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Chile: Colchagua Wineries Battered But Unbowed
PUBLIC DECLARATION: EFFECTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE ON THE COLCHAGUA VALLEY WINE INDUSTRY. VIÑAS DE COLCHAGUA S.A. Colchagua, Chile, March 4,...
Priorities for the New Decade: The Importance of the Central Coast to the California Wine Industry
15TH Annual Central Coast Insights March 18, 2010 8:00 - 8:30 A.M. ...
San Francisco Vintners Market Brings Wine Country To The City
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 17, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Tired of going to wine tasting events, discovering great new...
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Nielsen: Wine Shows Big Gaps In Generational Spending
THE BOTTOM LINE: Wine is one of the largest spending categories for seniors at $124 per year. Boomers spend $125 per year on wine, while Gen X spends $78 and Millennials spend $61 annually.
Nielsen: Mining the U.S. Generation Gaps
By Todd Hale, …
IBG Chooses New CEO
Inertia Beverage Group (IBG) has named Joseph W. Waechter as CEO to replace Ted Jansen who left the company to join his family in Seattle, Washington, and to pursue new opportunities in that area.
Waechter is the former president and CEO of DHL Worldwide Express and more recently managing director of California Pacific Capital
IBG Chairman Dave Manougian said that …
Demetria Estate Winery/DAZ Vineyards Files Chapt 11
DAZ Vineyards, LLC of Los Olivos, dba Demetria Estate Winery, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.
The Santa Barbara County winery is owned 90 percent by Centrium & Associates and 10 percent by DAZ Holdings LLC. Both LLCs are controlled by Santa Monica real-estate developer John Zahoudanis and his family.
A status …
Stevenot Brand Sale Closes, Munari Retains Winery
Sutter Creek-based Oliveto Distributing Inc. finally closed its purchase of the Stevenot wine brand on Feb. 24 when a bankruptcy court confirmed the Chapter 11 reorganization plan of Golden Eagle Estates LLC.
Jack Munari, the principal of Golden Eagle Estates purchased the Stevenot Winery and brands from Barden Stevenot in 2006 and took it into Chapter 11 reorganization …
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WII Hiatus Due To Editor’s Trip
Sorry for the interruption, but Wine Industry Insight Editor Lewis Perdue is in Western New York State where he delivered a college commencement address to the State University of New York’s Corning Community College.
Corning is a major regional two-year school and as such is part of the State University of New York.
Afterwards, Lew met wth faculty at Cornell …
IRI/WII: What Are Consumers REALLY Drinking. Much Of What You Think Is Wrong.
The wine industry’s perception that box and value brands own all the growth categories is wrong. This broad-brush conviction may have been true six months ago, but it is not justified by a detailed and current look at what consumers are really buying.
The market is in flux and opportunities exist for those willing to take a close look at the …
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Editor Lewis Perdue reviews …
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FROM WII EDITOR & PUBLISHER, LEWIS PERDUE
I’ve gotten a lot of solid, hard, pointed questions about Wine Industry Insight and what makes us different — how we complement other publications rather than compete with them.
I’ll do the best I can, and if I still don’t answer your question, then please email me (lewis perdue wineindustryinsight com) and I’ll …
Moramarco Leaves Constellation
VICTOR, N.Y., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ, ASX: CBR), announced today that Jon Moramarco, chief executive officer of Constellation International, will leave the company effective June 30, 2009. “Jon has been a highly valued member of the management team since 1999 and his strategic insight, knowledge and vast wine industry experience have helped us build …
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WineWeb Releases Customer Relationship Management Software for Wineries
WineWeb.com adds CRM to its winery services suite, with integration to its e-commerce, wine club and point-of-sale services. Santa Fe, NM (PRWEB) November 20, 2009 —...
iWinemaker App Provides Enology Calculators
iWinemaker iWineMaker is a unique iPhone application, which provides winemakers and wine enthusiasts with the most useful Winemaking calculators and information about wine making on to...
An Equation for making ReTweets Drive Traffic
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Action Packed Schedule Finalized For 5th Annual Wine Industry Technology Symposium
Action Packed Schedule Finalized For 5th Annual Wine Industry Technology Symposium Early Bird Registration Discount Ends July 3 June 17, 2009. Napa, CA – The Wine Industry Technology...
Boisset’s Fog Mountain In One-liter PET Bottles [News Release]
News Release Boisset’s Fog Mountain Introduces California Wine in a One-liter PET Bottle New Larger Sized Sustainable Plastic Bottle Opens Doors to New Opportunities PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–When it comes...
California ABC Issues Advisory On Third-Party Resellers
Unlicensed Third Party Service Providers The Department has received numerous inquiries regarding the participation by licensees in programs operated by unlicensed Third Party Service Providers. These...
French collectors pawn wine in dash for cash
Paris - One fears the natural order of things has been up-ended if the French are giving up their wine. But financial woes have driven...
San Joaquin Valley Wine Competition Holds Fifth Tasting in June
June 19 is the deadline for entries in the fifth annual San Joaquin Valley Wine Competition which will be held June 26 and 27 in...
Teaching winery opens on Cornell campus
With the snip of a grapevine, Susan A. Henry, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), opened the...
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NEWSFETCH - March 10, 2010
Warren Buffett Paying Top Dollar To Tap Baby Boomer’s Wine Binge European Moth Earns Quarantine For Napa Valley Expect price hike for Chile’s wine, apples SCROLL...
NEWSFETCH - March 9, 2010
60 Minutes “French Paradox” Producer Dies Gallo reveals 2010 plans for UK market What the fake Pinot Noir scandal can do for...
NEWSFETCH - March 8, 2010
Vineyard Defaults Surge as Lost Land Values Undermine Napa Wine Nielsen: Wine Shows Big Gaps In Generational Spending N. Coast Growers, ...
NEWSFETCH - March 5, 2010
Nielsen: Wine Shows Big Gaps In Generational Spending New operator revives foreclosed Sierra Foothills vineyard Quake puts dent in Chile’s wine business: ...
NEWSFETCH - March 4, 2010
Stevenot Brand Sale Closes, Munari Retains Winery Chile wine industry losses near $1 billion Chilean quake wrecks vineyards and wine stocks Chile’s Wine Industry...
NEWSFETCH - March 3, 2010
Novato winery wins trademark case against Trek Bicycle Chile: Earthquake Appeal Fund bank account set up For more on Chilean quake, please scroll down. Growing Asian...
NEWSFETCH - March 2, 2010
Chile: flights resume as wineries count the cost Chile’s biggest winemaker suspends production to assess damage Powerful Earthquake Rocks Chilean Wine Industry SCROLL DOWN FOR...
NEWSFETCH - March 1, 2010
Wine regions devastated by Chile quake Earthquake hits Chilean wine regions Chilean earthquake: wineries, tanks, bottles damaged or destroyed “New Frugality” May Be...
NEWSFETCH - February 26, 2010
Lawsuit Claims Gallo and French Supplier Mislabeled Fake Pinot Noir to Deceive Diageo Sees US iPhone Users, Women as...
NEWSFETCH - February 25, 2010
Traps set statewide for destructive grapevine moth Westlands district quits state water association Christies looks to year ahead The Argument...
NEWSFETCH - February 24, 2010
Heritage Bank - Major wine, small business lender told to tighten practices US wine industry reeled in 2009, wary of 2010 January Retail...
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About The Editor
WII Editor Lewis Perdue
is a former Washington, D.C. investigative reporter and has written 20 published books. He founded Wine Business Insider in 1991 followed three years later by Wine Business Monthly. Both were sold in 1997, but remain the dominant trade publications for the North American wine business. In 1997 he became a correspondent for CBS Marketwatch and a columnist for The Street.Com. Later, he worked as a columnist for the Wall Street Journal Online before founding an Internet payments company which went public. He has also been a negociant and a wine importer/distributor. Click here for more on Lew.