FREE! Subscribe to News Fetch, THE daily wine industry briefing - Click Here


Unified2022WineIndustryInsight60x600px-01 Commerce7Click to learn more
Home » Archives by category » Featured Articles (Page 2)

Riboli drilling test water wells for possible Rabbit Ridge Winery Purchase

The  complete Riboli Declaration court filing is available to premium subscribers who can go directly to the full version by logging in here: CCBill premium subscribers, please click this link. Stripe premium subscribers, please click this link Not a Wine Executive News subscriber? Subscribe to Wine Executive News now, and get the rest of this […]

October 19, 2021 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Judge Allows Langtry Farms to File Amended Complaint Against Reimers & Stine, refuses to release stored wine.

NOTE: In response to our inquiry into the latest news the Langtry-Reimers lawsuit, below is the complete, unedited text of an email sent to Wine Industry Insight late Tuesday evening by Singer Associates Public Relations. We have not had time to thoroughly process the court filings or contact either side in the litigation. However, given the timeliness, […]

September 15, 2021 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Step-by-step: The alleged Reimers/Torick/Langtry conspiracy as described in amended court papers

Previous court filings reported by Wine Industry Insight (links below) contained relatively non-specific and often incomplete details about the case. This follow-up is based on the far more specific details contained in the amended complaint filed Sept. 22 by Langtry/Guenoc Wine Inc. June 24, 2021: Were smoke-impacted grapes & wine laundered? Lake County Court Battle […]

September 2, 2021 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Simultaneously evicted and not. Is Rabbit Ridge the Schrödinger’s Cat of Wineries?

This is the redacted version of a 859-word premium Wine Executive News article.   Premium Subscribers can go directly to the premium version by logging in Here:   CCBill premium subscribers, please click this link. Stripe premium subscribers, please click this link   Not a Wine Executive News subscriber? Subscribe to Wine Executive News now, […]

August 25, 2021 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Rabbit Ridge Winery Bankruptcy Trustee Hires Farm Operator for 2021 Harvest; Most Grapes Still Unsold

This is the redacted version of a 700-word premium Wine Executive News article.   Premium Subscribers can go directly to the premium version by logging in Here:   CCBill premium subscribers, please click this link. Stripe premium subscribers, please click this link   Not a Wine Executive News subscriber? Subscribe to Wine Executive News now, […]

August 18, 2021 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Right-wine extremist from L.A. who turned a Lodi vineyard into a shooting range cops a plea with Feds

  This is the redacted version of a 700-word premium Wine Executive News article.   Premium Subscribers can go directly to the premium version by logging in Here:   CCBill premium subscribers, please click this link. Stripe premium subscribers, please click this link   Not a Wine Executive News subscriber? Subscribe to Wine Executive News […]

August 15, 2021 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Constellation Wins $2.3 Million For Legal Fees In To Kalon battle with Vineyard House

Premium Subscribers can go directly to the premium version by logging in here: CCBill premium subscribers, please click this link. Stripe premium subscribers, please click this link Not a Wine Executive News subscriber? Subscribe to Wine Executive News now, and get the rest of this original article along with everything else on the site every […]

July 30, 2021 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

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 inherently healthy product when used as recommended.   Today, Altria […]

July 9, 2021 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

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 law firm Downey Brand, LLP. According to a joint news […]

July 8, 2021 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More

Were smoke-impacted grapes & wine laundered? Lake County Court Battle Highlights Taint Ambiguities & Winery-Grower Tension

The premium version of this 2,291-word article also contains links to 12 complete court filings.   Premium Subscribers can go directly to the premium version by logging in here:   CCBill premium subscribers, please click this link. Stripe premium subscribers, please click this link Not a Wine Executive News subscriber?   Subscribe to Wine Executive […]

June 24, 2021 | Filed under Featured Articles | Read More