IMPORTANT NOTE: Hill Family Estate as well as William Hill Estate Winery, are not affiliated with, nor owned by the same families as The Hill Wine Company in this and previous bankruptcy articles. Bankruptcy Trustee Lois I. Brady who is overseeing the Chapter 7 liquidation of Hill Wine Company has signed a deal with Appellation […]
Mini-Interview: Billionaire Industrialist and Napa Vintner Kieu Huong In His Own Words
October 21, 2014
On October 3, Wine Executive News profiled the first Vietnamese-American billionaire, Kieu Hoang and his path from new immigrant to American citizen, successful pharmaceutical manufacturer, Napa Valley vintner and auction record-setter (Kieu Hoang: New Billionaire Winery Owner A Self-Made One-Man Conglomerate). Our curiosity prompted a follow-up request for information. The following 500-word interview is Mr. […]
Tidbits From Recent Truett-Hurst SEC Filings
October 3, 2014
TRUETT-HURST ANNUAL MEETING Truett-Hurst has scheduled its 2014 annual shareholder meeting for 10 a.m. PDT Thursday, Nov.20 at its corporate offices , VML Winery, 4035 Westside Road, Healdsburg, CA, 95448. Among matters to be discussed are: Doubling shares of Class A Common stock from 7 to 15 Million, Officer and director compensation and, Election of […]
Kieu Hoang: New Billionaire Winery Owner A Self-Made One-Man Conglomerate
October 2, 2014
Kieu Hoang and his namesake winery seem to have burst onto the wine scene from out of nowhere this year with a $240,000 winning bid on a Napa Valley Wine Auction lot on June 7. He trumped that minutes later by making a $1 million donation to the Fund-a-Need effort. This is the final stage […]