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2014 Calif Grape Market ‘Slower Than Slow’ Crop Size Estimates Vary

The market for 2014 California wine grapes, “is slower than slow,” according to Nat DiBuduo, President of Allied Grape Growers. “Some scarce purchases are significant lower than 2014 prices. There are lots of grapes on the market with very limited buyer activity.” DiBuduo said he thinks that Glenn Proctor of the Ciatti Company, is “pretty […]

August 13, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Genetics: Inherited Taste Chaos Sabotages How Wine Gets Recommended

This is part of a series on flaws in current wine recommendation systems originally published at Wine Industry Insights: The Problem: Welcome To The Vino Casino And Wine’s Shaky Core Genetics: Inherited Taste Chaos Sabotages How Wine Gets Recommended Scaling: 3/4 Of Wine In The US Has NEVER Been Rated By Critics Misinterpretation: Words: Big […]

August 12, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Welcome To The Vino Casino And Wine’s Shaky Core

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August 10, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

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

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

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

Wine Institute’s Dereliction Of Duty On Prop 65 Settlement

It’s a disgrace that a complete, useful statement on this issue was not made available by any wine industry organization. It illustrates the abject failure — especially for the Wine Institute which touts itself as the nation’s top wine trade organization– to leave wine producers scrambling to try and determine the complete set of facts […]

August 4, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Bad Wine & The Industry Reality Check In News Fetch’s Featured wine.

I got an email Friday from a loyal News Fetch subscriber who commented on my abysmal experience with a nasty French Malbec The email questioned my previous resolve to avoid most retail establishments because — despite several decades of studying and tasting wine — I could do no better than 50% in separating drinkable wine […]

August 2, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Premium Beer Made From Napa Wine Grapes

NEWS RELEASE July 31, 2014 CUDERA USA RELEASES THE FIRST PREMIUM BEER WITH NAPA VALLEY GRAPE MUST For the first time a premium beer has been brewed with the finest Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon grape must. The line is blurred between the finest of craft beers and the most prized of Napa Valley wines with […]

July 31, 2014 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More