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Final Hammer Dropping On WineGavel?

Final Hammer Dropping On WineGavel?

San Francisco-based WineGavel, a three-year-old live and online wine auction company,  has had its warehouse operation — Cellar 29 — evicted by the landlord last week, according to witnesses who said they observed papers being served by Napa County Sheriffs. The development has left auction winners confused about where to pick up their purchases and […]

March 6, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

MAJOR UPDATE: American Wine Distributors To Close After Losing Lawsuit & Biggest Client

American Wine Distributors (AWD) will close after a losing a federal court case brought by New Zealand’s Delegats Wine Estates, formerly AMD’s largest client. The U.S. District court in San Francisco and a jury panel have awarded Delegats $189,924 in damages and interest on top of $336,131 in Delegats’ receivables which AWD has admitted owing. […]

February 29, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Import/Export: US Wine Trade Deficit Has Worsened, But Americans Getting More $/Liter On Exports

Import/Export: US Wine Trade Deficit Has Worsened, But Americans Getting More $/Liter On Exports

While the giddy announcement last week that U.S. wine exports have increased is good news for American vintners, a closer look at the data merits a more cautionary outlook.   When the numbers are taken in context, foreign imports are still outpacing U.S.  exports with the result that 2011 showed the third worst trade imbalance […]

February 23, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Bank Charges Barrel Stop “Incompetently Managed,” Urges Trustee & Asset Sales

Mechanics Bank, which holds more than $3.6 million of first-priority promissory notes for the bankrupt Barrel Stop/Dominari Winery, has charged that: The debtor is incompetently managed, The only viable alternative is a sale of the company’s assets and, A trustee must be appointed because the current owners have a conflict of interest. No response has […]

February 15, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Calif. Preliminary 2011 Wine Grape Crush Report: 3.3 Million Tons, Down 7% From 2010

Click here to view the entire report. California’s 2011 crush totaled 3,869,894 tons, down 3 percent from the 2010 crush of 3,986,314 tons. All wine varieties crushed totaled 3,342,689 tons, down 7 percent from 2010. Red wine varieties accounted for the largest share of all grapes crushed, at 1,917,132 tons, down 7 percent from 2010. […]

February 10, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

My Wines Direct On Fast Track To Liquidation

My Wines Direct  is on a fast track to liquidation using a legal maneuver which bypassed state courts and federal bankruptcy proceedings. According to documents mailed to creditors of the now-defunct My Wines Direct, the company will use a technique called an Assignment for Benefit of Creditors (ABC) to dispose of the company’s assets. The […]

February 6, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Jackson Family Wines Sues Diageo Over La Crema Trademark

Jackson Family Wines (JFW) has sued Diageo in federal court alleging infringement of the La Crema trademark. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete article. Also In This Article: The full text of the following sections is available to subscribers of Wine Executive News. COURT FILINGS DOCUMENT LA CREMA’S MARKET DOMINANCE […]

February 2, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Gallo (Wine) Sues Gallo (Beer)

The E. & J. Gallo Winery has filed a trademark infringement suit  against two people behind Baton Rouge-based Cerveza Gallo. The action was brought on Jan. 20 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Cerveza Gallo is the oldest continuously produced beer in Guatamala, brewed by Cervecería Centro Americana which was founded in […]

January 31, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

W.J. Deutsch, Michael McGill Close To Settling Secrets Lawsuit

Michael McGill, former president of the spirits division of W.J. Deutsch (WJD) may soon be free to assume a new post at Diageo, according to court records from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. McGill, who was hired by Deutsch on Feb. 14, 2001, resigned on Oct. 9, 2011. […]

January 13, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Gallo Wins Country Vintner Distributor Suit

E.& J. Gallo has won the appeal in which it was sued by North Carolina distributor Country Vintner. The legal battle began in 2009 when Bodegas Esmerelda moved its distribution to the Modesto wine giant. SUMMARY FROM COURT DOCUMENT: Bodegas Esmeralda is a foreign winery that produces Alamos, an Argentinean brand of wine. Prior to […]

January 10, 2012 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More