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Bello Family Vineyards Rutherford estate property set for bankruptcy auction

Amid  court allegations of fraud and financial misdeeds, the multi-million-dollar Rutherford estate owned by Southern California contractor Michael Ru Bello and his family is scheduled to be auctioned August 4.   The residential property —  still known as the Bello Family Vineyards — is located at 8424 Saint Helena Highway south of Rutherford and adjacent to […]

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

Bello/Walldesign fraud allegations & reasons for clawbacks

While no fraud charges have been filed against anyone, allegations frequent many of the court documents in the Bello/Walldesign bankruptcy case. This unedited description below, excerpted from a document filed with the bankruptcy court on Feb. 25, 2014, is typical.   MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES FACTUAL BACKGROUND Walldesign, Inc. (“Walldesign”) was in the business […]

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

Vintank dead? Vin65 customers left in lurch. Signs point to quiet euthanasia by private equity

NOTE: This article will be updated with any responses or further information that may be received.     Vintank seems to have been quietly euthanized by a Denver private equity firm which invested this May in online ad agency W2O, which had bought Vintank in 2015.   Death slips out in Vin65 blog post   […]

July 6, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

The list of 12 Treasury Wine brands and the name of the buyer(s)

In today’s News Fetch (TWE dumps 12 cheap US wine brands but refuses to name them), we wrote a speculative piece about the brands that Treasury Wine Estates is selling: (Wildly speculating about the mystery brands that Treasury just punted off their roster).   That article — as we mentioned — was total speculation (and […]

July 5, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Wildly speculating about the mystery brands that Treasury just punted off their roster

BREAKING NEWS: The list of 12 Treasury Wine brands and the name of the buyer(s) is available for premium subscribers only.   NOTE: The presence of a winery in the list is pure speculation and should not be taken as proof the mentioned brand is being divested.   This is far from an authoritative list. […]

July 5, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Investor disclosure now an issue as Constellation evades & GI Partners remains silent about Duckhorn sale

The accuracy of  Wine Industry Insight’s article about the proposed sale of Duckhorn Wine Company to Constellation by GI Partners remains officially unresolved as the two main parties in the transaction refuse to confirm or deny the deal.   GI Partners remains silent while Constellation evaded the question yesterday with this official waffle: “Constellation Brands’ […]

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

Amid no word at all from Constellation or GI Partners, Duckhorn exec says not for sale. Sources hold firm.

Wine Industry Insight’s article: Constellation In Talks To Buy Duckhorn from GI Partners has gotten plenty of comments, but none from the present owners of the wine consortium (GI Partners) and the presumptive buyer (Constellation Brands).   Well before the article ran, Wine Industry Insight sought comment and emailed a draft of the original article to […]

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

Constellation In Talks To Buy Duckhorn from GI Partners

This article is available to premium subscribers of Wine Executive News. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete  article. Also In This Article: Following Consumer Premiumization Trend Purchase Should Find Favor With Analysts Not a Wine Executive News subscriber? Subscribe to Wine Executive News now, and get the rest of this […]

June 21, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Napa & The Panama Papers – Scratching the surface

This is the first in a series of quick glimpses of wine industry people and entities based on the Panama Papers’ massive data trove. That data has been collected by The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists News coverage of the Panama Papers has focused primarily on the lurid, and the sensational: tyrants, moguls, and top […]

June 15, 2016 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Vineyards, grain supplies have stake in “Goofy” Federal Plowing-Is-Pollution Case

EDITOR’S NOTE: While this particular case involves a row crop, its outcome will substantially effect vineyard development, grain production and tree-nut orchards.   Not only does this judicial decision reclassify shallow tillage (4-6″) as deep ripping, but it also holds that exemptions for ordinary farming activities are not exempt from federal sanctions if land is […]

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