NEWS FETCH – OCTBER 3, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Wine fraudster jailed over £760,000 scam
• FL County Mulls Fetal Syndrome Warnings For Alcohol Sales
• Ways Restaurants Serve Wine To Counter Recession
• Craft brews lift beer sales surge
• The Rise of Stronger Spirits
• Magazines rebound, print not going away
• Texas Wine Shipping Ban Morally Indefensible, Bad for Business

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Indian doctor, Mitch Cosentino partners in pureCru
• SJCounty to hear expansion requests from Viaggio and Heritage Oaks
• Update: Judge overturns Russian River frost regulations
• Shawn Jensen has been named a partner at Moss Adams

HARVEST 2012

• Hot temperatures affect Central Coast harvest
• Pouilly-Fumé – harvest got underway on Monday
• Warm harvest days mean tarantulas
• Bordeaux 2012: The Wait for Red October
• Syrian refufees exploited for Turkish grape harvest

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• U.S. teen drinking and driving rate cut in half in 20 years
• Hard Liquor May Boost Heart Health

MARKETING & SALES

• New Wine Brand Panders To Millennials
• Viral Videos: Can Wine Brands Compete With Everyone Else?
• Solving the Pricing Puzzle in Today’s Wine Market
• The Problem With Twitter and Wine
• Wine: It’s just bidness

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• ‘Sideways’ Hits the Stage, Complete With Wine Tasting
• What Wine Lovers Should Watch For In Tonight’s Debate
• Dubious Wine Achievements of Our Time

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Constellation: Second Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek
• Head To Head: Diageo vs SABMiller

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The fiction of cult wine
• Rhône varieties are the future for South Africa

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CT: Total Wine & More Moving Into state
• FL: Orlando’s First Winery opens
• KS: Reduced Requirement for Grapes Grown in Kansas
• VA: First Virginia Wine Summit Affirms World-Class Nature of Top State Wines

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Precision Sensors Monitor Winegrape Water
• Infrared technology in vineyard helps grow better grapes
• New device for easier field brix levels

EUROPE

• Bordeaux schoolchildren to learn about wine
• Cultural entrepreneurship on the rise among Italian winemakers
• German winemakers seek to win over the Chinese market
• Italian wineries rediscover ancient grapes

THE UK

• WaverleyTBS goes into administration
• Bargain Booze reports sales lift as profits slip

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Riverland grapegrowers question levy

LATIN AMERICA

• “Deal with Falabella and Corchos de Argentina gives us an added value”