A real estate LLC associated with Yao Family Wines has purchased the former Bello Family Vineyards tasting room property at 929 Main St., St. Helena — directly across the street from the now-shuttered Tra Vigne. The property had been among a vast number of assets entangled in the bankruptcy proceedings of family patriarch Michael Ru […]
Will Walmart Versus Texas Be Granholm II And Headed For SCOTUS?
December 21, 2015
By Jeff Siegel Wine Executive News Contributing Editor Walmart’s bid to own package stores and sell distilled spirits just might turn into the next great U.S. Supreme Court three-tier decision. Top legal experts say they would not be surprised if the retail giant’s lawsuit against Texas’ booze cops — the TABC — wound up in […]
Small winery, penny stock: Truett-Hurst Winery shares pumped then dumped
December 9, 2015
When your share price starts to drop at or below $1, you know you’ve become truly a “penny stock” and that leaves you open to “pump and dump”opportunists. That is what seems to have happened to Truett-Hurst over the past week.
Is wine grape fraud okay with the TTB? Inaction on Jeff Hill seems like one answer.
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. By Jeff Siegel Contributing Editor Justice comes a lot swifter and surer from the State of California than it does from the […]