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Cameron Hughes Wine Co. being sold by court-ordered receiver

PLEASE NOTE: links to court documents are available to premium subscribers of Wine Executive News. The Clara Street Company, dba Cameron Hughes Wine (CHW) is quietly being offered for sale by its court-appointed receiver. CHW was placed in receivership by the Superior Court of San Francisco at the request of its lender, Union Bank.   […]

November 28, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Stag battle: Ste. Michelle asks court to dismiss Treasury Wine declarative relief request

CORRECTION: In a previous version of this article, Wine Industry Insight stated that Federal District Court Judge Richard Seeborg had combined the cases. That was incorrect. Judge Seeborg adjudged both cases as related but did not consolidate them, thus allowing the Treasury’s request for declaratory relief to remain open.  To the non-lawyer, this may seem […]

November 23, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Treasury Wine’s St. Clement Sale: This is what Hunneus paid & the details of what they bought

Kudos to Wine Business for beating us to the punch: Huneeus Vintners Buys Napa Valley’s St. Clement Vineyards From Treasury Wine Estates. We sat on this story while getting the sale price and exactly what the purchaser actually bought. We have that data now, but when you sit, you get beat! Well done, WB!   […]

November 22, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Stag duel continues: Ste Michelle files amended stag complaint against Treasury Wine

CORRECTION: In a previous version of this article, Wine Industry Insight stated that Federal District Court Judge Richard Seeborg had combined the cases. That was incorrect. Judge Seeborg adjudged both cases as related but did not consolidate them, thus allowing the Treasury’s request for declaratory relief to remain open.  To the non-lawyer, this may seem […]

November 18, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Calif yanks appraiser license from North Coast vineyard & wine property broker over misconduct accusations

Christopher Blakeslee, owner of Wine Property Consulting | Blakeslee Land Services in Petaluma, has lost his California appraiser’s license following scores of improper appraisal accusations lodged against him by the California Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers. Blakeslee surrendered his California license on Aug. 4, 2016. The surrender was part of a stipulated agreement to settle […]

November 14, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Federal judge dismisses Ste. Michelle versus Treasury Wine complaint, controversy heads for mediation

CORRECTION: In a previous version of this article, Wine Industry Insight stated that Federal District Court Judge Richard Seeborg had combined the cases. That was incorrect. Judge Seeborg adjudged both cases as related but did not consolidate them, thus allowing the Treasury’s request for declaratory relief to remain open.  To the non-lawyer, this may seem […]

November 11, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Track the Post-Trump Dow and Nasdaq today with this real-time quote from Marketwatch

Real-time source: MarketWatch

November 9, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Feds nail Jeffry Hill, charge him with wire & mail fraud in Napa Valley vintage and appellation fiddling scheme

More than two years after Wine Industry Insight broke the inside TTB story  about Jeffry Hill’s vast wine fraud scheme, (June 25, 2014: “TTB Carpet Bombs Hill Wine Co With Felony Allegations”) he was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 2  following the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment charging him with four counts each of mail fraud […]

November 2, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Welcome! Major wine industry pub covers the surreality of Duarte’s WOTUS Woes

A note from Wine Industry Insight (WII ) Publisher and Executive Editor Lewis Perdue Kudos to WineBusiness.Com for covering the surreal trials that the federal government is putting John Duarte through: Duarte faces millions of dollars in fines for plowing through wetlands in violation of the Clean Water Act.   While Wine Industry Insight (WII […]

November 2, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Vintners Supply closes, files for bankruptcy

Vintners Supply of Santa Rosa — which supplied home and small winemakers — has closed its business and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. 263 lots including a forklift, scales, pallet racking, fixtures, remaining filters, winemaking inventory and other assets will be sold at auction. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete […]

October 26, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More