NEWS FETCH – AUGUST 14, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Wine To Be Regulated By “Violent Crime Bureau?”
• Why Wine Scores Matter: It’s Cultural
• Wine imports give Chinese firms a hangover
• Billionaire Foley wins support for control of NZ Wine Company
• Total Wine Details Its “Next Generation” Store Features
• Dishonesty and Deception Among Alcohol Partisans
• Alcohol Regulation Roundup: Dog Days Edition
• Top 10 wines in the US press
• Wine purchasing trends changing since 2008

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Restart for Mendo Wine Industry Trade Group
• Wine grape study seeks Valley key
• Cork oak trees grow in Redlands
• Delta to Showcase Calif Winemakers

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Alcohol consumption may lower risk of ALS
• Pesticide Levels In Wine From China “No Risk To Health,” Gov’t Says

HARVEST 2012

• Mumm Napa Gets First Load of Grapes
• Extra-dry weather a bittersweet harvest for US winemakers
• Bordeaux 2012 Harvest . . . Bring Me Sunshine
• Burgundy’s Trying Year

HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY JULIA CHILD

• Happy hundredth, Julia
• Julia Child was well-versed in ways of wine
• Julia Child had a weakness for Yquem

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• Moscato Craze Over?
• “Vitischkeit” or The Doonish Problem
• Now Pouring at Fashion Site Vente-Privee: Online Wine

MEDIA MATTERS

• Examining Wine Blogging: The New Publishers
• In Response to Mr. Gray on Wine Lists and Mr. Dawson on corkage
• Another fat bug lands in the wine writing echo chamber
• Perspective on Wine Bloggers: Oregon Winemakers
• Summer Reading: Simpson on “Creating Wine”
• The Most Glaring Omissions From The 2012 Wine Blog Awards Finalists

MATTERS OF TASTE

• It only got a 98 – what’s wrong with this wine?

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: New Wine Region – Fingers Crossed
• TX: “For Sale In Texas Only” Label on Wine Bottles
• VA: Vintners taste the police state

THE UK

• Indian wine company shortlisted for UK award

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Fake wine sellers to pay 500,000 yuan
• Changli to hold International Wine Festival