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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

Fountaingrove Sub-AVA Proposed For North Coast

The following was received Friday from the TTB. It is reproduced as sent. The web links do not function properly as of 6:41 a.m. today. Perhaps the TTB will get its buns in gear soon. Your tax dollars at work (not) . NOTICE NO. 144, PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FOUNTAINGROVE DISTRICT VITICULTURAL AREA We will […]

June 30, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Facebook & Email Spying: People Will Hate You If You Secretly Mess With Them

People will hate you if yousecretly  mess around with them: Internet outraged by Facebook’s ‘creepy’ mood experiment Don’t Be A Mail Chump People also don’t like to be spied upon. All of those email services like Mail Chimp. Constant Contact etc, contain undisclosed spyware that allows the sender to determine the recipient’s user behavior starting […]

June 30, 2014 | Filed under News Reporting & Journalism,Worth A Look | Read More

Vodka Rising Fast Among Women

Source: Harry Kohlmann, Ph.D., Park Street Companies Presentation at American Beverage Licensees, Annual Convention, June 2014

June 29, 2014 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Wine Business Education Summit 2014 – Germany

By Ray Johnson Director Sonoma State University’s Wine Business Institute In advance of the annual conference of the Academy of Wine Business Research, university leaders and researchers gathered on Friday afternoon in Geisenheim, Germany for the third round of discussions to advance the field of wine business education. This summit builds upon the meeting held […]

June 29, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 27, 2014

TOP NEWS Could a Treasury takeover top-up ‘glass half-full’ wine industry? El Niño Is Coming Dispute Between Duckhorn & Duck Walk Flares Up Hill, Carneros, Ranch & The TTB: A Clarification Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth **Sponsored Link* CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Robledo Family Succession Nears As Chapt 11 Winds Down Californian making […]

June 27, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Hill, Carneros, Ranch & The TTB: A Clarification

Nate Rippey at Carneros Vintners emailed me to say that he had been getting concerned inquiries about the TTB’s sanctions against Hill Wine Company (TTB Carpet Bombs Hill Wine Co With Felony Allegations). The TTB’s actions were against only the Hill Wine Company permits dealing with their  own wine making at those custom-crush wineries. No […]

June 27, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Robledo Family Succession Nears Completion

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has confirmed the Chapter 11 reorganization plan submitted by Reynaldo Robledo. The court proceedings still continue to deal with creditor motions and other matters. The following was received from the winery on  June 26, 2014 NEWS RELEASE Pioneering Mexican Owned Winery Set to Move on to Second Generation SONOMA, CALIFORNIA The […]

June 26, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Mobile Is Where Your Customers Are

Source: Paul Mabray presentation to the Wine Communicators of Australia, June 23, 2014

June 26, 2014 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Corporate Awards & Prizes: Subtle Ways Of Biasing Media Coverage

And one step on a slippery slope toward being a “made man” (or woman. Financial scribes urged to vie for Diageo Awards The bias may seem subtle and the step toward being a in a corporate pocket one that can be eased away through denial, but both are there. Just as soon as a blogger […]

June 26, 2014 | Filed under Effective Advertising,News Reporting & Journalism,Worth A Look | Read More

NEWS FETCH – June 26, 2014

TOP NEWS Top Exec Bails After Treasury shake-up Millions in Chinese government money used to buy French vineyards U.S. restaurant spending rises 1.7% in Q1 Fiji Water Owners Spruce Up Justin Vineyards Coravin “Recalled,” Immediately Back On Market Changing of the guard at Peter Lehmann Wines Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth […]

June 26, 2014 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More