North Bay Business Journal

Napa’s Anu latest to jump into logistics

NAPA — A new 62,000-square-foot wine storage and fulfillment facility in Napa is part of a trend toward warehouses offering a wider range of logistics services.

Pack n’ Ship forms Central Coast alliance

WINDSOR – Pack n’ Ship Direct, a wine consumer direct logistics, deep storage and compliance service, announced a new strategic alliance and warehouse/shipping venue with Central Coast Wine Services in Santa Maria.

Amazon drops move into wine sales

NORTH COAST — The Internet retail giant Amazon.com has dropped plans to sell wine.

“I can confirm Amazon will not be getting into the wine business,” said Tracy Ogden, a spokesman for the Seattle-based company. He declined to elaborate.

South Napa ‘wine condos’ 85% reserved

NAPA – A 41,200-square-foot “wine condo” project in south Napa has defied economic conditions by not only starting construction at a time when such financing is challenging but also having 85 percent of the space leased or reserved for sale at the outset.

Foam packaging giant opens wine distributorship in Napa

NAPA – ACH Foam Technologies, a large producer of plastic foam products for construction and packaging, has formed WineLoc Packaging Products in south Napa.

Inertia Beverage launches direct-to-trade shipments

NAPA – Inertia Beverage Group reached a milestone this month toward its goal of simplifying the trade wine buying process to the point-and-click convenience U.S. consumers in many states have enjoyed in the past several years.

New Vine assets set for Tuesday sale

NAPA — The lead lenders to Napa-based wine direct-to-consumer logistics provider New Vine Inc., which shut down briefly in early June amid funding problems, are set to hold a bulk foreclosure sale of assets July 14.

Wine.com gets into logistics

SAN FRANCISCO – Large Internet wine retailer Wine.com today announced it has started a direct-to-consumer logistics service through its Berkeley warehouse.