NEWS FETCH – AUGUST 16, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Drought Could Hinder Rising Farmland Values
• Silver Oak acquires Sausal Vineyard & Winery
• Ste. Michelle Dominates $8-$10.99 Wine Sales
• Competition from Chile could topple Kiwi SauvBlanc
• Interview: Richard Cacciato, CEO, Frederick Wildman
• How Supporters of Unequal Wine Laws Think
• New Canadian corkage rules can be confusing
• Israeli wine technology uncorked
• The Idea Behind the Legal Naming of Wine AVAs

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MN: Univ of Minn hosts 4th cold climate wine competition
• NH: Lawmakers upset over possibly illegal liquor lobbying
• WA: Winery turns Olympic Peninsula town into little Italy
• WA: Wineries Launch Online Sustainability Guide

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Mendo Crop Report: Wine down, timber up
• Central Coast wineries prepared for drought
• A bit more background on Sausal purchase
• Meeting to discuss Central Coast winery ordinance
• Sonoma County’s lame new wine-themed ads
• Beverly A. Burns Dies
• Couple brings the vineyards to the beach
• Copia Showing Signs of Life
• Wine Country wants in on China

HARVEST 2012

• California farmers fear labor shortage
• Champagne growing season ‘worst in decades’
• Bittersweet wine grape harvest across US
• Aussie winemakers cheer best vintage in 20 years

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• All Beer Stocks Will Eventually Brew The Unthinkable: Wine Coolers
• Chateau-Buyer Bright Food Tops Banks With $800 Million Loan
• Constellation Brands to use proceeds to fund deal
• Treasury Wine names new boss for Beringer
• Liv-ex: Cristal 2005
• Bordeaux Boom Busts
• Pernod Ricard tweaks marketing team

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• Wine shops find success in thinking small
• Without a Strategy, There Is No ROI
• Schedule and Publish Posts via Buffer from within your VinTank account
• What’s the Difference between Wine Marketing and Wine PR? (correct link)

MEDIA MATTERS

• Social media experts join Euro Wine Bloggers line-up

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Cabernet shares Napa rosé limelight
• Virtual wineries are making fine wine
• Torrontes grape, an enchanting South American
• Tempranillo in the U.S.: A Learning Curve
• ‘Naked’ wines defined

THE UK

• Mixed Olympics results for drinks trade
• London Olympics ‘absolutely disastrous’ for restaurants

LATIN AMERICA

• Who says that Argentina cannot sell great wines under US$10?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Getting squirmy with the sommelier
• Wine terms: Flabby
• Celebrity wine advice, circa 1990
• Do you tip on $110k of wine?
• Obama uses White House brew as campaign tool