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Napa
Valley Vintners win another round on labeling
SFGate.com | March 22,
2005
The U.S. Supreme Court stayed out of a Napa Valley wine battle Monday, leaving
intact a law that favors vintners who want to reserve the Napa label for wine
made from local grapes.
Di-vine
Divas: Boston group delivers a sophisticated
wake-up call to the wine industry about its real
customers
SFGate.com | March 3, 2005
Bay Area TV weatherman and wine aficionado Spencer Christian, microphone in hand,
inhaled the aroma of the South African Chardonnay, took a sip and described for
the dinner crowd of 150 the wine's ample apple and pear aromas and flavors.
RFID
technology: Drugs that speak to you
The Nation | February
28, 2005
Need to take a pill?
Just pick up its container and listen to what
the drug says to you. Despite not reading any
drug label, you can make sure that you’ll
never take the wrong one.
Premiere
Napa Valley Auction results indicate healthy
interest in Napa Valley wine futures
NVVA | February 28,
2005
The ninth annual Premiere
Napa Valley reached new heights on Saturday,
February 26, generating an unprecedented 48%
increase in revenue over 2004. When the last
gavel dropped overall results for the auction,
a trade-only event featuring five-, ten- and
20-case lots of one-of-a-kind Napa wine futures,
indicated a very healthy interest in Napa Valley
wines.
Gov.
Bush has family ties to ban on mail-order wine
sales
Herald Tribune | February
7, 2005
Gov. Jeb Bush has suffered
firsthand the grape-less wrath of the law barring
Floridians from having wine shipped to their homes.
Factor in family ties to wine lobbyists, and Bush's
opposition to a law favored by many high-profile
Republicans is not surprising.
Wine
sale gets $11 million
The News-Press | February
6, 2005
Jay and Patty Baker's Bentley
is on the blink. So the Naples couple placed a
$340,000 winning bid on a new blue Maserati to
replace it. They were among 560 bidders from around
the world who pushed the Naples Winter Wine Festival
auction to a record $11.1 million raised Saturday.
Bush
supports ending ban on wine shipments
The Ledger | February
2, 2005
Wine wholesalers and law
enforcement officials are furiously fighting effort
to allow the shipment of wine from out-of-state
dealers directly to Florida consumers.
Pennsylvania
wineries organize, boost marketing
Philedelphia Business
Journal | January 21, 2005
In the basement of his
winery, Joe Maxian swirls red wine in a huge
brandy glass. The wine cellar, a deep cement
well with dripping walls and a muddy floor, filled
with stainless
steel tanks and oak barrels, resembles the cave
Maxian says is
best for storing and aging wine.
Wine
market rebound seen as uneven
The Press Democrat |
January 20, 2005
The wine market is slowly
rebounding but marketing and financial experts
Wednesday said it's a bumpy recovery that isn't
playing out equally for all grape growers and
vintners in Wine Country.
France
relaxes wine ad restrictions
AberdeenNews.com
| January 20, 2005
The goal, senators suggested,
was to encourage the French to drink better wine,
not more. How best to accomplish that? By slightly
relaxing France's restrictions on wine ads, allowing
vintners to vaunt the smell, taste and color
of their vintages.
Hang
Time meetin' figures to be hot
St. Helena Star |
January 6, 2005
What's the hottest
show in town next week? No, it won't be "Lemony
Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" at
the Cameo. Nor will it be the blistering sounds
of the band Private Reserve.
Things
look positive for wine industry in 2005
NapaNews.com | January
3, 2005
Things are looking
good for the wine industry in 2005, according
to at least a few industry insiders.
Diageo
signs agreement to acquire the Chalone Wine Group
Ltd
WineBusiness Online
| December 20, 2004
Diageo plc has reached
an agreement to acquire The Chalone Wine Group
Ltd for a cash consideration of $14.25 per share.
The total consideration including debt is therefore
expected to be approximately $260 million. The
transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval
in the United States, is expected to complete
in the first quarter of the calendar year 2005.
Making
IT matter: A manager's guide to creating and
sustaining competitive advantage with information
systems
Hospitality Net |
December 17, 2004
Some industry observers
have suggested that information technology (IT)
has lost its ability to be a strategic resource
for modern organizations. However, such examples
as Harrah's and Ritz-Carlton present evidence
to the contrary.
Wineries
unite on direct shipping
Sacramento Bee | December
11, 2004
Wineries large and small
stand nearly shoulder to shoulder as they await
a Supreme Court decision on direct shipping to
customers. But the industry wasn't always so
united.
Prohibition
still hurts America's wine makers
BBC News | December
8, 2004
There is a strong view
that America is the land of the bonfire of red
tape. It's a place where bureaucracy and regulation
never arrived with the Pilgrim Fathers. The free
market rules.
French
wine growers protest weak market
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
| December 8, 2004
Wine is less a beverage
than an elixir of life in France, but the country's
vintners say they're vexed by a problem that
threatens their livelihood - too much of a good
thing and not enough people drinking it.
Do
wine and the Internet mix? US Supreme Court hears
arguments
Yahoo! News | December
7, 2004
Wine, the Internet
and the idea of free interstate trade came
before the US Supreme Court in a case closely
watched for its implications on e-commerce,
viticulture and the regulation of alcohol sales.
Supreme
Court to hear fight over interstate wine sales
USA Today | December
4, 2004
It bothers Juanita
Swedenburg that many of her customers are
criminals in the eyes of the law.
Vintner
Brother Timothy, 94, dies
Oakland Tribune |
December 3, 2004
Brother Timothy, who
became a pioneering California vintner as the
winemaker for Christian Brothers, has died at
age 94.
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Imperial
Reserve: Collected for czars, saved by Stalin,
sold by Sotheby's
SF Gate | December
3, 2004
Nestled in cellars tunneled
deep into a Crimean mountainside, they survived
revolution, war and decades of communism. Hundreds
of bottles of wine selected for the pleasure of
Czar Nicholas II and preserved on the orders of
Josef Stalin were auctioned by Sotheby's in London
on Friday -- the latest in a slew of Russian collectibles
being snapped up at ever-rising prices.
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Sunset
Magazine partners with Signature Wines to create
Sunset Wine Club
Business Wire | November
30, 2004
Signature Wines, the market
leader in outsourced wine programs, announced today
that it has been chosen by Sunset Magazine to partner
in the creation and management of the Sunset Wine
Club.
Putting
wine on the wide screen
Janice Robinson | November
20, 2004
Would you credit it? You
wait 30 years for a decent film about wine and
then two come along at once. Alexander Payne’s
mid-life buddy movie Sideways set in southern
California wine country...
Online
wine: Pull out the stopper
Yahoo! News | November
19, 2004
For years, California winemaker
Terry Speizer put up with the shackles on his business.
He was resigned to being unable to sell his pinot
noirs and syrahs to nearly half the country because
of restrictive state laws. But in 2000, he hit
his breaking point.
1-800-FLOWERS
buys Napa's Winetasting Network
Press Democrat | November
19, 2004
The Winetasting Network,
which grew from a small Napa wine catalog company
to a sales and distribution arm for 100 California
wineries, has been bought by 1-800-FLOWERS.
Wine
lenders gear up for recovery
North Bay Business
Journal | November 15, 2004
With the wine business cautiously
envisioning a gradual recovery, banks are adding
personnel to bulk up or initiate their lending capabilities
in the industry.
Dunne
on wine: Mondavi sale doesn't look like a
sellout
Sacramento Bee | November
10, 2004
When a big corporation takes
over a smaller business, people get antsy, especially
when the big corporation is unfamiliar and far
away, and the smaller business is local and beloved.
Wine
Institute joins Governor Schwarzenegger's trade
mission to Japan
Wine Business Online |
November 9, 2004
Wine Institute President & CEO
Robert P. (Bobby) Koch will join Governor Schwarzenegger
on his Trade and Tourism Mission to Tokyo, November
10-13, to help the governor promote California.
Canandaigua
wine leads wine industry innovation with Vendange
Wines in Tetra Prisma packaging
Business Wire | November
9, 2004
Popular wine brand continues
Canandaigua Wine's innovative tradition with smart
new container by Tetra Pak
Prohibition
redux?
C|Net | November 8,
2004
The U.S. Supreme Court will
hear arguments next month in a lawsuit that will,
if successful, permit American adults to freely
buy beer and wine over the Internet
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Mondavi
bought by wine giant Constellation
SF Chronicle | November
4, 2004
The world's biggest wine conglomerate,
Constellation Brands, has snapped up the iconic but
struggling Robert Mondavi Corp. of Oakville for more
than a billion dollars...
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Past News
Search
engine marketing for travel-related sites |
October 26, 2004
Wineries
see more patrons buy direct |
October 23, 2004
MKF
Direct Sales
Survey shows impressive scale of winery direct
sales market | October
13, 2004
U.S.
wineries are booming in number | October 11,
2004
POS
in today's marketplace | August 1, 2004
Wireless
winemaking | July
24, 2004
