NEWS FETCH – AUGUST 29, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Vineyard & Winery Management Appoints Christie CEO
• WineGavel Sued By Rare, Fine Wine Collectors
• Interview Ste. Michelle Pres/CEO Ted Baseler
• Estimated US 2012 Net Farm Income Second-Highest Since 1970
• Can expensive California wines sell themselves to a new generation of wine lovers?
• EPA wades in on Calif Delta’s future
• Liquor Lobby Party Goes All Out for GOP, Including Mermaids
• Wine Detective Sniffs Out More Forged Bottles
• Santa Clara County moves forward with new winery regs
• Trek Winery Settles Down
• Turrentine Brokerage Adds Mike Needham

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Should we taste wines based on alcohol level?
• Molecular Pairing at Home
• Petite Sirah: Stealth Grape Approaching Its Moment?
• California’s original Mission Grape enjoyed just as much today

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• “Heavy” drinkers found to exercise more

HARVEST 2012

• Selective Harvesting: Is It Right For Everyone?
• Sauvignon blanc harvest gets started in Sonoma County
• A difficult vintage in Tuscany
• Harvest starts in California and it looks “normal” again
• Harvest doesn’t stop the party on Finger Lakes wine trail
• Sierra Foothills/Butte County Harvest Report
• Ready for Harvest
• Fetzer Vineyards begins grape-picking season with a blessing
• UK Wineries make harvest predictions
• More English wine harvest predictions

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Will Diageo Help You Retire Rich?
• Concha y Toro 2nd-Quarter Net Down 7.6%
• Plunging wine sales put Dynasty in the red
• Brown-Forman 1st-Quarter Net Up 25% on Strong Jack Daniel’s Sales
• Grupo Santander Reaffirms Hold Rating on Diageo
• Liv-ex: Last of the summer

MARKETING & SALES

• How & Why to Integrate Social Media into Winery CRM
• When the Facebook ‘Like’ Doesn’t Work
• Concha y Toro aims to grow awareness in UK through social media
• Restaurants maximize the value of the social media fan
• What Oregon wineries can do to market Pinot Gris
• Wine On Tap is the New Green Trend

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Legalize…Moonshine? The Beverage of Outlaws, NASCAR and Hipster Happy Hour
• Coopering: It’s not sexy but it’s important

MEDIA MATTERS

• Most Frequent Questions From Wine Bloggers Conf

MANAGEMENT

• The Interview over Lunch: What to Do?
• Bullying in the office more common than thought

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• ID: Varietal Emergence
• MI: 5 Reasons why a winery is not a good fit on Detroit’s Belle Isle
• MI: Wyandotte Businessman Helps Create Grosse Ile Winery
• MI: Groundbreaking ceremony for new winery
• NY: Hamptons nearing rosé drought!
• WA: College expands wine program with new courses

EUROPE

• Moet in a Fizz Over Ace of Spades
• Provence ‘will go the way of Beaujolais’ if bottled too early, producers warn

THE UK

• HMRC “reluctant to prosecute” alcohol fraud
• HMRC lacks crucial data to crack down on alcohol duty fraud, say MPs

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Quality wine tipped despite dry winter
• OZ: Roll out the barrels

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Jancis Robinson, Huiqin Ma among judges of contest in Yinchuan
• Chivas wins Chinese copycat case