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Vineyards at risk (as well as most anything you eat): You’ll be shocked by this video on how the Feds are harassing a farmer for plowing his field

Source: American Farm Bureau Article Highlights Calif Farmer’s Struggles With Federal Regulators on Water Issues The following is from the American Farm Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 22, 2015 — A new video produced by the American Farm Bureau Federation highlights the struggles a California farm family has encountered with federal water regulations. The video also […]

December 22, 2015 | Filed under Daily Data,Featured Articles | Read More

Will Walmart Versus Texas Be Granholm II And Headed For SCOTUS?

By Jeff Siegel Wine Executive News Contributing Editor   Walmart’s bid to own package stores and sell distilled spirits just might turn into the next great U.S. Supreme Court three-tier decision. Top legal experts say they would not be surprised if the retail giant’s lawsuit against Texas’ booze cops — the TABC — wound up […]

December 21, 2015 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Small winery, penny stock: Truett-Hurst Winery shares pumped then dumped

When your share price starts to drop at or below $1, you know you’ve become truly a “penny stock” and that leaves you open to “pump and dump”opportunists. That is what seems to have happened to Truett-Hurst over the past week.   Image Source: Wine Industry Insight. Copyright 2015. Wine Executive News subscribers click this […]

December 10, 2015 | Filed under Daily Data,Featured Articles | Read More

Is wine grape fraud okay with the TTB? Inaction on Jeff Hill begs that question

IMPORTANT NOTE: Hill Family Estate as well as William Hill Estate Winery, are not affiliated with, nor owned by the same families as The Hill Wine Company in this and previous bankruptcy articles.   By Jeff Siegel Contributing Editor Justice comes a lot swifter and surer from the State of California than it does from […]

December 9, 2015 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Truett-Hurst Sues Hambrecht Over Winery Eviction Effort

Truett-Hurst (NASDAQ: THST) has sued Hambrecht Wine Group in a move to counter an eviction notice to oust THST from VML Winery — its main production winery located near Healdsburg in Sonoma County. Hambrecht Wine Group is controlled by Bill Hambrecht a former THST board member whose brokerage firm took the winery public in 2013. […]

November 25, 2015 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Constellation To Borrow $400Mil To Help Cover Ballast Point Acquisition

Constellation Brands plans to borrow $400 million to help cover its $1 billion acquisition of Ballast Point Brewing. The firm filed a form 424B3 with the SEC early Thursday. A copy of that filing can be accessed at this link Quick Summary (Direct From Filing) The Offering The following summary of the terms of the […]

November 19, 2015 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Prized Silverado Trail Winery Sold To Diablo Valley Winemakers

The 1001 Silverado Trail winery made infamous by Jeffry Hill’s various winemaking shenanigans has been sold to a Des Moines. IA, holding company.     Wine Industry Insight has learned that the facility will be the home of the AuburnJames Winery brand. That wine brand is currently owned, and being produced by, a custom crush […]

November 10, 2015 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Hambrecht Moves To Evict Truett-Hurst From Key Facility: VML Winery

Hambrecht Wine Group, L.P.has moved to evict Truett-Hurst (NASDAQ: THST) from the VML Winery. That winery is THST’s key production facility. Hambrecht Wine Group is owned by financier Bill Hambrecht, a former Truett-Hurst board member whose investment company, WR Hambrecht & Co., took THST public in 2013 (Truett-Hurst Insiders Bail Out IPO, Trading Begins). WR […]

October 29, 2015 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Duarte Goes On Offensive In Battle with Feds. Outcome May Affect Vineyards, Other Ag

EDITOR’S NOTE: The outcome of this case could significantly impact vineyard development and other common agricultural practices. Significantly for vineyards and other ag, in this lawsuit the federal government has defined a plow as a point source of pollution and the soil plowed as an illegal discharge into the Waters of the US (WOTUS). The […]

October 27, 2015 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Is Crimson Wine Group (CWGL) Taking Itself Private?

Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete 3,600-word article. In This Article: The full text of the following sections is available to premium subscribers of Wine Executive News. A buyback of a different color (Crimson) and a potentially surprising end-point Tightly knit Board and substantial ownership makes going private a very […]

October 13, 2015 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More