Tapp Labels is downsizing its Vancouver printing plant with the result that at least 50 employees are being laid off according to sources at the company and internal correspondence obtained by Wine Industry Insight. Specific layoff numbers for each plant location are not available. The actions are expected to be complete by the end of […]
$8 million in arrears, Hambrecht’s VML Winery set for lien auction July 20
July 12, 2016
VML Winery in Healdsburg has been scheduled to be sold to the highest bidder at a public auction 10 a.m., July 20, in Santa Rosa at the Plaza: 860 Fifth Street. The winery is owned by the Hambrecht Wine Group and is the primary production facility for the Truett-Hurst Wine company. In October 2015, Hambrecht […]
Bello Family Vineyards Rutherford estate property set for bankruptcy auction
July 11, 2016
Amid court allegations of fraud and financial misdeeds, the multi-million-dollar Rutherford estate owned by Southern California contractor Michael Ru Bello and his family is scheduled to be auctioned August 4. The residential property — still known as the Bello Family Vineyards — is located at 8424 Saint Helena Highway south of Rutherford and adjacent to […]
The list of 12 Treasury Wine brands and the buyers identity
July 5, 2016
NOTE: The release and/or re-publication of the list and buyer identity below is strictly prohibited. This content is for premium subscribers only. In today’s News Fetch (TWE dumps 12 cheap US wine brands but refuses to name them), we wrote a speculative piece about the brands that Treasury Wine Estates is selling (Wildly speculating […]