North Bay Business Journal

  • Important legal changes for wine, alcohol in 2012

    November 28th, 2011

    Important laws and regulations affecting members of the California wine and alcohol beverage industry in 2012 include clarification on third-party marketing and promotions, a new direct-to-consumer wine retail license, permission for on-premise infusion of wine and spirits with flavors, a change in the definition of “distilled spirits” for taxation purposes, new state Russian River frost-protection water rules and agricultural union elections law changes.

  • Wine: Cecchetti wine sales rise 39%; top North Coast pruners; what is an intern?

    March 14th, 2011

    Sonoma-based Cecchetti Wine Co. reported that it had its third year of volume sales growth. Roy Cecchetti’s goal of making lower-priced wines has resulted in 200,000 cases sold in 2010, a 39 percent increase from 2009. The winery is projecting sales of 250,000 cases total this year. … Winners from vineyard pruning contests in Mendocino, Sonoma and Napa counties. … A California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards Enforcement opinion letter has added new wrinkles to the quandary over whether student interns have to be paid at least minimum wage as employees, according to Jennifer Phillips, an employment and real estate attorney with Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty in Santa Rosa. … Graton-based custom winemaker Sonoma Wine Co., which now produces more than 5 million cases of wine from six facilities in Sonoma and Napa counties, inked a deal with Sebastopol-based Winesecrets to provide services to Sonoma Wine’s 30 clients. … Golden State Overnight and FedEx expand direct-shipping services. … Bill Hambrecht teams with Paul and Heath Dolan and Phil Hurst in the H.D.D. wine group venture. … Dry Creek Vineyard entered a sales and marketing agreement with Sonoma-based V2 Wine Group, which will manage Dry Creek’s distribution nationwide.

  • Business news: Week of March 14, 2011

    March 14th, 2011

    Brief news items from North Bay businesses.

  • Guest Contributors: Regulators outline rules for pouring wine at charity events

    January 17th, 2011

    A number of wineries recently have contacted the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, or ABC, on their participation in charity events orchestrated by third-party advertising services.

  • Wine: Offices proposed for old Healdsburg winery

    March 5th, 2010

    Also: Auction set for Manchester Ridge vineyards

  • Tiny Novato winery wins trademark case against Trek Bicycle

    March 2nd, 2010

    NOVATO — A federal judge in Wisconsin today tossed out a trademark-infringement case against tiny Novato-based Trek Winery LLC brought by Trek Bicycle Corp., one of the largest bike manufacturers in North America.

  • Marketing minefield for wineries

    January 18th, 2010

    NORTH BAY — The industry has been looking to consumer product promotional know-how from outside the business for fresh ideas, particularly as producers of higher-end wine look to move slow-selling inventory in an economy with high unemployment and trimmed expense accounts.

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