NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 31, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Serge Renaud Dies: Father of “French Paradox”
• Sandy Delivers Blow to Northeast Wineries
• Wine levels worldwide shrinking to 37-year low
• Top wine tax trends
• No doomsday scenario for wine investment
• Global Consumer Confidence in Subdued During Q3
• Family-owned wine brands outstripping private label: Nielsen
• Getting import wines to the market
• Is unit reduction growing or shrinking the market?

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Nurseries say tree, vine rootstock sells fast
• Trellis Growth Partners: New Name,Expanded Services
• Smells Like Rhone Spirit: Tablas Creek’s Esprit
• Stonestreet Stables’ Banke thriving
• Fall Colors Lure Visitors to Sierra Foothill Wineries

HARVEST 2012

• Small 2012 harvest sparks supply fears
• Napa: Vintage of the Century

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Medical Experts Debate Value of Alcohol Use
• Low-alcohol wine ‘important’ category in UK
• The truth about sulphites

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Wall Street Finds Sandy Silver Lining in Wine, Monopoly
• Has Diageo Become the Perfect Stock?
• 3,000 active markets on Liv-ex

MEDIA MATTERS

• Suing Wine Writers
• Top 10 Wine Stories Needing to be Written
• Suckling On Life, Death, And Playing The Bongos

MATTERS OF TASTE

• WineCloud provides future direction for winemakers
• WAR and wine ratings
• How to lie about wine
• Why most wine collectors are compulsive liars
• Eat, drink, and don’t get too analytical
• The Influence of Oak Chips on Aromatic Quality of Wine
• Survival of the fittest, sparkling style
• Napa Valley Winery Helps Identify Your Wine Personality

MARKETING & SALES

• Saxum and Failla: a tale of two pricing strategies

MANAGEMENT

• Taking on an intern
• Top Time & Money Saving Winery Compliance Tips

OH CANADA!

• Canadian wine eating into beer share

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• KY: Liquor King opens; plans to be southeastern ‘megastore’
• NY: Brooklyn wine shop delivers well into storm
• PA: Sandy causes state to suspend liquor sales
• WA: BevMo! to Open Four More Locations
• WA: Smasne Cellars has rich history in Yakima Valley

ACADEMIA – SONOMA STATE

• Practical Strategies to Increase Wine eCommerce Sales
• Practical Vineyard Management
• Selling Wine to Restaurants and Retailers
• Current and Upcoming Winery Compliance Issues
• Easy Ways to Successful Direct Marketing
• The Expert\’s Secrets to Selling Wine Grapes
• Intro to Tasting Room Management
• Wine Marketing Basics: What Every Winery Should Know

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Winery Makes Deloitte’s Fast 50 Companies
• NZ: Viticulture degree course to continue

LATIN AMERICA

• Brazil ‘to double wine consumption’ with supermarket deal

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 2013 Buzzwords (The horror! The horror!
• Wine tale enough to drive director to drink
• The cradle of the grape
• A Gathering of Tomatoes, Olives and Harvest Songs in a Little Corner of Tuscany

OLIVES

• Green Waste Processing for Boutique Olive Oil Presses and Wineries
• Olive-growing giant headed for Victoria
• Republic of Georgia’s Newborn Olive Oil Industry
• Genuine identity needed for Lebanonese olive oil