California nursery owner John Duarte planted winter wheat on 445 acres of his land in Tehama County in November 2012 with no idea that the federal government would shut his farm down three months later. He would lose that first wheat crop. To this day, he has been prevented from planting, cultivating, harvesting, recovering his […]
Wine Mergers & Acquisitions Heat Up
August 26, 2015
Rumors and other information about the following pending acquisitions have been filling Wine Industry Insight’s email in-box for more that three weeks now. WII has been unable to formally confirm these with the principals involved, so the ultimate outcomes may differ from what is known now. However, multiple highly-placed sources say that at least two […]
Court Updates – Cameron Hughes Wine Co., Deerfield Ranch Winery, Dahl Murder/Suicide Aftermath
August 18, 2015
The updates in this edition come mainly from conversations and emails from premium Wine Executive News subscribers like you who have asked, “Whatever happened to [fill in the blank]?” In this Godot edition, we will fill in those [blanks] with Cameron Hughes Wine Company, Deerfield Ranch Winery, and Robert Dahl, the vintner who killed his […]
Ultra-Premium Vintner Genius Wines In Chapt 7 Liquidation, Online Auction Set
August 5, 2015
Note: This is part 1 of a 2-part series. The bankruptcy of a high-end, yet never-profitable boutique Sonoma County vintner has left behind a trail of lawsuits, broken relationships, anger and frustration among a once-tight group of Canadian citizens, one of whom remains the owner of a prized, ultra-premium Chalk Hill AVA vineyard near Healdsburg. […]