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New North Carolina Haw River Valley AVA

(From TTB News Release) Washington, D.C. – The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published a final rule in the Federal Register establishing the 868-square mile “Haw River Valley” viticultural area in Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, and Rockingham Counties, North Carolina. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the […]

March 30, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Wine group Constellation to axe jobs Drinks group to cut 5% of workforce amid shrinking UK sales

The Guardian (U.K.)  has reported that Consetllation Brands will cut 5% of its workforce. “Constellation Brands, the world’s biggest wine maker, is to cut 5% of its 8,200-strong workforce, blaming the move in large part on shrinking British sales of its labels, which include Hardys, Banrock Station and Kumala. “Rob Sands, chief executive of Constellation, […]

March 26, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Brown-Forman Appoints Charmer Sunbelt As Distributor In Delaware & Colorado

Brown-Forman Corporation has named The Charmer Sunbelt Group (CSG), as their distributor in Delaware and Colorado according to a company news release.

March 20, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Vinography Takes Top Honors At 2009 American Wine Blog Awards

Vinography has taken ” Best Overall” honors in the 2009 American Wine Blog Awards produced by Tom Wark, publisher of FERMENTATION: The Daily Wine Blog. Vinography also took top honors in the “Best Wine Writing On a Blog” category. Other winners included: Best Graphics or Presentation: The Good Grape Best Single Subject Blog: Lenndevours Best […]

March 9, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

California Bureaucrats Make Water Rights Grab

The California Water Resources Control Board  (WRCB) has notified more than 7,000 water rights owners that it may seize their water this year. This is the first time since 1988 that such notices were sent. The WRCB mailed notices last week to every city and farm with state water rights in central and northern California […]

March 6, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Judge Warns Conti/Charles B Mitchell To File Complete Documents Or Lose Chapt 11 Protection

Citing incomplete filings, Bankruptcy Judge Michael S. McManus has ordered MC2 Wines, dba Charles B. Mitchell Vineyards/Conti Estate Winery to show cause why it should not have its Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection revoked. McManus has set a hearing on the matter for March 23 at the bankruptcy court in Sacramento. As previously reported by WII, […]

March 2, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Purple/Sonoma Wine Company Inks Deal With Cartlidge and Brown/Greenfield

Purple/Sonoma Wine Company has signed a long term lease for the Napa County production facility owned by the Greenfield Wine Company (dba Cartlidge & Browne Winery), according to sources close to the transaction. The ownership of the building has not changed. An official announcement is expected Monday. Greenfield Wine Company will lease back a portion of […]

February 27, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data,Worth A Look | Read More

U.S. Exports Up, Imports Down But Not Out

U.S. wine exports edged over the $1 billion mark in 2008, but still trail imports which the Department of Commerce estimates at $4.5 billion — approximately 30 percent of the American market. According to a California Wine Institute press release, total American imports hit $1,008,259,000 in 2008, a six percent increase over 2008. Volume increased […]

February 25, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Conti Faces Hearing On Winegrape Liens, Misses Filing Deadline

Three growers who sold to MC2 Wines, dba Charles B. Mitchell Vineyards/Conti Estate Winery have been granted a hearing to determine if they will be allowed to enforce their liens for unpaid winegrapes. The grapes, from the 2008 crush, have been made into wine which is stored at the winery. Michael S. McManus, United States […]

February 20, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Aussie Crush Continues Amid Bush Fires; No Full Assessment Yet

The bush fires that have ravaged the vineyards of Victoria since February 7  “have directly threatened the wine producing areas of Beechworth, Bendigo, Gippsland, Heathcote, and the Yarra Valley,” according to a statement released Monday by the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation (AWBC). Despite this, the AWBC said that “the majority of wineries in Victoria […]

February 17, 2009 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More