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Ciatti Company Comments On Near-record California Grape Crush

(San Rafael, Calif.) – The California Department of Food and Agriculture released their Preliminary Grape Crush Report today and grape growers and wineries were able to see that 2009 was substantially larger than expected and will go down as the second biggest crop in California history. Preliminary numbers show that California wineries crushed 3.696 million […]

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

Wine Industry Veterans Murphy & Averill Launch New Company

Consulting, New Brands, and a Packaging Innovation in the Works Windsor, CA – February 9, 2010 – Máire Murphy and Walt Averill have officially  launched their second venture in the wine industry. Following long, distinguished careers  in wine, the couple founded Sín É Wine Company in 2001 creating and developing  several negociant brands, including Solex […]

February 9, 2010 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

No Sobriety Checkpoints: ABI Serves Up Massive Dish of Stupid

Sobriety Checkpoints are the Wrong Way to Catch Drunk Drivers Over Thanksgiving Weekend American Beverage Institute Says Police Should Focus on Roving Patrols (November 24, 2009) WASHINGTON – Today the American Beverage Institute (ABI) urged law enforcement agencies to forego sobriety checkpoints this Thanksgiving weekend. Roadblocks have been proven ineffective and fail to target the […]

December 2, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Abstinence Not the Only Path to Recovery

Abstinence Not the Only Path to Recovery November 24, 2009 News Summary, From Join Together Online Most people who adhere to the tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that total abstinence from drinking is the only route to recovery, but some addiction experts say that many drinkers can successfully curtail their dangerous drinking without giving up alcohol completely, […]

November 25, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

ShipCompliant Offers Free Seminar Dec. 1

Everywhere, USA: ShipCompliant’s fourth annual Direct Shipping Virtual Seminar— will be held at 10 a.m. (Pacific time),  Tuesday, Dec. 1— and is free  for winery owners, tasting room managers, compliance professionals and others involved in direct shipping. Particiants can log in from the convenience of their desk to hear the Wine Institute and ShipCompliant provide an […]

November 24, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Harpers Wine & Spirits: Special Chile Supplement

Harpers Wine & Spirits has released a special supplement dedicated to Chile and its wines. This October 31, 2009 edition takes a fresh look at the Chilean wine industry and explores this viniferously blessed country from a variety of angles. Click on the image to download the full issue in pdf format. Introduction (Claire Hu) […]

November 21, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Expensive Pitfalls of Online Endorsement and Testimonial Advertising

FROM MCAFEE & TAFT’S NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER More and more companies are seeking ways to establish an Internet presence to promote their products and services. The industry phrase the “Twitter Effect” refers to the instantaneous consumer-to-consumer feedback that drives customer decisions, such as instantaneous reviews of a movie on its opening night. Forward-looking companies are increasingly […]

November 13, 2009 | Filed under News Reporting & Journalism,Worth A Look | Read More

Politics, Wine and Fair Trade Collide at Online Wine Auction

Politics, Wine and Fair Trade Collide at Online Wine Auction Online Fundraising Auction Supports Efforts to Give Wine Merchants Right To Ship Wine, Consumer right to buy the wines they want (Sacramento, CALIF)—Beginning today and running through November 19th, Specialty Wine Retailers Association (SWRA) and WineCommune.com are sponsoring the “Wine Without Borders” Online Fundraising Wine […]

November 10, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Study Shows How Alcohol Can Spread Cancer

From Join Together Study Shows How Alcohol Can Spread Cancer November 4, 2009 Researchers from Rush University Medical Center may have discovered how alcohol transforms regular cancer cells into a more aggressive form of the disease that can spread to other areas of the body.Researchers added alcohol to colon and breast cancer cells and found that the […]

November 5, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Hahn Family Wines Mourns Pacific Sales Team Member Kimberly Stalwick

Hahn Family Wines Mourns Pacific Sales Team Member Kimberly Stalwick (Soledad, CALIF.) — Kimberly Stalwick, Pacific Divisional Manager for Hahn Family Wines, passed away suddenly on Monday, November 2, 2009 due to complications from cancer. A California native, Kimberly worked for nearly 30 years in the wine industry. While attending Cal Poly Pomona, she became […]

November 4, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More