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Written on March 31, 2009 | Posted in Advertise on WII | No comment

Spendor in the Grass? Laughter In The Dregs?

For people who ponder what wine goes with sacred cow, comes a web-based, wine-humor web site called Dregs Report (http://dregsreport.com), scheduled to go live at 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time April 1.
The new site is a collaboration of 40 wine bloggers and writers coordinated by W. R. Tish (editing), Katie Pizzuto (graphics) and Dale Cruse (coding).
According [...]

Written on March 31, 2009 | Posted in Worth A Look | 3 comments

5th Circuit Appeals Court To Hear Texas Direct Shipping Law

The Specialty Wine Retailers Association’s (SWRA) appeal of a direct shipping case in Texas is scheduled to be heard March 31 by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, according to the SWRA.
In that case — Siesta Village Market v. Perry — U.S. Federal District Judge Sidney Fitzwater found the Texas direct-shipping law [...]

Written on March 30, 2009 | Posted in Worth A Look | No comment

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 [...]

Written on March 30, 2009 | Posted in Digital Tech | 1 comment

DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP - March 30, 2009

Tennessee Looks Ready To Approve Direct Shipping
NY Wine Bill Dies
Texas Pacific’s  Bill Price Invests in Cabernet Producer Buccella
Robledo applies for 15000-case use permit for Lake County  winery
Women tasters have an edge
Sonoma Water board to consider sprinkler frost-control regulation
Two winery burglary suspects caught after chase through Sebastopol
Many cheer limits on wine sales in NY
After 26 [...]

Written on March 30, 2009 | Posted in News Briefs | No comment

DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP - March 27, 2009

Foster’s Picks New Leader for US Wine Division
The Rise of the Shotgun Wine Company
Monterey Vintners and growers association names board
California can’t afford more water problems
Napa Valley: Sharper than a serpent’s tooth
Small airplane crashes at Meridian Vineyards
Randall Grahm - the way back is the way forward
Old technology gets new use in vineyards
Oregon: Viticulture center [...]

Written on March 27, 2009 | Posted in News Briefs | No comment

Trustee Appointed For MC2/Conti/Charles B. Mitchell Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Judge Michael S. McManus has ordered the United States Trustee to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee in the MC2/Conti/Charles B. Mitchell Bankruptcy.
Generally, Trustees are appointed in a Chapter 11 case when the judge determines that the debtor’s management is unable to handle the reorganization.
The hearing has been scheduled to continue at 11 a.m. April [...]

Written on March 26, 2009 | Posted in Featured Articles | No comment

San Joaquin River Restoration: More Water For Fish, Less in Friant Reservoir, 15,000 Farmers Affected

The federal government will spend $400 million to restorea 63-mile section of the San Joaquin River to make it more salmon friendly. While the plan calls for greater water releases from the Friant Reservoir, the plan also calls for reconstructing irrigation canals and other measures that are supposed to make up water losses to more [...]

Written on March 26, 2009 | Posted in Worth A Look | No comment

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, said: ‘We [...]

Written on March 26, 2009 | Posted in Digital Tech | No comment

DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP - March 26, 2009

Wine group Constellation to axe jobs
Constellation Brands completes value spirits sale; cuts FY09
Plan to restore San Joaquin River approved
Congress oks bill that protects land in Joshua Tree, San Jacinto
California to give mid-range wine a big push
Southern Barossa success
In recession, many still willing to pay high price for pinot noir
Anderson Valley celebrates wines of [...]

Written on March 26, 2009 | Posted in News Briefs | No comment