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Vintage Wine Estates Buys Weibel’s Hopland Facility, Will Rename it Ray’s Station

Vintage Wine Estates has purchased Weibel’s Hopland production facility and 24 acres of vineyards according to Vintner Pat Roney. He said that VWE is set to produce 400,000 cases at the winery commencing with the 2012 Crush. The facility will be renamed Ray’s Station. In addition, Roney said VWE would “phase out of the Grove […]

July 25, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

New Wine Industry Trade Event to Focus on North Coast + Breaking Custom Crush News

NEWS RELEASE The Wine Industry Network (WIN) today announced the launch of a new trade event, the North Coast Wine Industry Expo, scheduled for  Dec. 5 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, CA. “Over the last two years we’ve been approached countless times by vineyard and winery owners and local associations, about the […]

July 24, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Wine Accounting Merger: Moss Adams Combines With Rabanal & Smith

Santa Rosa, Calif. – July 23, 2012 — Wine country accounting firms Moss Adams of Santa Rosa and Rabanal & Smith of Napa will merge effective August 1. “We’re extremely pleased to deepen our commitment to the Napa community and count the talented team at Rabanal & Smith among our accounting and business consulting professionals […]

July 23, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Duarte Appeals Rootstock Commission Decision

Duarte Nursery has filed a notice of appeal in its lawsuit against the California Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission (CGRIC). The notice of appeal was filed July 6. The Sacramento County Superior Court dismissed Duarte’s case last month. Duarte has been battling the CGRIC since it was created in 1996. The case is so old, I […]

July 10, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Wine Industry Needs A Loud Clear Message To Counter Neo-Prohibitionist Ascent

Scott Edwards of Aveniu Brands sent Wine Industry Insight this email after reading Rob McMillan’s blog post,‘Neo-Prohibitionists are Alive and Well’ Significantly, Rob’s a top wine banker and Scott’s a top wine sales dude. Looks like the smarter folks on top are starting to recognize that the NeoDrys are ascending and the Rip Van Wineindustry […]

July 1, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

CORRECTION: Salisbury Tasting Room For Sale, Not Yet Sold

CORRECTION: Salisbury’s SLO Schoolhouse Tasting Room Property is for sale, not yet sold. This headline in the June 28 News Fetch was incorrect: Salisbury Sells SLO Schoolhouse Tasting Room Property My bad. I manually look at more than 160 web sites every morning to produce News Fetch and this time did not read things correctly. […]

June 28, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Honesty & Crushpad’s “Closing” Vs. “Imminent Closing” Controversy

I left a shorter version of this a few minutes ago on Steve Heimoff’s blog (So what’s really going on with Crushpad?). Hope it offers a valid data point. I love Crushpad. It’s been a great business for many people. I do hope Crushpad survives because its failure would affect so many good, gifted, talented […]

June 20, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

“How Do I Get My News Included In Wine Industry Insight?”

PLEASE SEE THIS LINK AS WELL: What’s Of Interest To News Fetch Subscribers? I get this question frequently. So here’s a quick guide. NEWS, NEWS, NEWS AND ONLY NEWS First,it must be news and written like news. Wandering, overblown, self-congratulatory pieces filled with gushing superlatives are not news. Second, your news must be business, or […]

June 5, 2012 | Filed under News Reporting & Journalism,Worth A Look | Read More

Sonoma State Wine Business Institute Scholarships Total $16K

Article provided by Sonoma State University FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2012 Rohnert Park, CA – The Wine Business Institute,within the School of Business and Economics at Sonoma State University, has awarded three scholarships totaling $16,000 for 2012. WOMEN FOR WINESENSE The first scholarship available was from Women for WineSense, a national organization that supports […]

May 22, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Grape Gluts, Shortages & Facebook’s IPO

Almost exactly 13 years ago, I sat on the edge of my seat, giddy on hope and thankful for shares in a high-profile Internet stock about to go public. The date was May 11, 1999 and the insider stock I had was in TheStreet.Com. I acquired the shares after moving over to TSC from MarketWatch […]

May 18, 2012 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More