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US: History-Making $100 Million Milestone Surpassed as Napa Vintners Bring in $7.3 Million at Charity Event
June, 06, 2011
(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the first time in its 31 year history, rain—and lots of it—fell on the main event of Napa Valley’s renowned charity wine auction held on the lawn of Meadowood Napa Valley in St Helena, Saturday, June 4. While Mother Nature opened up the skies and let it pour, the bidders r...
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What's in a Name? Wine, Economics, and Terroir
June, 06, 2011
Today, I'm pleased to offer a temporary respite from analysis of climate change policy (and other environmental policies, for that matter), while remaining well within the general province of environmental and natural resource economics. I do this through a merger of profession and avocation, in my...
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Petrus barcode switch 'tip of iceberg'
June, 06, 2011
The 23-year-old, who has not been named, was caught last month in a Leclerc supermarket in Trélisssac, Dordogne, having changed barcodes, replacing the indicated price of about €2,300 per bottle with €2.50 labels, according to Agence France Presse. But for every person caught, many more get ...
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Shipwreck Champagne fetches 'record' price
June, 06, 2011
A 200-year-old bottle of Champagne recovered from a Baltic shipwreck has fetched a record price at auction. The bottle – identified as Veuve Clicquot- was part of a cache of 168 bottles found last summer in a wrecked schooner dating from 1825-30 in Finland's Åland archipelago. It was sold to a...
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US: TABC collaborates with global delivery companies to stop illegal wine shipments into Texas.
June, 06, 2011
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) is collaborating with FedEx Express and FedEx Ground, subsidiaries of FedEx Corp., (Fed Ex) and United Parcel Services (UPS) to thwart the illegal shipment of wine into Texas. On May 4, 2011, TABC met with representatives from UPS and FedEx to discuss o...
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US: Ag industry faces labor woes in immigration debate
June, 06, 2011
WASHINGTON – The agriculture industry fears a disaster is on the horizon if the one bit of new immigration policy that Congress seems to agree on becomes law. A plan to require all American businesses to run their employees through E-Verify, a program that confirms each is legally entitled to w...
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Fetzer Reborn: Concha y Toro’s Big Plans for California
June, 06, 2011
Most consumers didn’t realize it from the almost surreptitious announcement, but one of California’s main wine producers got a huge boost a few weeks ago when Fetzer, the iconic Mendocino County wine company, was sold to a Chilean few Americans know much about. Concha y Toro, a large, 28 mill...
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Discount wine crippling the industry, says drinks giant Pernod Ricard
June, 06, 2011
Britain's multi-billion pound wine market is losing its appeal as the downturn accelerates heavy discounting, according to the owner of Jacob's Creek. "We're facing a decline in sales in wine," in the UK, said Gilles Bogaert, the chief financial officer of Pernod Ricard, the French drinks giant that...
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US: History-Making $100 Million Milestone Surpassed as Napa Vintners Bring in $7.3 Million at Charity Event

What's in a Name? Wine, Economics, and Terroir

Petrus barcode switch 'tip of iceberg'

Shipwreck Champagne fetches 'record' price

US: TABC collaborates with global delivery companies to stop illegal wine shipments into Texas.

US: Ag industry faces labor woes in immigration debate

Fetzer Reborn: Concha y Toro’s Big Plans for California

Discount wine crippling the industry, says drinks giant Pernod Ricard

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