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February 17, 2012
The restaurant industry's strong monthly same-store sales in December carried into January driven by favorable weather and solid traffic trends, according to the latest NRN-MillerPulse survey.
January same-store sales rose 4.9 percent, and while they dipped slightly compared to the 5...
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February 14, 2012
Off-premise wine sales data increased 2.2 percent from the same period of the previous year in the 4 weeks ending January 7, 2012, according to The Nielsen Company-tracked data. In the 13 weeks ending during the same period, wine sales increased 2.3 percent.
Domestic wine sales incre...
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February 10, 2012
According to the 2011 Preliminary Grape Crush Report, California's 2011 wine grape crush, from all varieties, totaled 3,342,689 tons, down 7 percent from 2010. Red wine varieties accounted for the largest share of all grapes crushed, at 1,917,132 tons, down 7 percent from 2010. The 2011 white wine v...
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February 4, 2012
Overall table wine consumption is up in 2011, with over 291 million cases consumed, according to the Wine Market Council's annual consumer tracking study on the U.S. wine market. But there are signs that the Millennial generation-the generation between the ages of 18 and 35-is not turning out to be...
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February 1, 2012
The results are in-the wine industry is looking up. That's according to the seventh-annual study on wine consumption in the U.S. conducted by the Wine Market Council and Nielsen Marketing in 2011. The optimistic findings were announced on January 31, 2012 at a press conference held at the Museum of...
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January 31, 2012
Chardonnay, the world's most popular white wine, dates back centuries, but it owes much of its history in the United States to a winemaker who planted the grape in California 100 years ago.
Ernest Wente, of the family-owned Wente Vineyards east of San Francisco, brought cuttings from...
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January 30, 2012
--Industry's growth came as spirits makers continue to innovate by blending alcohol brands or flavors
--Sales jumped about 4% to $19.92 billion in 2011
--Since 2000, spirits' market share has expanded or held firm in every year except 2009
The volume o...
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