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NEWS FETCH — April 26, 2016

TOP NEWS Barefoot Crosses 18 Million Cases, Branches Into Canned Wine Thompson bill would cut wine taxes Exports of UK gin, beer and wine to USA reach a record £361 million Majestic’s upgraded to a ‘Buy’ listing following Naked Wines results Lawmakers pump the brakes after Jerry Brown goes full throttle on pet projects U.S. […]

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NEWS FETCH — April 25, 2016

TOP NEWS Constellation’s Possible Canadian Spin-Off Italy knocked off podium of wine consumption worldwide Lawsuit accuses regulators of loosening Sacramento Delta water rules Junk food not harmful to heart when eaten with Mediterranean diet, study finds TTB Establishes Loess Hills District in Iowa/Missouri Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Prefer Saving to Spending This is how Charter […]

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NEWS FETCH — April 22, 2016

TOP NEWS Wine Industry Toasts Production, Consumption Rise In 2015, these five countries consumed half of the wine in the world. The US drank the most A Beringer returns to Beringer Oregon Wine Market is More than Pinot Noir Craft cider a category to watch as millennials drive wineries to distraction USDA Offers $4 Million […]

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NEWS FETCH — April 21, 2016

TOP NEWS California vintners grapple with new state law on worker payments Indiana “Corporate Welfare Blocks Binny’s Expansion Bill Foley buys Stryker Sonoma winery China behind Spain as country with second biggest vineyard surface area California grape industry closer to EGVM eradication Rabobank: Global wine supply in flux as drinkers trade up Worksite inspections disrupt […]

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NEWS FETCH — April 20, 2016

TOP NEWS Did Fidelity Cheat Peter Deutsch Out of Millions of Dollars? Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Buys Patz & Hall Treasury: Cheap wine damaging our brand overseas (Calif should take note) Wine Auctioneer Acker Merrall & Condit in Talks with Potential Chinese Partner Feds establish Lewis-Clark Valley AVA, modify Columbia Valley Weather blamed for big […]

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NEWS FETCH — April 19, 2016

TOP NEWS Venge Vineyards Acquires Robert Rue Vineyard and Winery in the Russian River Valley Jackson Family Wines buys Penner-Ash Wine Cellars France remains king of global fine wine exports Robert Parker relinquishes Bordeaux This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link* WINE SUPPLY Heavy hailstorm hits Mâconnais […]

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NEWS FETCH — April 18, 2016

TOP NEWS Calif ABC Handed Its Head In A Bag By Appeals Board Which Rips Agency and Rejects Its Winery-Bottlerock Tied-House Cases (4-article special report) Remembering North Coast winemaker Shibumi Knoll Winery Owner Don Ross Dies At 74 DtC Shipments Climb 12%; Total Wine Sales up 4% El Niño a disappointment in still-too-dry Southern California […]

April 18, 2016 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

The Appeals Board’s formal summary of what happened

Other than the addition of more paragraph breaks and omission of footnotes and citations for readability, the following is a direct, complete and unedited  “cut and paste” from the Appeals Board’s decision that summarizes one of the ABC Bottlerock circumstances.   Appeals Board quotes are in red   Some specifics — such as the amounts […]

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NEWS FETCH — April 15, 2016

TOP NEWS After Southern-Glazers And Breakthru Megadeals, More Consolidation Expected Self-confessed “loan shark” buys big chunk of the world’s biggest wine auction houses North Coast grape acreage losing ground Constellation among Morgan Stanley’s 30 Stocks to Buy and Hold Until 2019 Chinese market now bigger than US for Australian wine Lawsuit Challenges Metropolitan Water District’s […]

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NEWS FETCH — April 14, 2016

TOP NEWS California grape acreage falls 10,000 acres to 918,000 WA farm labor association warns of minimum wage hike Godzilla El Nino is dead Astringent mouthfeel of wine results from a lubrication failure in the mouth This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link* WINE SUPPLY Favorable weather […]

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