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Copper Peak Releases New Software For Direct Shipping & Fulfillment [News Release]

Benicia, CA., June 10, 2009 – Copper Peak Logistics (CPL), a direct-to-consumer wine fulfillment, distribution and logistics services company serving California wineries and retailers, has released a new version of its proprietary CopperLink® supply chain management software solution designed to enhance the processing of both wine club operations and daily wine order activity.  The new […]

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

Moramarco Leaves Constellation

VICTOR, N.Y., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ, ASX: CBR), announced today that Jon Moramarco, chief executive officer of Constellation International, will leave the company effective June 30, 2009. “Jon has been a highly valued member of the management team since 1999 and his strategic insight, knowledge and vast wine industry experience […]

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

New Vine Start-Up Investor To Be Sentenced In $100 Million Fraud Scheme

William “Boots” Del Biaggio III, who played a key role in the founding of New Vine, is scheduled to be sentenced in Federal Court on June 10 for his role in a $100 million scheme to defraud investors. Del Biaggio’s legal problems as well as his bankruptcy filings are not connected with New Vine’s abrupt […]

June 3, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Winebow expands with Billington Partnership

The Blend is reporting that distributors Billington Wines, and Winebow have signed a five-year partnership. Read the whole article. See also the company news release.

May 18, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Nielsen’s Blackshaw to Keynote Wine Industry Technology Symposium

Pete Blackshaw, Executive Vice President of Digital Strategic Services at Nielsen Online, and author of Satisfied Customers Tell Three Friends, Angry Customers Tell 3000, will deliver the keynote speech at the fifth annual Wine Industry Technology Symposium (WITS) July 16-17, 2009 at the Marriott Napa Valley. Blackshaw’s address, titled “Dancing and Drinking with Megaphones,” will […]

May 15, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

San Joaquin Valley Wine Competition Holds Fifth Tasting in June

June 19 is the deadline for entries in the fifth annual San Joaquin Valley Wine Competition which will be held June 26 and 27 in Kingsburg. Formerly known as the  Central California Warm Weather Wine Competition, the judging is sponsored by the San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association to highlight wines either made from grapes grown, […]

May 14, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data,Worth A Look | Read More

NY: stores, restaurants must pay more taxes on already-purchased wine

Cazenovia, NY — Richard Hubbard paid an excise tax when he bought a bottle of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild French Bordeaux for The Brewster Inn 24 years ago. Now the state wants Hubbard and other retailers and wholesalers to pay an additional excise tax on the bottles they already own. The one-time excise tax is called a […]

May 12, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Fifth Annual Wine Industry Technology Symposium Announces Prelim Program

May 6, 2009, Napa, CA (NEWS RELEASE)  – The Wine Industry Technology Symposium (WITS), the premier event showcasing innovation and strategic use of information technology and services for the wine industry, announced a preliminary program of topics and speakers for its fifth annual conference July 16-17, 2009 at the Marriot Napa Valley. “WITS is an […]

May 6, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Restaurants HATE To Sell Wine

(Editorial) Restaurants hate to sell wine. There’s no other possible explanation for the outright vino-usury found in dining establishments. They just don’t want to sell wine. A LICENSE TO RIP OFF I’ve never, ever been in an American restaurant where wine is reasonably priced, especially by the glass. That means I could pick on any […]

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

TTB Approves Lake Chelan AVA, Ditches Paso Robles Westside

(news release) Washington, D.C. – The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published two notices in the Federal Register establishing the Lake Chelan viticultural area and withdrawing its proposal to establish the Paso Robles Westside viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and […]

May 1, 2009 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More