Monthly Archives: December 2013

Get the Recognition Your CSR Efforts Deserve

Your entire organization works hard to do right by your community.  Whether it’s a campaign to prevent drunk or underage driving, employee involvement in a community project such as cleaning up rivers or building house for Habitat for Humanity, adoption … Continue reading

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Book Review: A Simply Gorgeous Book About a 900-Year-Old Winery

Book Review:  A Simply Gorgeous Book About a 900-Year-Old Winery If you’re still looking for a Christmas present – especially for a Catholic or a wine lover – we have a book for you. Nine Centuries in the Heart of … Continue reading

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What We Read This Weekend

This Vintner Is a Cattle Rancher San Francisco Chronicle had a fascinating story about Jack and Dawn Galante, owners of Galante Vineyards in Carmel, Calif., which sells 3,500 cases a year. The vineyard is just 30 acres of a 700-acre … Continue reading

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Brown-Forman Net Soars 19% in 2d Quarter as Sales Rise 6%

Brown-Forman Net Soars 19% in 2d Quarter as Sales Rise 6% Brown-Forman Corp. reported a 19% jump in second quarter earnings, to $206 million, or 97 cents a share, on a 6% increase in net sales, to $1.08 billion. For … Continue reading

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What It Takes to Become a Wine Industry Titan

I’ve been reading a great book, one I recommend to you highly.  It’s A Man and His Mountain, the story of Jess Jackson, a poor boy who became a billionaire and, in the process, put Chardonnay on America’s tables. The … Continue reading

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