Tag Archive: Fetzer Vineyards
Fetzer Sees Hobbs Partnership Yielding Increased Quality
Following its move earlier this year to partner with winemaker Paul Hobbs, Concha y Toro’s Fetzer Vineyards is already seeing significant improvements in viticulture and wine quality, the company tells SND. Continue reading →
Posted in News on October 1, 2015Wine Spectator: Lawsuit Claims California Wines Contain Dangerous Arsenic Levels
Are some California wineries “secretly poisoning wine consumers”? That’s one of the incendiary charges being leveled in a class-action lawsuit against several of the biggest companies in American wine, filed March 19 in a California state court. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 20, 2015Fetzer Making Strong Progress On Core Portfolio, With Growth Led By Bonterra
Editor’s Note: In 2011, Fetzer Vineyards was acquired by Chilean winemaker Viña Concha y Toro, in a $238 million deal with previous owner Brown-Forman. Since then, Concha y Toro has invested considerable resources into revitalizing Fetzer, focusing on quality improvement and innovation, while also adding about 50 new sales and marketing personnel and working hard to reconnect with distributors. SND executive editor David Fleming met with Fetzer global marketing director Rodrigo Maturana to get an update on progress. Continue reading →
Posted in News on September 24, 2014Single-Serve Wine Producer Zipz Goes National, Targets 100,000 Cases For 2014
Launched in April 2013, single-serve wine specialists Zipz Wine initially focused distribution on stadiums and other large venues, but as demand for outdoor-friendly, single-serve wines continues to grow, the company’s reach is expanding. Continue reading →
Posted in News on May 9, 2014News Briefs for March 25, 2014
•A relentless winter with dangerously low temperatures has killed vine buds and wiped out a significant portion of this year’s potential wine grape crop in parts of the Finger Lakes, Ontario and Michigan. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 25, 2014
