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Carneros Creek, Wildhurst Sold
Tennessee-based Sapphire wines — best known in California as the owners of Eos Estate Winery on the Central Coast — has purchased the Carneros Creek and Wildhurst wine brands, according to an article in the Nashville Tennessean. According to the Tennessean: “I think that in today’s market place there are a lot of opportunities out […]
Illinois Direct Shipping Could Raise Up to $3 Million/Year in Taxes – SWRA
Direct shipping advocate, Specialty Wine Retailers Association (SWRA), said that State House Bill 2462 would raise between $1 million and $3 million annually through payment of state sales tax and fees for the permit required to ship wine into the state. The SWRA sais that Illinois wine sales represented 5.5% of the $30 billion of […]
Cruvee/Scrugy Merge Online Wine Data Services
Cruvee which monitors and analyzes social media information for wineries, has acquired competitor, scrugy.com, an online aggregator of tasting notes, reviews, wineries and wine blogs. scrugy.com founder James Jory joins Cruvee as VP Technology
Central Valley Water Users Sue Feds
Delta smelt protection rules issued in December 2008 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service are endangering Californians who depend on the Central Valley Project (CVP), according to a lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Fresno. The lawsuit, which names a number of federal agencies including the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, was brought […]
Foley Snaps Up 70% of Kuleto Estate Winery
The Wine Spectator has reported that, “Foley Family Wines is buying a controlling interest in Kuleto Estate, the Napa Valley winery owned by restaurateur Pat Kuleto. The deal, which will give Foley a 70 percent share in the brand, winery, inventory and part of the vineyard, is expected to close next week.” READ THE REST.
Brown-Forman Schedules Financial Conference Call
Brown-Forman Corporation will release its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 on March 10 by 8:00 a.m. (EST). The company will host a conference call to discuss the results at 9:30 a.m. (EDT) that same morning. All interested parties in the U.S. are invited to join the conference call by dialing 888-624-9285 […]
States Loosening Alcohol Sales Rules To Increase Tax Revenues
The Associated Press is reporting that a number of states are considering looser restrictions on alcohol sales in order to increase tax revenues. “In Utah, and across the country, governors and lawmakers faced with budget deficits are advocating loosening laws that restrict alcohol consumption in the hopes of boosting tax revenues. In Georgia, Connecticut, Indiana, […]
U.S. Gets Four New Master Sommeliers
Jonathan Pullis, Fernando Beteta, Laura Maniec, and James Tidwell are the four newest Master Sommeliers in America. The details are here, in a well-written article by Alfonso Cevola.
TTB Issues Updated List Of All U.S. AVAs
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, has released an updated version of all American Viticultural Areas. The list can be accessed here.
Gallo Buys Las Rocas Brand from European Cellars
E. & J. Gallo Winery announced Friday that it has purchased the Las Rocas brand of Spanish wines from European Cellars. Las Rocas wines are produced by Bodegas San Alejandro in Miedes, Spain, and European Cellars’ founder, Eric Solomon, will continue to consult with the winemakers on the products. The Bodegas San Alejandro cooperative was […]
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