UPDATE: Agenda set for Calif Ag Dept to hold Dec. 17 workshop on Suisun Valley Vintners and Growers changes to grape pricing districts
UPDATE: The agenda and speakers havve been announced for the CDFA Dec. 17 workshop on Suisun Valley Vintners…
Bryant Family Vineyards loses in last-ditch effort to keep consultant case in Calif; NY move to dismiss case due any day now
Despite Bryant Family Vineyards CEO Bettina Sulser Bryant’s last ditch legal ploy to keep consultant Lauren Ridenhour’s case…
Skip SF Chronicle fire coverage: it’s hiding behind paywall
So much for the concept of “public service.” This is the journalism equivalent of jacking up gasoline and…
Bryant Winery lawyer issues wandering letter filled with vague unsubstantiated claims and asks for a retraction. (Rejected)
Other articles in this series: Sulser Bryant sues to silence the whistleblower who once saved her $3 million…
Registration is Now Open for the 2020 Oregon Wine Symposium
NEWS RELEASE Registration is Now Open for the 2020 Oregon Wine Symposium Wine convention returns to Portland…
This smelly vendor survey lacked data integrity, so USA Today flushed their stinky article down the drain.
Wine Industry Insight has previously written about slipshod vendor-conducted “surveys” that have obvious conflicts of interest and are…
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This smelly vendor survey lacked data integrity, so USA Today flushed their stinky article down the drain.Wine Industry Insight has previously written about slipshod vendor-conducted “surveys” that have obvious conflicts of interest and are... August 23rd, 2019Wine Industry Insight/News Fetch wine review policyMost wines reviewed in News Fetch’s popular “Wine of the Day” feature are purchased by the editors with... October 7th, 2018Presentation and supplemental material for participants of WBC18WBC18 Presentation Daily Bruin Handbook... October 4th, 2018How to tell if a survey is credible or just a load of BSDetermining whether a survey is credible and the data valid as presented is often a difficult task. ... January 30th, 2018MORE REPORTING & PROMOTING |
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A Bryant Family Legal Footnote – Co-Trustee of Family Trust sues Bettina Sulser Bryant & third-co-trustee
Becky Hubert — sister of the ailing Donald L. Bryant — has sued Bettina Sulser Bryant and St. Louis attorney Thomas R. Corbett for non-payment of trustee fees. Hubert, Sulser Bryant and Corbett are all co-trustees of the Donald L. Bryant Jr. Revocable Trust and…
Vineyard House Seeks Injunction To Stop Constellation Brands From Using “To Kalon” Labeled Wines
See also: original 2019 Wine Industry Insight coverage at this link: To-Kalon lawsuit dismissed, but “iconic” still all about myth, Benjamins, and grapes at $38K/Ton NEWS RELEASE (unedited) — Nov. 20, 2019 YESTERDAY, The Vineyard House, LLC (TVH) filed a motion for…
Ailing Vintner, Art Collector Donald Bryant & Wife Face Mountains of Debt
Ailing Art Collector Faces a Very Modern Problem: Mountains of Debt Copyright 2019, Dow-Jones/Wall Street Journal Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. By Kelly Crow Nov. 18, 2019 St. Louis insurance executive Donald L. Bryant Jr. pumped his fist in Sotheby’s hushed New York saleroom…
Bryant Family Vineyards tries last ditch legal ploy to keep consultant’s case in California – Updated Nov. 1
This is a 10/31/19 UPDATE to: Bryant Family Vineyards case against financial consultant booted out of San Francisco, transferred to NY Attorneys for Bryant Family Vineyards played their last cards in a last ditch attempt to keep their lawsuit against consultant Lauren Ridenhour from…

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Drinkers with college degrees prefer wine more than 2X as much as those less educated
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World wine consumption is unlikely to catch up with production
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LVMH: Where do wine & spirits orbit in its galaxy of bling?
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Excess drinking messages fall on social media
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Email, web sites beat other digital media for delivering revenue on budget
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Millennials & GenZ looking to buy rely first on social media posts from influencers, friends & family
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Online consumer interest in wine and other AlcBevs is falling
Source: Social Standards: Trends Transforming Beverage Alcohol…
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