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Lot18 Picks Up Pieces Of TastingRoom.Com
Lot18’s spin machine went into high gear with their promotional emails tonight with a $20 voucher and headline that read: “TastingRoom has partnered with Lot18. To welcome you to Lot18, we’re giving you the above voucher to apply toward your first purchase on Lot18.com.” PARTNERSHIP. REALLY? Partnered? That wasn’t the impression last night when TastingRoom.Com […]
PARCEL DATA UPDATE: Buyers, Prices For Monterey, San Benito & Fresno County Oil/Gas/Fracking
UPDATE 6:55 p.m., December 18: Wine Executive News premium subscribers can access a .xlsx spreadsheet that correlates the tracts mapped out in the last pages of the BLM’s Environmental Assessment to the parcels sold in the 12/12/12 auction. Four bidders from Bakersfield, Clovis and Colorado last week paid a total of $104,099.50 for oil and gas […]
Fracking Rights Auctioned Off In Monterey Wine Country
Oil and gas exploration rights to 6,150 acres in 35 tracts of land in Southern Monterey County in and near the Lockwood and San Ardo vineyard areas have been auctioned off by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The Monterey tracts are part of 79 tracts, encompassing 17,847 acres of Federal mineral estate in Fresno […]
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Sues Wirtz Beverages
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE) Ltd has sued its former distributor. Wirtz had not filed a response at press time. Oddly enough, the SMWE’s complaint and other court documents including the court docket were dated Dec. 7, 2012 but were available before noon (PST) on Dec. 6. SMWE included bills of lading, copies of agreements and […]
Stark v Diageo Trademark Case: Goliath Mostly Wins … For Now
A close reading of the Stark v Diageo lawsuit decision indicates that in this David versus Goliath battle, the big guy got a bigger victory than news releases have made it appear. The written decision and order by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California describes a […]
EPR Losing Millions On Wineries & Vineyards It Can’t Sell
Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE: EPR) continues to lose millions on its remaining winery and vineyard properties as it struggles to divest them, according to the company’s latest 10Q quarterly report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the period ending Sept. 30. But because those properties are now worth substantially less than it paid for […]
Ram’s Gate Sues Former Broker/Attorney Over Roche Winery Acquisition
Ram’s Gate Winery and its former real estate agent/attorney Lester F. Hardy of St. Helena are slated to square in court off over allegations that Hardy failed to disclose previously documented earthquake issues at the former Roche Winery which Ram’s Gate acquired in December 2006. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete […]
Barrel Stop/Dominari Winery Sold At Foreclosure Auction
Barrel Stop/Dominari Winery was sold at a foreclosure auction on the steps of the Napa Court House yesterday afternoon. The auction had been postponed twice, once last year after the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of the winery and again in late-September when the owners — Marie and Jurgen Schutz — filed personal bankruptcy. (See: Barrel […]
Requiem For a Legendary Brand: RIP Glen Ellen
RELATED ARTICLE: IS GLEN ELLEN A BRAND OR NOT? The Wine Group insists Glen Ellen is no longer a brand. Three Michigan distributors disagree and are suing to try and prove otherwise. Read more about that case here: Michigan Distributors Sue Wine Group Over Glen Ellen Brand Change THE CASH FLOW WINE THAT PIONEERED A […]
Distributors Sue The Wine Group Over Whether Glen Ellen Is Still A Brand
RELATED ARTICLE READ THE FOLLOWING FIRST FOR RELEVANT BACKGROUND: Requiem For a Legendary Brand: RIP Glen Ellen Three Michigan distributors have sued The Wine Group (TWG) over a major dispute that hinges on whether or not Glen Ellen is still a wine brand. According to court documents, the distributors all had contracts with TWG to […]
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