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NEWS RELEASE – NOVEMBER 4, 2021 New platform offers specially curated products and an exclusive sneak peek…
No, Chlorpyrifos was not invented by Nazis and is not related to Zyklon B
When writing about scientific topics, it is vital to go to original, credible sources. Neither this recent Register…
Which States Are Best For DTC Wine? Free Tool separates the winners from the losers.
NEWS RELEASE – Healdsburg, CA, August 10, 2021 — DTC can be a profitable path to success for…
Can Palate Club Blend Algorithms and Sommelier Expertise Into a Wine Club? (Actually, No, But They Are Not Alone.)
DISCLOSURE: Wine Industry Insight Publisher Lewis Perdue has designed and implemented 4 wine recommenders over the past…
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…
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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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So what the HELL is the NEWS here?This week has seen an overabundance of clueless news releases that FAIL to reveal WHAT the news... August 4th, 2021The 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, 2019MORE REPORTING & PROMOTING |
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Billion-dollar Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Sale A Tactic To Bid Up The Price Up From A Fraction Of That
Bloomberg reported on Nov. 11 that Sycamore Partners was “Weighing $1 Billion Sale of Stag’s Leap Wine.” The Bloomberg article stated that, “Sycamore Partners is considering selling Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars for about $1 billion just one month after acquiring the label from…
Upsized or downsized? Winc’s inflated statement on its IPO
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Rabbit Ridge Winery Properties Set for Over-Bid Auction
While Riboli Paso Robles, LLC has taken the first steps to buy the Rabbit Ridge properties, bankruptcy rules require that an over-bid auction take place to assure maximum recovery to creditors on the sale. See previous Wine Industry Insight coverage below auction graphic.…
Winc slashes IPO 73% after postponement, bails on “white shoe” underwriters.
Disclosure: Lewis Perdue does not own or hold any stocks, securities or investments in wine, alcoholic beverages, food, hospitality or related companies. Wine club Winc — which postponed its October IPO — announced Tuesday it was planning to offer 1,538,462 shares of common…
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Inflation is going to get worse before it gets better.
Inflation is going to get worse before it gets better.
Source: Goldman Sachs via axios…
Beverage Robots Getting Venture Capital Attention
Source: PitchBook Analyst Note: Beverage Robots…
U.S. household net worth has soared to a nearly sixfold multiple of the country’s gross domestic product. So why aren’t they drinking more wine?
Source: Data: Bureau of Economic Analysis; Federal Reserve Board; World Bank; McKinsey Global Institute analysis…
Correction: Calif Bulk Cabernet Plentiful, Other Varietals Not So Much
I was rushing too fast and wrote the headline incorrectly. I apologize. — Lewis Perdue…
Covid Comfort Stagnates for Restaurant Dining As New Surge Emerges
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Premium wine drinkers now trending more female and 55+
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