NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 18, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Barrel Stop/Dominari Winery Sold At Foreclosure Auction
• Ch. Latour/Christie’s Owner on Trial in $4 Billion Calif Junk Bond Case
• Restaurants to mitigate health care costs by cutting hours
• Frackers in California Get Free Passes?
• Wine gets in the spirit with liquor blends
• Int’l Sparkling Wine Market: Good Growth, High Cost of Goods
• A Peek Inside Kendall-Jackson
• The Call For Ingredient Labeling Intensifies

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• The Increasingly Mysterious Case of Missing SB Vintner
• Catalina: An Island Vineyard, the Hard Way
• Decision on Santa Ynez tribe’s liquor license expected in Dec
• Wildfire near Laetitia Winery caused by passing vehicle
• EPA funds completion of Napa River restoration efforts in Rutherford

HARVEST 2012

• Washington State Vineyards Juggle Abundant Harvest
• Dry, sunny weather brightens Oregon vintners’ dispositions
• Europe’s Small Harvest Creates Growing Concern
• Farmer predicts good year for Bordeaux wine
• Watsonville grower enjoys good harvest
• Resonance Vineyard harvest workers come from day labor pool

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• LVMH records 22% revenue increase
• Global growth boosts Rémy Cointreau 25.5%
• Diageo first quarter sales up 5 pct
• 1855 lose another court case this time in Arcachon
• Q3 Spectator Auction Index Falls

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Wine Industry Waste May Provide Cardiovascular Benefits
• Alcohol should be ‘unpleasantly expensive’

MARKETING & SALES

• By price ranges: what are Argentina’s hottest brands?
• Lessons learned from selling Opus One for $50
• Who are the wine consumers?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Terroir and cru: an exploration
• Gerard Basset: how to be a top sommelier
• A chat with Denman Moody, the Advanced Oenophile

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine writing, the wine business, and “Grape-a-hol”

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Ancient Lakes and Ancient Hills
• VA: Loudoun businessman breaks ground on new winery
• VA: Chinese-Owned Winery Targets China’s Burgeoning Oenophile
• WA: Wine grape growers to hold caucus in Pasco

EUROPE & THE UK

• Chateau Margaux: A storied French winery looks East
• New Argentinian wine importer Cupari launches

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• OZ: Wine event’s sour grapes
• A fact-finding trip to Hong Kong & China

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Secret to Buying Real White Truffles from Alba
• More Wines from Unexpected Places
• So you want to plant a home vineyard