NEWS FETCH – SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Barrel Stop Foreclosure Sale Set
• Is Boisset the man who can fill Mondavi’s shoes?
• Domestic Wine Up 8% in August
• Ontario MPP Introduces Provincial “FreeMyGrapes” Bill
• Calif heat-illness bills sent to gov, overtime bill fails
• Market for vineyard acreage heats up
• Farm Bill Now Coalition in Push for New Farm Bill
• Ag Water Demand Putting Pressure on Supply
• America’s Absurd Alcohol Laws

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• From The Ashes, A New Oakstone Takes Flight
• J. Lohr turns spinach into Pinot Noir
• Exporting direct to Chinese consumers
• Jordan Winery Grows Malbec

HARVEST 2012

• Champagne Harvest Quota Announced
• Sierra Foothills/Nevada County Veraison and Harvest Reports
• Wine season in Washington state almost perfect
• Bordeaux 2012: Late start, scorching summer
• Small harvests expected across Europe as California eyes price rises
• Nova Scotia vineyards expect plentiful grape harvest

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Alcohol: The “Worst Drug of All”
• Alcoholic beverage raises breast cancer risk
• Stop Freaking Out About Wine Additives
• Sulfites: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Pernod open to bolt-on acquisitions
• Sotheby’s ‘greatest single-owner’ wine collection set for Hong Kong
• Online bidding opens Cape auction to new markets

MARKETING & SALES

• Naked Harry pics boost wine sales
• “Discounts are important in e-commerce, but not essential” – eWinery Pres
• Some wineries adding a little hip to swirl, sniff and sip routine
• Almond Roca maker, Precept think inside the ( wine ) box
• Why Today’s Wine Lists Need Radical Change
• Alternate Bubbles Expected to Unseat Champagne

MEDIA MATTERS

• Implications as social media moves toward images, away from words
• Five wine bloggers you should be reading

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Blind woman tastes success in the wine business
• I Smell Mouse
• Smoke taints wine irrespective of fuel type and hides in berries
• Misunderstood, Lambrusco not your parents’ Riunite
• Naked Naked Naked Naked Wine
• The mystery of carmenere

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• VA: Portsmouth couple opening winery in Smithfield
• OR: It’s a small world winery after all
• NC: Urban Winery in the Heart of The Triangle
• KY: Plaintiffs seek $346K for legal fees in wine , food case
• WA: Wine bottle distributor eyes new home beside Kalama’s Bennu Glass

MANAGEMENT

• Learn Wine Business Management Online

EUROPE

• Status Anxiety in Champagne
• Christian Chaussard killed in tractor accident

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine show shake up
• OZ: Winemaker plants Greek grape variety Assyrtiko

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Demystifying the Pomp and Circumstance of Wine Service
• Why Does Wine Need to be Stored in a “Vibration-Free” Environment?

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Wilson Daniels Appoints Jennifer Brown director of public relations and communications
• Aubert Wines Opens Tasting Salon