Sometimes they happen at events, other times just in the tasting room parking lot,” said one winery exec who — like the others we […]

August 5, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Sustainability’s Strategic Worth

Source: McKinsey Global Survey results

August 5, 2014 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

NEWS FETCH – August 5, 2014

TOP NEWS China’s Bright Food rules out Treasury Wine Estates bid Central Coast Ag quarantine set up for light brown apple moths California water agency wins damage suit against feds Tragedy in Prosecco: flash floods claim four lives 15 Tips On Securing Distribution: How to Make Your Brand a Winner **Sponsored Link* CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Mendo […]

August 5, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

How Paperwork Kills Summer Jobs

This article from the Central Valley Business Times: “Teens gain fewer summer jobs” has a deeper story rooted in the draconian ways that government stifles jobs. Back in 1991, when I launched Wine Business Insider in a spare bedroom, I occasionally hired students from Sonoma Valley High School to do small jobs. Three or four […]

August 5, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

New Wine Packaging Growth Outpaces Traditional

Source:The Drinks Report

August 4, 2014 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More