American Farm Bureau jumps into Duarte fight

July 24, 2017 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

TTB says it’s doing something, with somebody against somebody about slotting fees in Florida

The TTB says it is doing something about slotting fees with somebody in Florida and wants everybody to know about it … but what they are doing, with whom and against whom is a lot more closely held to the chest than the NSA’s hacking tools.   Wine Industry Insight received an email from the […]

July 21, 2017 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

John Duarte to speak at special screening of “Pray for Rain” movie starring Jane Seymour

John Duarte will be giving a presentation about his trials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prior to a special viewing of “Pray for Rain,” a feature film starring Jane Seymour, Annabelle Stephenson, and Nicholas Gonzalez. The film opened in theaters June 16. The Man-Made Part of the California Drought According to information from […]

July 13, 2017 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Winemaker Dimitri Tchelistcheff dies at age 87

News Release – Honolulu, HI (July 7, 2017) Death of Esteemed Napa Valley Winemaker Dimitri Tchelistcheff at the age of 87 Esteemed Napa Valley winemaker, Dimitri Tchelistcheff, passed away peacefully on July 5th, 2017 at the age of 87 at his beloved home in Hawaii.   He is survived by his wife Hisako ‘Martha,’ his […]

July 7, 2017 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Beware of badly done surveys – This one about pot is just blowing smoke

Badly done opinion polls and surveys are a common affliction, especially on the Internet.   This poll — Eaze Insights: The Modern Marijuana Consumer — conducted by a marijuana delivery company with an obvious self-interest in the survey’s results — purports to offer data that can be applied to a much wider marketplace. Sadly, that […]

July 5, 2017 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Duarte, Pacific Legal Foundation Keynote Today’s Ag Relations Council 2017 Annual Meeting in Sacto

Ag Relations Council 2017 Annual Meeting 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. – When Regulations Collide with Reality A panel from the Pacific Legal Foundation. This panel will feature one of PLF’s attorney’s Tony Francois who will discuss critical cases affecting agriculture including Waters of the U.S. and Endangered Species Act. John Duarte, a PLF client who is […]

June 21, 2017 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

2 Important Wine Executive News premium subscriber billing announcements

(1) ECSuite (our credit card biller since 2009) has been acquired by CCBill: Does not accept American Express. (2) Stripe payments system added: Does accept American Express. ECSuite, the billing service that Wine Executive News has used for the past eight years, has been acquired byCCBill which, unfortunately, does not take American Express.   I […]

June 19, 2017 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

TTB looking for comments on wine, spirits, beer information collection

Wine Industry Insight has re-ordered the list to place wine-related items first. We have also included a quick link: Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request (No. 64)   On Friday, June 9, 2017, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, we published in the Federal Register a notice requesting public comments on 11 existing TTB information […]

June 13, 2017 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

“Grapevine Triangle” balance method for growers finally reaches North America

The Grapevine Triangle: It’s taken decades to arrive, but this fundamental method of grapevine balance has finally reached North America thanks to a peer-reviewed article that has been months in the making: Grapevine Triangle: An aid to understanding grapevine balance.   While some of he concepts have been discussed here on an informal basis, this […]

June 12, 2017 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Napa Attorney Richard Mendelson’s “Appellation Napa Valley” Wins International Prizes

NEWS RELEASE   Richard Mendelson’s Appellation Napa Valley: Building and Protecting an American Treasure Wins International Prizes Napa, CA, June 5, 2017 – Napa Attorney Richard Mendelson’s Appellation Napa Valley: Building and Protecting an American Treasure has now won three prestigious international book awards. The International Organization of Vine and Wine awarded the book its […]

June 5, 2017 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More