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MAVERICK ACQUIRED BY PRIVATE EQUITY GROUP

News Release: DATE: 12/21/2010 Maverick Enterprises, a secondary closure company located in Mendocino County, announces today that it has been acquired by PCM Companies LLC, an affiliate of Private Capital Management, Inc., a registered investment advisor headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota with a long track record of success in the private equity business. “As a market […]

December 21, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Napa Issues Annual Self Beatification

This reporter is Still waiting for the video stream of the heavens opening up and the angelic hosts pulling a golden chariot bearing this awesome piece of self-congratulatory hyperbole. Napa Vintners Announce Dates and Highlights for Nation’s Quintessential Wine Event ST. HELENA, Calif.–(December 15, 2010 10:14 PM Eastern Time BUSINESS WIRE)–The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) non-profit […]

December 16, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Fresno 2011 Microbiology Symposium accepting registrations

The International Wine Microbiology Symposium is now accepting registrations for the second International Wine Microbiology Symposium, that will be held at the Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite on March 29-30, 2011. This event is being presented by the California State University, Fresno’s Viticulture and Enology Program, with industry support. Presenters from more than five continents will […]

December 14, 2010 | Filed under News Briefs,Worth A Look | Read More

Salisbury Vineyards Getting Interest In New Equity Offering

Salisbury Vineyards is seeking up to $4,000,000 to retire high interest debt, expand the vineyards and tasting room, and possibly pursue property for a future winery site and/or vineyard, according to founder John Salisbury . “One half of this fund raising will most likely come from present creditors (family & friends) who will convert portions […]

November 11, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Frazier Family Still Committed To Family, Napa Valley & Sharing Their Dream

Editor’s Note: The following was written by Kim Frazier and is reprinted here in its entirety with her permission. Bill Frazier started Frazier Winery with the planting of 9.5 acres of grapes on his estate just east of the city of Napa in 1990. After selling the first few vintages of fruit to other wineries […]

November 11, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

POMO ELDERS SPEAK OUT ABOUT VINEYARDS

By Violet Parrish Chappell and Vivian Parrish Wilder Special To Wine Industry Insight Annapolis, where we used to live, no one can see anything now. It is time we open our mouths. Those vineyard people are interfering with our ancestors’ area. Wherever our villages were, wherever we picked our food, those places are blessed places. […]

October 21, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Extensive New Book Guides Job Seekers, Career Changers

Finding solid, detailed and up-to-date information on careers in the wine, food and beverage industries is hard to come by for either those new to the jobs market or experienced workers looking to change directions. All that just changed with Kathleen Hill’s newly published and near-encyclopedic book, Career Opportunities in the Food and Beverage Industry, […]

October 18, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

FULL TEXT OF AB 605

BILL NUMBER: AB 605 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 230 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 18, 2010 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 27, 2010 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 2, 2010 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 28, 2010 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 7, 2010 INTRODUCED BY […]

October 14, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Napa Valley Register Rips Off WII Cosentino Winery Article

The following letter to the Napa Valley Register’s Managing Editor says it all. Mr. Donnelly: As strange as it may seem, when I follow up on a story that someone else has broken, I always give them credit. When I taught journalism at UCLA, that’s one of the things I told my students was an […]

October 12, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Pey Resigns As CEO of Vinum Capital

Jonathan Pey has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Vinum Capital Management to pursue other interests. Pey announced his change in  status  to clients and others in a mass email sent in the wee hours of this morning. Pey’s email reads: Please be advised that I resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Vinum Capital Management […]

October 6, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More