NEWS FETCH – AUGUST 3, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Crushpad Update
• A new way to profit from China’s slowdown: get into the wine business
• Wine ‘is as good as drugs for thin bones’ 
• Is Pétrus Asia’s New Lafite – and Will Garage Wines Take Off in China?
• Top ten trends of the last ten years: 1. The internet
• Farm production expenditures reach record high
• The bankers’ view of wine
• All-Chardonnay Winery Planned in Washington
• Inaugural Winery Sales and Marketing survey launches

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Jim Verhey: Advice for aspiring vintners
• Interview: Laurie Hook, Beringer
• Color in Napa vineyards
• Pahlmeyer names new director of winemaking

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Underappreciated torrontes wine pushes boundaries
• I Put Ice in My Wine Because You Don’t Serve it at the Right Temperature
• Why the Winestream Media makes this blogger crazy (still)
• Eliminating the Fishy Aftertaste of Wine-Seafood Pairings
• Why not grenache?
• You can know a lot without being a know-it-all snob

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• UBS AG Gives Buy Rating to Constellation
• Sarah Miles promoted to managing director of Diageo Wines Europe
• Diageo appointment heralds J&B shake up
• Central European Distribution Starts Consent Solicitation

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• The Lack of Veritas in Vino
• What is Klout? Who are the top influencers in the wine industry? (part 5)

WASHINGTON STATE

• Acting locally can help state wine industry grow globally
• Wine Law Seminar in Walla Walla
• New Winemaker Starts With WSU Online Enology Certificate Program

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• FL: Summer heat has Lake County vineyard harvesting
• MI: Hedging bets on wine grapes in Northern Michigan

OH CANADA!

• Okanagan Crush Pad: The Taste Test

EUROPE

• Profit Margins Spur Chinese Chateaux Acquisitions
• Sanctuary for the Soul

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Beneficial Bugs for Winegrape Growers
• Preparing vines for future years’ grapes
• Black Cat Vineyard tests new recycled-content shipper

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Govt encourages high value wine exports
• OZ: Winery walkabout in a happy valley

LATIN AMERICA

• Cafayate: Argentina’s Other Wine Country

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wasps kick start fermentation in wine
• Smart label remembers the use-by date you forget