Since late last year, we’ve been trying to update our 2018/2019 WineTech investment series. However, little has happened in the field with existing companies profiled, or with new investments that meet our “low bar” cutoff of $1 million total investment. We’ve spent way too many weeks and hours chasing a story that seems in hibernation […]

The full legal document is available here: Complaint (pdf)   New York resident Kareem Nisbett, who is legally blind, has sued the Penrose Hill wine company alleging civil rights violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL), and the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). A summons […]

Spectator article: Washington Winery Cayuse’s Insurer Sues Cork Producer for $3.5 Million Full legal complaint (pdf): Complaint: Faulty Corks-Lafitte

Kunde Winery and Vintage Wine Estates (VWE) have renewed their battle with their insurance companies charging that valid claims for almost $20 million in smoke-tainted wines from 2017 were not covered. The two wine companies filed suit last fall in Sonoma County Superior Court against National Surety Corporation (Allianz), Certain Underwriters At Lloyd’s, London – […]

This is NOT legal advice. This is an excerpt from an email written by a prominent, San Francisco Bay Area attorney. The excerpt is published by permission. The author is not identified because the attorney does not want this to be construed as legal advice. Below are the key definitions under the CCPA that would […]

Note: Mailchimp’s terminology is frequently confusing throughout its Terms of Service and other extensive legal verbiage. The term “Member” is often used by Mailchimp in reference to the party sending mails. In some contexts, this is also called “Customer.” Customer can also refer to prospective customers visiting the Mailchimp site before becoming a Member. To […]

Full reports from Finistere and AgFunder: AgFunder Report Finistere Report The wine industry needs AgTech — innovative products, systems, processes and other effective and efficient ideas and developments — to pull it out of its current economic stagnation. To do that, wine needs more investment. Consider wine’s investment dilemma: the top 33 VC-funded wine companies […]

10/31/19 UPDATE to: Bryant Family Vineyards case against financial consultant booted out of San Francisco, transferred to NY Attorneys for Bryant Family Vineyards played their last cards in a last ditch attempt to keep their lawsuit against consultant Lauren Ridenhour from being transferred to New York. The Bryant attorneys have asked the San Francisco Federal […]

Lauren Ridenhour, a former financial consultant to Donald I. Bryant Jr., and his wife, Bettina Sulser Bryant has been granted her request to have a contract dispute moved from San Francisco Federal District Court to New York federal court where Ridenhour is suing the Bryants. Ridenhour had asked the San Francisco court either to dismiss the […]