NEWS FETCH – SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

TOP NEWS

• The Gender Divide, Reaching Male vs. Female Millennials
• Current & Emerging Trends of Diverse Boomers
• Chinese wine market now up to 50 billion Yuan
• Trader Joe’s won’t sell ‘Two-Buck Chuck’ at Boulder CO store
• Growing Grapes by the Numbers
• Vintner or vineyard – which matters more?
• The Barossa Gets Proprietary, Trademarked Bottle

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Petition out against Santa Clara County winery regs
• Death and Politics in the Great American Water Wars
• Trading highways for vineyards
• Laffort opens store for winemaking

HARVEST 2012

• WA: Harvest Report – September 14th 2012
• Napa Growers harvest whites, celebrate good weather
• Angelo Gaja’s 2012 vintage notes
• Italy’s Wine Production May Slide 8% on Drought
• Bordeaux grape quality better than 2011

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Arizona wineries toast bill for Postal Service shipping
• OR: Grocers tell lawmakers to update liquor laws or face initiative
• WA: Liquor prices showing no signs of dropping

MEDIA MATTERS

• The First Wine Blogger
• SO Last Century: Thanks for the Credit, Wine Business
• Boom Varietal: Film Festival Update
• Post WBC12 Blog Posts & Social Stats
• Wine Bloggers’ 5-Yr Reunion: Good, Bad, Ugly

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Applying the concept of “cru” to Napa Valley
• Supermarket wines sweep the International wine awards
• China’s wine starting to pique the interest of the West
• MS Andrea Robinson Talks Going From Wall Street to wine
• First Grenache-only competition announced
• Learning Again to Savor Sweet Wine
• How The Hosemaster Tastes

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Industrial art: The beauty of fermentation tanks
• How I Learned To Drink
• Do-it-yourself taste test can lead to wines you love
• Vintner rabbi ties kosher wine to Jewish heritage, earthly pleasure
• Indigenous Italy

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• “Vinous gems” boost Sotheby’s sale
• Diageo Faces Steep Fines Unless It Controls Vapors

MARKETING & SALES

• A Coming of Age for Online Wine Sales
• James Bond on a secret mission in global Heineken campaign

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NC: New winery opens
• WA: North Central wineries continue to grow up

EUROPE

• Domäne Wachau: Big is good
• St. Emilion’s ho hum classification
• Chapoutier threatens lawsuit against Chinese company

THE UK

• Brazilian wines ready to hit UK
• Cockburn’s retraces its golden age

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Cheers to China, and maybe a vintage year
• NZ: Predicting weather key to wine industry future
• NZ:Maori winemakers on the rise
• NZ: Loyalty behind success

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Brazilian vintners end presentations in China, Hong Kong
• TCEB ‘ready’ for lawsuit over scrapped wine fair

PACKAGING & CLOSURES

• Closures: Part 5 ­– the perfect solution?

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Landing the Perfect Job Applicant Requires Seasoned Piloting Skills