NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 12, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Santa Barbara Vintner Dead in Mysterious Incident
• Ammonia leak sickens workers at Golden State Vintners
• 3Q earnings expectations mixed for restaurants
• RaboBank Analysis, Take 1: Global supply drop may favour brand wines
• RaboBank Analysis, Take 2: Balanced supplies boost prices but equilibrium remains precarious
• RaboBank Analysis, Take 3: Mood in global wine trade more downbeat than last year
• China agrees to protect Napa Valley wine name
• Finger Lakes Wine Center Pulls A Copia
• Davies starts commences production at new winery

HARVEST 2012

• Record Grape Harvest Helps South Plains Wineries
• Champagne Harvest: Numbers on the Ground
• Why is Nyetimber’s decision so unusual?
• UK viticultural consultant counters negative harvest news

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Cut back on wine for better health
• UK boomers cost Health Service more than binge drinking youth

MARKETING & SALES

• 5 Holiday Tips to Sell More Wine Online
• Does The World Need A Sparkling Vodka-Wine?
• Snakes on a plane! Wine in a can on a plane!

MEDIA MATTERS

• Re-Evaluating Relevance in a Crowded Age of Gab

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Relationship Between Wine and Oak Remains An Enigma
• Swanson launches Vinotyping
• Somm Scam!
• Vagaries of ‘natural’ wine laid bare
• The Science of Aroma & Why Wine Pairing Is Not Subjective
• Brits too scared to order wine
• An MW student’s guide to remembering the 1855 classification

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MD: Marylanders Want to Buy Alcohol in Chain Stores
• MS: Old South Winery added to state agritourism list
• WA: Women wine pioneers embark on new journeys in Walla Walla

EUROPE

• Jean Guyon Buys Château Greysac
• After the Debacle Called Liebfraumilch

THE UK

• Domaine Sainte Rose to make wine in Kent
• SA wine and whisky trade war averted

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine tax changes to stop double dipping

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Ha aims to put Korean wine on map
• Two Confirmed Dead in Winery Fire in Xinjiang
• A Seating Change at ASC John Watkins new CEO, Don St. Pierre executive chair

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile Lays It On, To What Good?
• Argentina offers first certified Malbec vine

SOUTH AFRICA

• Terlato To Promo South Africa’s Anthonij Rupert Wines
• SA keen to avoid bulk wine war with the UK
  
• The wine industry’s enormous transformation

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Jon Rimmerman, the Garagiste Founder and Wild Raconteur of Wine