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James Laube's Wine Flights
Posted: November 18, 2008 By James Laube
The Chateau Montelena deal may be dead and we may never know all the reasons why. I still believe that Montelena’s owner Jim Barrett wanted to sell the winery and was elated to have a buyer. Whether he changed his mind and wants to keep the property, or the economy changed the would-be buyer's mind and forced him to rethink his strategy, is unknown.
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Posted: November 5, 2008 By James Laube
Four months ago we were told that Jim Barrett wanted to sell Chateau Montelena and we assumed there was a buyer. But now Barrett apparently can't sell it at the original terms or doesn't want to sell it at all.
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Famed Napa Valley property is off the market; French buyer had trouble with financing in current economy
Posted: November 5, 2008 By Daniel Sogg
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Purchase by VC Family Estates is first major foreign investment in Argentina's up-and-coming region
Posted: October 23, 2008 By James Molesworth
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Coffee titans plan to invest more resources in Brunello winery
Posted: October 1, 2008 By Jo Cooke
Sept. 30, 2008 Issue
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Bordeaux second-growth will take the reins of historic Napa winery
Posted: September 30, 2008 By Jo Cooke, Daniel Sogg
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Harvey Steiman At Large
Posted: September 19, 2008 By Harvey Steiman
Industry analysts are having a field day guessing what's going to happen to Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, Washington's biggest wine company. Last week it was announced that Altria, which used to be Philip Morris, would be buying UST, which used to be U.
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Posted: September 18, 2008 By James Laube
If you looked at Jean-Guillaume Prats’ passport this week, it would have stamps showing he’d been in France, Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Thailand (Bangkok), Indonesia (Jakarta), the United States and back to France.
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Posted: September 17, 2008 By James Laube
Never mind troubled wines, a flawed cellar or even the need to replant vineyards. The Chateau Montelena deal is all about potential and what lies ahead, Jean-Guillaume Prats said Tuesday in an interview in Napa.
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The recent buyout of its parent company may lead to the future sale of Washington state's biggest wine producer
Posted: September 16, 2008 By Harris Meyer
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Founding winemaker reacquires ownership of his Barossa Valley winery
Posted: September 5, 2008 By Tyson Stelzer
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European business titans Bernard Arnault and Albert Frère buy St.-Emilion estate
Posted: September 5, 2008 By James Suckling
Aug. 31, 2008 Issue
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Posted: August 31, 2008 By Jo Cooke
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Beaucastel's owners up their stake in France's Southern Rhône appellation by purchasing a historic estate
Posted: August 29, 2008 By Robert Camuto
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Owner of Pine Ridge and Archery Summit buys leading Central Coast Pinot Noir estate
Posted: August 25, 2008 By Daniel Sogg
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Harvey Steiman At Large
Posted: August 14, 2008 By Harvey Steiman
I recently got a preview taste of the first wines from Oatley Estate. I wrote about this project last year after sharing a few drinks with the principals, owner Robert Oatley and executive deputy chairman Chris Hancock.
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Harvey Steiman At Large
Posted: August 11, 2008 By Harvey Steiman
Constellation Brands announced this week that it wants to sell three of its Australian winemaking facilities and lay off about 350 workers there. The announcement makes a lot more sense in the context of a conversation I had about a month ago with James Mariani, family proprietor of Banfi Vintners.
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Family owners of Avignonesi sell a majority share to Belgian businesswoman
Posted: August 5, 2008 By Jo Cooke
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Local businessman Oscar Farinetti buys a big stake in the winery; his second purchase in six months
Posted: July 25, 2008 By Jo Cooke
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Tim Mondavi and family's new label can now realize goal of becoming single-vineyard estate with purchase of Pritchard Hill site
Posted: July 23, 2008 By MaryAnn Worobiec
