NEWS FETCH - June 29, 2009
Are Empty Wine Bottles on eBay Being Used for Counterfeiting?
OR: A Custom Crush on wine
Boxed Wine Burger Bake-off – Because We Could All Use a Million
The Jacko Wine Pairing: Here’s How City Winery Sees It
Secretary Salazar Discusses Water at Fresno State
California winemakers give NY grapes a try
‘Comeback’ expected after big drop in ’08 grape crop
Ohio [...]
Santa Rosa-Based American AgCredit To Merge With Kansas Farm Bank
Santa Rosa, Calif.-based American AgCredit is acquiring Farm Credit of the Heartland based in Wichita, Kansas, in a merger process scheduled for completion by Dec. 1. [Redacted. VIP subscriber content]
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MERGER SPARKED BY EFFICIENCY, NOT URGENCY
Two senior executives at commercial banks who examined a spreadsheet comparing the [...]
Cosentino Woes Mount, Stock Trading Suspended
Unable to meet the London Stock Exchange’s deadline for filing its financial statements for 2008, Cosentino Signature Wineries (LSE: MCOZ) asked today that trading in its stock be suspended. The company’s 2006 and 2007 annual reports were filed on May 9, 2007 and May 20, 2008 respectively. The deadline for filing is June 30.
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NEWS FETCH - June 26, 2009
Washington state, wholesalers ordered to pay $1.9 million of Costco’s legal costs
Uncorked: Beware “score whores” in the wine world
Secretary Salazar to Speak at Town Meeting on Drought in Fresno
Santa Cruz wineries use recession tactics as economy cools
Top Fifty ‘Really Goode Job’ Applicants Named by Murphy-Goode Winery
When the valley met the vine: The American era begins
Hooked [...]
June Wine Sales Eke Out Gains At All Price Points
Domestic table wine sales posted a 3.8-percent gain for the four-week period ending June 14, 2009 over the same period last year, according to Wine Industry Insight’s analysis of data from Information Resources Inc.
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ALL CATEGORIES GAIN; $20+ SMALLER GROWTH THAN MAY
IMPORT DOLLAR SALES EKE [...]
Researcher Decries Parental Permissiveness on Drinking
From Join Together Online
A Penn State researcher says that parents who let teens drink alcohol may be setting their kids up for binge drinking in college, but the study by Caitlin Abar of the school’s Prevention Research and Methodology Center makes no distinction between parents who simply let kids drink some wine during meals and [...]
NEWS FETCH - June 25, 2009
Diageo announces new regional president
Is sauvignon blanc in danger of becoming like Chardonnay?
Blogging: Highlights for June 25 from VINEXPO 2009
Trading cattle for grapes
Diageo (DEO) PriceWatch Alert Up To 17.04% Return
Wine pundits label France ‘dysfunctional’
Lil Jon Wins Wine Award, Tweets Excitedly
NY: Grocery wine sales would aid upstate
Spain: Surplus grape harvest and the economic crisis could [...]
Moderate Consumption: Ellison Accused Of Glossing Over Medical Disagreements
Alcohol May Not Be So Good for You, After All
News Summary from Join Together
Many studies have suggested that using alcohol in moderation may help heart health and even prevent diabetes and dementia, but some scientists are questioning the purported benefits of moderate drinking, the New York Times reported June 16.
Kaye Middleton Fillmore, a retired [...]
NEWS FETCH - June 24, 2009
Odds against California getting disaster declaration for Fresno County
Canada: Ontario Liquor Store Strike Deadline Is Extended Indefinitely
Canada: Liquid Alternatives in the Face of Looming LCBO Strike
California Warns Internet Wine Sellers
Bordeaux to host major new wine culture centre
Oz: Foster’s selling 31 vineyards
Asians snap up fine wine in soft auction market
E. Oregon school has viticulture class [...]
Take It or Leave It? The Truth About 8 Mediterranean Diet Staples
From ABC News online
Among the legion of today’s most popular diet regimens, the Mediterranean diet has become a poster child for healthy eating, garnering praise from nutrition experts and home gourmets alike.
Researchers identify foods that help people live well into old age.
But while few would dispute the health benefits of such a diet, what is [...]
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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.