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Can Palate Club Blend Algorithms and Sommelier Expertise Into a Wine Club? (Actually, No, But They Are Not Alone.)
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Calif Wine Grape Acreage Continued to Decline in 2020: USDA
California’s 2020 wine grape acreage dropped 11.1% over 2019 for a total of 620,000 acres. Of the…
NielsenIQ Shows On-Premise Spirits with no growth since end of pandemic. Beer off -2.2%; Wine down -8.1%
NielsenIQ Beverage Alcohol Update Week ending March 13, 2021 Unless otherwise noted, data and insights below are for…
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Silicon Valley Bank DtC Winery Survey NOW ends March 26
NEWS RELEASE – MARCH 19, 2020 SVB’S Annual Direct to Consumer Wine Survey now ends March 26th Click here to…
Understanding SPACs
A SPAC — Special Purpose Acquisition Company (also known as a “blank check” company) — is a relatively simple…
Crimson Wine to restate 3+ years of financial results after independent review of “unreliable” accounting errors
Crimson Wine Group will be restating “unreliable” financial results for three fiscal years ended December 31, 2017,…
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Ganau launches EPIQ – Corks with threshold of ≤0.5 ng/L TCA — below level of human perception. Process backed by peer-reviewed scienceNEWS RELEASE – JANUARY 18, 2021 Ganau reveals EPIQ, a natural cork with threshold of ≤0.5 January 18th, 2021Vineyard Visibility: Michael David Winery Improves Results With Aerial ImagingArticle by Ceres Imaging Despite the bucolic setting of the average vineyard, risk can be everywhere. Sun-dappled May 22nd, 2020From Overwhelmed to Organized: Vineyard 29’s first harvest with vintraceLike most winemakers with too much to do during harvest, it was often a battle for Keith Emerson, March 17th, 2020ETS Laboratories adds winemaker Don LaBorde to leadership teamNEWS RELEASE St. Helena, Ca. (September 25, 2019) ” ETS Laboratories, the pioneer and leader in wine analysis September 27th, 2019MORE PRESENTED BY |
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DECEMBER 29, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCHTOP NEWS FTC approves revised Gallo-Constellation blockbuster wine deal Pix.Wine Aims to End The Balkanization of Wine What December 29th, 2020Why Your Email Contact Form Says “Go To Hell” To Your Web Site VisitorsNo one really has time to fill out all your little boxes. Fill in the blanks. Screw that! April 29th, 2015What Message Is Your Old Blog/Site Sending?The sale of eWinery Solutions was so NOT a surprise given the persistent coma of its website. Note September 18th, 2014Offending Ads – Pages That Twitch With AnimationsThe number-one complaint from News Fetch readers comes from animations. We’ve been banning those for new ads and September 15th, 2014MORE ONLINE USABILITY |
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The truth rarely hides beneath nuanceSpinning bad or inconvenient news is a practice that is often done badly: Badly when the spin is... June 22nd, 2021Correction: Foppoli is mayor of Windsor, not HealdsburgOn Friday, I incorrectly wrote a headline indicating that Dominic Foppoli was mayor of Healdsburg. He is the... April 12th, 2021This 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, 2018MORE REPORTING & PROMOTING |
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Tobacco company finally divests Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
It’s long been a head scratcher in the wine business why Altria/U.S. Tobacco — a company that sells inherently deadly consumer products — would own Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Estates — a company that, according to the preponderance of medical research — makes an…
Scathing legal analysis of smoke taint rejections by wineries finds vague, inadequate and possibly illegal contracts.
Current winery smoke taint practices on accepting or rejecting wine grapes are vague, inadequate and possible illegal according to a wide-ranging, and detailed legal analysis commissioned by Allied Grape Growers (AGG) and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG). The analysis was performed by Sacramento…
Were smoke-impacted grapes & wine laundered? Lake County Court Battle Highlights Taint Ambiguities & Winery-Grower Tension
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Grape insurance fraud allegations, smoke taint damages to oak tanks, and the perils of handshake deals play out in Lake County courtroom
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Retail Off-Premise Hangover Still Recovering From COVID Binge Sales
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70% of Americans Feel Comfortable Dining Out at Restaurants, But Delta Surge Affecting Curve
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80 Million Amazon Ratings Show Why 5-Star Ratings Suck (A Key Reason Netflix Abandoned Them)
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Consumer Confidence Struggles; Optimism Blunted By Delta Variant Surge
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Despite Current Controversies, Americans Trust The Military, Scientists & Police The Most
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Track the US Wildfires Threatening West Coast Wine States With Smoke and Flames
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