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No, 2016 world wine production did NOT drop 5% as headlined elsewhere!
No, 2016 wine production did NOT drop 5% as headlined elsewhere. That might eventually be the case. Or it might not. But it has not happened so far. Because 2016 is not over. In a poorly written press release sent out yesterday, the OIV (Internationale Organisation du vigne et la vin) estimated that production might […]
Ste. Michelle Vs Treasury Wine: Corporate Stags Behaving Badly Or A Brilliantly Executed Sucker Punch?
At first glance, the violation of a 31-year-old peace accord between Napa Valley’s dueling stags appears to be a case of two big corporations behaving badly. That is what court documents, most legal sources and winery executives initially told Wine Industry Insight over the past 2 weeks for an article intended for publication last Thursday. […]
Bello Vineyard sale pending brings lower price, possible issues with clear title to real estate
A companion article may be accessed at: Bello Family Vineyards Rutherford estate possibly sold (or not) at bankruptcy auction. Turf battles & new legal complications raise doubts A sale is pending for the Bello Family Vineyards estate property in Rutherford but at a price below the auction’s premium bid according to court documents and […]
Bello Family Vineyards Rutherford estate possibly sold (or not) at bankruptcy auction. Turf battles & new legal complications raise doubts
A companion article may be accessed at: Bello Vineyard sale pending brings lower price, possible issues with clear title to real estate The Bello Family Vineyards estate property may have been sold. Or not. The Napa Valley estate property in Rutherford, managed to make it through a shaky bankruptcy auction in August, but has […]
Breakthru Beverage & Empire Merchants get nasty double whammy with fraud lawsuit & Trump casino bankruptcy clawback
New York’s largest distributor Empire Merchants and its co-owner Breakthru Beverage Group, have been hit with double whammies that include internecine fraud charges and an unanticipated problem resulting from the Trump Casino bankruptcies. Empire is the largest distributor in NY, doing about $1.9 billion in 2015, according to Shanken’s Impact Newsletter. The September double […]
These 5 things might have prevented this NBA star from losing $20 million investing with Charles Banks
When now-retired NBA superstar Tim Duncan met investment and winery financier superstar Charles Augustus Banks IV back in 1997, neither man anticipated that their relationship would wind up in a series of lawsuits, legal actions, a federal indictment and litigation by the Securities and exchange commission. Ironically, it was a fax sent by Banks to […]
Feds indict former Screaming Eagle owner Charles Banks, allege wire fraud.
News article: Adviser accused of bilking Tim Duncan indicted Government documents Banks DOJ Indictment (for premium subscribers) Banks SEC Complaint (for premium subscribers)
U.S. Wine Retailers & Drinkers to Feel Little Holiday Pain from Hanjin Bankruptcy
In contrast to the abject fears of cell phone, toy and computer retailers, drinkers of imported wine and their favorite stores are unlikely to feel any noticeable holiday pain from the insolvency of South Korean-based Hanjin shipping lines. What’s more, the bankruptcy is also likely to have little effect on U.S. wine exports. […]
9th Circuit To Weigh Validity Of CWA ‘Significant Nexus’ Jurisdiction Test >>>> Duarte lawsuit prompts Federal Appeals Court Review of Key Clean Water Act Test
NOTE: the following article updates events contained in Wine Industry Insight’s special five article series that ran this week. Dire consequences face every farmer & landowner who fails to grasp the vast and vague regulation of the Clean Water Act Clean Water Act Permits: Expensive, time-consuming, uncertain Ag exemptions to the CWA in law and […]
Clean Water Act Permits: Expensive, time-consuming, uncertain
By Lewis Perdue There is no nationwide land parcel registry or map that specifies whether a given field or plot of land is part of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS). Because land does not have to have water on it to be part of WOTUS, the process can be confusing. (See: Trying To […]
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