NEWS FETCH – SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Crushpad Successor May Start Ops In Oct. But Clients Must Pay Thousands To Get Wine
• Legal Briefs: 2 Lawsuits Filed Against Crushpad
• Winery worker dies after ammonia exposure
• How Oregon’s Prized Pinot Noir Grapes Will Take The Heat Of Climate Change
• Power of Experts in Calif Smelt/Water Case Faces Scrutiny
• Farm Bureau urges Congress to finalize a new farm bill
• Opus One opens Bordeaux office

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine writing as entertainment, winemaking as showmanship
• Wine Blogging Isn’t Dead
• The Whole (mostly) Wine World: In a Nutshell

HARVEST 2012

• Italian yields shrink after hottest summer for 50 years
• Calif Raisin Crop high quality, but smaller
• Northwest Winegrape Harvest Begins
• A slow goodbye.
• Winemakers Reveal Pre-Harvest Rituals – Red Vines, Anyone?

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Wine better for heart health than vodka
• UK’s Drinkaware appoints leading health expert as trustee
• Kate TWICE turns down wine at royal toast – Pregnant?

MARKETING, SALES & PACKAGING

• How Gallo Brings Analytics Into The Winemaking Craft
• Are you connecting with your new generation of customers…Generation C?
• R&D/Leverage Expertise Helps Stacked Wine Launch
• Wine “handbag” gaining momentum
• Closures: Part 3 – moving back to cork

MATTERS OF TASTE

• “Feral”- versus inoculated-yeast fermentation: The pros and the cons
• Minerality: the new wine buzzword
• High altitude wines: the mountain character

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: Is State unfair to New York Products?
• OR: Olsen Ag to discontinue Viridian wine
• OR:Eco-Winery Goes Beyond LEED
• TX: A Texas winemaker in Spain
• VA: Former AOL-Execs Have Innovative Plans for State’s Wine Industry

EUROPE & THE UK

• Louis Ng will ‘revitalise’ moribund Burgundy estate, says Eric Rousseau
• Torres China officially opens first Everwines shop in Beijing
• Gin and sparkling wine top best sellers list over Jubilee

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Watershed moment for Margaret River winery
• NZ: Villa Maria Winery Buys Te Awa

SOUTH AFRICA

• 26 SA labels to carry new ethical seal