Water Lawsuit Heats Up: Districts Request Injunction Against Feds, Green Groups Want To Intervene
The people on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley are suffering, “from a disaster that if caused by nature would demand immediate actions by federal and state Emergency agencies.” — Central Valley water district’s request for an injunction to block water cutbacks.
I personally swim, boat, fish and bird-watch in the Bay-Delta estuary and [...]
Could Obama Endangered Species Decision Help Central Valley Water Lawsuit?
California’s water controversies — including the recent Central Valley Project lawsuit – grew more complicated Tuesday with the Obama Administration’s reversal of an Endangered Species Act (ESA) decision made by the Bush Administration.
(A full copy of that lawsuit is available to VIP Subscribers in Wine Industry Insight’s Data Cellar)
The Obama Administration decision reinstates a rule [...]
Drink Wine, Live Longer:Dutch Study
April 30 (Bloomberg) — Half a glass of wine a day may add five years to your life, a new study suggests. Drink beer, and you’ll live only 2 1/2 years longer.
Dutch researchers followed 1,373 men for more than four decades, noting their eating and drinking habits. Men who had about 20 grams of alcohol [...]
NEWS FETCH - April 28, 2009
Fortune Brands Announces Expectation for First Quarter EPS
Washington: Yet another positive change at Columbia Winery
Crushpad brings SF-style do-it-yourself winemaking to Bordeaux
CNFO: California Drains Water Bank to Fight Water Shortage
Australia: Fish business gets a taste of the vine
Australia: Here’s cheers to a new tanker
Australia: WA wine production down
Virginia: Chateau Morrisette wines and vines
Michigan: Wineries [...]
Central Valley Farmland Prices To Decline
The Stockton Record is reporting that Central Valley farmland prices are poised for a decline.
California farmland has had a nice run.
Even for most of 2008, after commercial real estate values slipped and housing prices tumbled, strong profits from many grain, nut and vegetable crops helped keep farm and ranch values rising or at least stable.
But [...]
THE VALUE OF ZERO: Expanding the Market Beyond Wine’s Super Core
In the world of Sherlock Holmes, the biggest clue of all can be the dog that didn’t bark. Indeed, the missing clue to greater sales just might be asking the right question about what isn’t happening.
Take the Wine Market Council’s latest offering: “Snapshot Report: Super Core Wine Drinkers.” This peek at the group’s consumer tracking [...]
NEWS FETCH - April 24, 2009
Calif: ‘Dime-a-drink’ alcoholic beverage fee bill fails first vote
Canada has its own level of protectionism: $5.50 per bottle
Willamette Valley Vineyards annual net income drops 58%
N.C: Viticulture and Enology Center groundbreaking set
Calif: Proposed fee increases on alcohol a worry for Inland wineries
Wine closure maker Oeneo protects patent
Diageo wants more than just a tipple of Moët
N.C: Viticulture [...]
NEWS FETCH - April 27, 2009
Restaurants hope BYOB draws guests
More women moving into winemaking careers
US wine market: value falls, volume rises
Monterey Vintners and growers group names board
San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers to host grower meetings
Australia: Challenging vintage for viticulture but best on record for winemakers
Vendimia Fiestas 2009 Schedule-Mexico’s Annual Wine Festival
Diageo looking to seize its champagne moment
Diageo announces [...]
Group of locals enters Copia fray
The Napa Valley Register has reported that a group of Napa Valley residents has joined forces to explore ways to preserve Copia’s building and grounds for local and visitor use.
The Coalition to Preserve Copia hopes to develop a re-use and financial plan allowing Copia re-open in a new form, one that is both financially sustainable [...]
CSPI Lays Off Most Anti-Alcohol Advocacy Staff
Addiction advocacy web site Join Together is reporting that the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) announced earlier this month that it has cut all of its Alcohol Policies Project staff except longtime director George Hacker, effectively ending the only full-time advocacy effort on alcohol policy issues on Capitol Hill.
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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.