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TTB Establishes Snipes Mtn. AVA and Expands Paso Robles

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has established the Snipes Mountain AVA in Washington State and expanded the Paso Robles AVA on California’s central coast. Both are effective Feb. 20. SNIPES MOUNTAIN The 4,145-acre Snipes Mountain viticultural area in Yakima County, Washington will be  entirely within the existing Yakima Valley and Columbia […]

February 6, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Aussie Heat Wave Could Dry Up Glut

Australian web site, FarmOnline reports that, “heatwave temperatures across southern NSW and South Australia could burn hopes for a successful wine vintage this year, as winemakers are forced to start harvesting earlier than usual. After near-perfect conditions in the south, temperatures reaching 48 degrees are playing havoc with fruit still on vines. Growers in the […]

February 5, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

LVMH Net Misses Estimates on Spirit, Champagne Slump

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) — LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world’s largest luxury-goods maker, reported earnings unexpectedly stagnated after handbag sales failed to offset slumping demand for Hennessey cognac and Moet champagne. Net income for 2008 was 2.03 billion euros ($2.6 billion), the Paris-based company said today, unchanged from a year earlier. That missed […]

February 5, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Winemaker Gary Andrus Dies

Pine Ridge Winery co-founder Gary Andrus, 63,  died  Friday in Hillsboro, Ore. of complications from pneumonia. He also founded two Oregon wineries, Archery Summit Estate  and Gypsy Dancer According to an obituary by The Wine Spectator’s Harvey Steiman, Andrus was a former Olympic downhill skier and an avid trout fisherman” who “started making wine at […]

February 4, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

WBM 30 Issue Scores With Outstanding Info

The Jan 2009 issue of Wine Business Monthly is a real winner. I picked up a copy at the Unified Symposium last week in Sacto and am still working my way through the issue. Good solid data, page after page. WBM isn’t my baby any longer, so it’s rewarding to see how well Cyril Penn […]

February 3, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

New Bailout Snubs “Alcohol & Other Drugs”

While the $819 billion stimulus package recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is packed with enough pork to use up the global supply of sausage casings for a decade, it has snubbed the “alcohol and other drugs”industry. The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) and 150 other organizations are […]

February 2, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Ruby Tuesday Picks Up Bronco Challenge

Three and a half years ago, “Mr. Two-Buck Chuck” — Bronco Wine Company Co-owner Fred Franzia — challenged the restaurant business to stop ripping off diners. Franzia’s challenge? Price a bottle on the restaurant’s wine list for $10 or less. Every restaurant in America ignored the challenge and went about its usual business of cheating […]

February 1, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Tandem Winery Sold to Quivira’s Kight

Pete Kight, proprietor of Healdsburg’s Quivira Vineyards & Winery, has acquired Tandem Winery in Sonoma County in partnership with Tandem owner/winemaker Greg La Follette. According to a news release, La Follette will remain with Tandem to will focus on winemaking and viticulture.  The deal closed January 16. No terms were disclosed. In addition to the […]

January 19, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

Chicago Wholesalers Pay $803,000 To Settle TTB Charges

Ten Chicago wholesaler/importers have paid a total of $803,ooo to settle charges by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). The settlements, announced by TTB on Jan. 14, alleged that the wholesalers had “violated the conditions of their basic permits by furnishing or giving money or other things of value to a retailer, […]

January 15, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More

SF Chronicle Sacks Wine Section, Reorganizes Coverage

The San Francisco Chronicle is reorganizing its wine coverage, eliminating the wine-only section and rolling coverage into other areas of the newspaper. “It’s a combination of advertising, print and giving people a different product,” said Executive Food and Wine Editor Michael Bauer. He noted that the Chron had conducted focus groups and found that the […]

January 15, 2009 | Filed under News Briefs | Read More