NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 19, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Almonds Top Grapes As Calif’s #2 most valuable commodity
• World Wine Shortage of 1.3 Billion Bottles Forecast
• Farmworkers union sues Calif over heat rule enforcement
• Calif Unlicensed Farm Labor Contractors Reigned In
• Delta farmers to fight tunnel project
• WSU Dedicates Wine Science Center in Richland
• Waiting For God and Wine In Utah
• Cork Maker Diam Regains Sparkle

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Bernard Portet, ‘A Winery Without Walls’
• Calif wine tour: In the home of the vin de garage
• Foley forming Food & Wine Society
• SJ County planners approve ag store, deli at Lodi winery
• Old Sugar Mill Hits Critical Mass

HARVEST 2012

• Napa Merlot crop large and late
• Entry-level prices up as harvest falls short
• Sharp decline in EU production requires new measures
• Languedoc: Harvest and Beyond
• Bordeaux 2012: The end of the harvest
• Aussie Winemakers reject oversupply claims
• Sineann Winery sorting crew volunteers because they believe in the wine

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Accolade Wines takes on higher tier rivals with William Hardy range
• Piper Heidsieck pursues upmarket shift
• Ausone Leads Christie’s London Wine Sale With Margaux, Mouton
• Wartime wine in fine and rare Bonham’s sale

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• New Study Questions Link Between Alcohol And Breast Cancer Risk
• UK taxes increases driving drinks firms out of business
• Is Your Company Doing Enough to Reduce Alcohol Harm?
• Rheumatoid arthritis patients consumed less alcohol than healthy controls

MARKETING & SALES

• Sauvignoir created for Chinese market
• Winesearcher: I can see right through you
• The wonderful world of wine beer
• Corbières to come in a can
• Housing and organizing wine is serious business at these restaurants

MEDIA MATTERS

• Bloggers Must Hook Readers & Reel Them In – Or Sink
• Old World, New World, New Words
• Wine education: the difference between a Bordeaux and a claret
• the Music Did Not Die & Connoisseurs’ Wine Blog Lingers On

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Rebutting critiques of Calif terroir, this time in Napa Valley
• Steven Spurrier on American wines
• Combining Temperature and SO2 to Control Brett

COMPLIANCE

• The Top 10 Useful Items From The TTB’s Website

EUROPE

• Spain Shows The Way, The Laya Way
• Field Notes from Nebbiolo Prima
• The Langhe exposed
• Savoie wines making an international name for themselves

THE UK

• LIWF returns to its roots

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: No wind farms in SA wine regions