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eWinery Solutions And Its Unclear PR Thinking

eWinery Solutions Introduces Powerful Business Intelligence Reporting for Wineries and Wine Retailers What does it DO? “Powerful” means…

Napa Vintners & Sonoma State University Partner on MBA

News Release :1/17/2012 St Helena, CA–Sonoma State University (SSU) and the Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) announced today its…

TTB Goes: “Hey, Like …. UH … duuude! … I am sooo totally wasted on … wasted on .. uh…whatever”

Perhaps this is an existential cry for help. Perhaps an Ernest Hemingway-esque rant (Nada, nada, nada …) on…

Wine Industry Snoozes While NeoDrys Beat The Drum On Wine Research

Always remember, just because something is false or distorted doesn’t keep people from believing it. Early this morning,…

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W.J. Deutsch, Michael McGill Close To Settling Secrets Lawsuit

Michael McGill, former president of the spirits division of W.J. Deutsch (WJD) may soon be free to assume a new post at Diageo, according to court records from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. McGill, who was hired by…

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Gallo Wins Country Vintner Distributor Suit

E.& J. Gallo has won the appeal in which it was sued by North Carolina distributor Country Vintner. The legal battle began in 2009 when Bodegas Esmerelda moved its distribution to the Modesto wine giant. SUMMARY FROM COURT DOCUMENT: Bodegas Esmeralda is a foreign winery…

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My Wines Direct Shuts Down

My Wines Direct Shuts Down My Wines Direct has closed. On Dec. 22, 2011, Wine Industry Insight quoted My Wines Direct CEO Robert Miller as saying the company was looking  for a buyer. Employees, clients and suppliers indicated that they believed the company would close this week. Their fears have…

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Opolo Sues Portugese Winery & Distributor, Charging Copyright Infringement

Paso Robles Winery Opolo Vineyards has sued a Portugese wine company and its U.S. Distributor who, it alleges, have infringed its trademarks by marketing a wine called Opola in the United States. Wine Executive News subscribers please click here to read the complete article. The…

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Final Crush Report: 2009 Tops 4 Million Tons, up 11%

From the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service cooperating with the California Department of Food and Agriculture California’s 2009 crush totaled 4,095,297 tons, up 11 percent from the 2008 crush of 3,673,858 tons.…

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…

Constellation Report 8-K, April 5, 2011

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 5,…

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Napa School of Music Aussie Rock Concert To Benefit Local Farmworkers Organization

The Napa School of Music’s Garage Band 101′s Aussie Rock Concert to be held tonight…

Kosta Browne, The Barlow To Build Winery In Downtown Sebastopol, Calif (Sonoma County)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KOSTA BROWNE WINERY Tony Lombardi Public Relations Director (707) 823-5935 tony@kostabrowne.com (May…

Sankey Brings Back Wine On Tap

By Jim Neal – President/CEO – N2 WINES & Jeff Gunn – President/CEO – IDD…

BOTTLESOFT INC. ACQUIRED BY MODULAR INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Established Bottling & Winery Management Products Added to Winery Software Product Portfolio For Immediate Release–SAN…

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…

iWinemaker App Provides Enology Calculators

iWinemaker iWineMaker is a unique iPhone application, which provides winemakers and wine enthusiasts with the…

An Equation for making ReTweets Drive Traffic

From Web Pro News Retweeting is an incredibly useful tool for tweet promotion, which ultimately…

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…

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…

California ABC Issues Advisory On Third-Party Resellers

Unlicensed Third Party Service Providers The Department has received numerous inquiries regarding the participation by…

News Briefs

NEWSFETCH – January 27, 2012

TOP NEWS 2011 U.S. wine shipments rose 4.5 percent California Wine Consumption Up 3.3% In…

NEWSFETCH – January 26, 2012

TOP NEWS Make way for the ‘incredible bulk’, fuelling wine sales explosion Cool climate wines…

NEWSFETCH – January 25, 2012

TOP NEWS Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento has its work cut out Calif.…

NEWSFETCH – January 24, 2012

TOP NEWS Yellow Tail Maker Ambushed By High Aussie $ Starbucks expanding beer, wine sales…

Industry Vet Mark Chandler Opens Business, Announces First Client

For Immediate Release Lodi, CA – (January 23, 2012) Mark Chandler, wine industry veteran known…

Global Wine Partners Adds Former Premier Pacific Vineyards Managing Director As SrVP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ST. HELENA, Calif., January 23, 2012 Global Wine Partners, the wine industry…

NEWSFETCH – January 23, 2012

TOP NEWS Restaurant comps set records in December Wine trends for 2012 John Wright: Domaine…

Winetasting Network Appoints Angelica De Vere VP, Merchandising & BizDev

Winetasting Network has appointed Angelica De Vere Vice President of Merchandising and Business Development, according…

NEWSFETCH – January 20, 2012

TOP NEWS Changes in the grape market: How did rap music make more people drink…

NEWSFETCH – January 19, 2012

TOP NEWS 2011 US wine exports reach record levels Big Box Foes May Thwart Williams-Sonoma’s…

NEWSFETCH – January 18, 2012

TOP NEWS OR Rep. Schrader yields to vintner pressure, withdraws   H.R. 1161, sponsorship Disgraced…