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Diageo: Alcohol Beverage Consumer Dynamics In Latin America Among The Most Attractive Globally

Brunch With Randy Millian, President, Diageo For Latin America and Caribbean -Transcript EXCERPT: “Consumer dynamics in our region are among the most attractive globally. The total population of the region has been growing at an annual rate of just over 1%. The legal drinking age, however, has been growing faster than this. And the emerging […]

December 15, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Public Records & Sonoma County’s Last Century Court System

The Central Valley Business Times ran an article about how Hackers may help shape new California public records law: Who better to help with proposed changes to online access to public records than a bunch of hackers? A bill to improve the public’s access to government files is being proposed by state Sen. Leland Yee, […]

December 12, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

My Secret Weapon!

Wine Industry Insight and all the work on publishing my books would never have happened without my secret weapon: my son William. Oh sure, I would have done both of them, but not nearly as well, not nearly as efficiently and not without pulling out my remaining hair. William has done all the custom programming […]

December 6, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

New Research Busts Tannin Additions Myth, Sparks Trans-Pacific Collaboration

This just in from Washington State University December 1, 2011 New Research Busts Tannin Additions Myth, Sparks Trans-Pacific Collaboration Tannin powder. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. If you’re using tannin additions in your red winemaking process, you may well be wasting your money, according to recently published research by Washington State University enologist Jim Harbertson and […]

December 1, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Vintank Announces All-Star Board Of Directors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 18, 2011 Visionary leaders, successful entrepreneurs and stars of social media join VinTank. Napa, CA, November 18, 2011 – In a continued evolution of the company, VinTank adds social media all-stars and successful innovators and entrepreneurs to their newly formed Board of Advisors. “As we look to the future of VinTank […]

November 18, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Wine/Food Match Conundrum Of The Day

Ideas? UK supermarket Tesco says it will be conducting a “thorough investigation” to determine how a dead bird ended up in a pre-packaged salad. Dead bird found in packaged salad

November 18, 2011 | Filed under News Briefs,Worth A Look | Read More

Russan River AVA Expansion Could Violate TTB Regs, Increase Gallo Revenues $3 million Per Year

There’s little more to be said beyond these articles I wrote almost three years ago. Gallo’s Proposed Boundaries For Expanded Russian River Valley AVA Violate Federal Regulations TTB’s Appellation System Dysfunctional, Outdated – Designed for Insiders Gallo’s Two Rock Vineyard – Lack of Transparency Questions Legitimacy of Process Grower Says Russan River AVA Expansion Could […]

November 17, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Hawke To Be New Michel-Schlumberger Winery Head

Sources tell Wine Industry Insight that Gary Hawke — who recently resigned as CEO of Pellegrini Winery — will be the new Managing Director of Michel-Schlumberger Winery. Pellegrini signed on with Pellegrini in mid-August, 2009 and was responsible for overseeing all operations, as well as managing the performance of the winery and the Pellegrini, Olivet […]

November 10, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Michel-Schlumberger Sold

Wine Industry Insight had been working on tracking down the buyer since we first wrote about the pending sale of Michel-Schlumberger in August. But in the news business, if you avert your eyes a bit, other reporters can beat you to the punch. My congrats to the PD’s Cathy Bussewitz for a job well done. […]

November 10, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

A Stubborn Cork. A Cheap Towel. A Bloody Mess Averted.

Wine critics who open a lot of bottles (and the rest of us ordinary plonk sippers) should seriously consider the protection a cheap kitchen towel can provide when encountering a stubborn cork. Over the years, I’ve encountered corks that were so firmly fixed to the neck of a bottle that they were nearly too tight […]

November 8, 2011 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More