NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 15, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Why Argentine Malbec doesn’t Flood the US
• Calif Winegrape harvest could be biggest in three years
• Beer Wholesalers Prepared to Bring Back the CARE Act
• Aussies want to raise taxes on wine
• Bill Foley: A Vineyard Bargain Hunter Builds an Empire
• Ohio Wholesaler wins federal case against large breweries
• US mounts Aussie wine push

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Is there a future for Copia site?
• Robert Mondavi will introduce new wine venture at NYC’s Food Network Festival
• Tom Adams Joins DP&F Land Use Department
• Old Sugar Mill expands business with two additional wineries
• El Dorado Winery Association gets Specialty Crop Block Grant from CDFA

HARVEST 2012

• North Coast grape harvest headed to big win
• When to Harvest
• WA: Factories among the vines
• Harvest Napa Valley 2012: a perfect season
• WA: Harvest Report October 15th 2012
• 2012 Bordeaux could turn out to share commonalities with 2002
• The summer wash-out won’t drown English wine
• Loire 2012: Savennières
• PA: Early harvest allowed many area vineyards to beat the frost
• OR: Sineann Winery processes Resonance Vineyard grapes

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-Ex: 2005s in fashion

MARKETING & SALES

• Getting People to Listen
• Listening, While Pouring

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Struggling with Wine Tasting Notes
• The Role of Bottle Color and Weight on Wine Color Development
• Can Wine Drinkers have a Preference for Different Oak Wine Barrels?
• What to drink when your magazine is sold and everyone gets fired

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MD: Maryland Wine Pioneer Dies
• NY:State Wine, Beer, and Spirits Summit Focuses on Marketing, Not Fracking or WIGS
• PA: Business lets customers sample wine-making
• WA: Wine grape growers to hold caucus in Pasco

EUROPE

• Georgia Looks Toward End of Russia’s Wine Embargo
• Marziano Abbona Sulfite-Free Langhe Rosso

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Wine pioneer’s property ripe for the picking
• OZ: Wine tax wowsers ruin life’s pleasures

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Arrest Warrant Issued For Indian Liquor Baron
• China’s craze for Burgundy

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Syrian wine’s star rises despite ongoing conflict

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine grapes are asexual!
• Wine tasting party rescued from sinking ship
• Future uncertain for baseball’s Champagne celebrations
• Are you, like the British, terrified of sommeliers?
• Read This Before You Hold Your Wine Tasting