NEWS FETCH – NOVEMBER 8, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Amazon.com Starts Wine Marketplace For Holidays
• Frank J. Prial Dies at 82
• Restaurant sales flat, traffic down in Oct.
• Alc Bev Operators Slowly Recovering After Sandy
• Updated: Northeast Restaurants Fight Back Against Hurricane Sandy
• Oregon Wine Institute Caught in ‘Culture Clash’
• Washington Liquor Board Goes To Pot
• Syrian Winemakers Defy Revolt Taxing Grapes for Sampling

HARVEST 2012

• Santa Barbara growers battling harvest labor shortage
• 2012 California Wine Harvest Report
• Bordeaux: Drastic Sorting Required at Valandraud

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Someone Broke Into Nancy Pelosi’s Swanky Wine Den Monday Night
• World-class grapes? There’s an app for that

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Surprising Study Finds Red Wine May Help Women Beat Breast Cancer
• Making Safer Wine

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Charlie Trotter says pallet of wine is MIA
• 10,000 bottles of fake Lafite uncovered in China
• Liv-ex: Firsts fall a third since peak prices
• Pre-Revolutionary Cognac in Tour d’Argent auction

MARKETING & SALES

• Las Vegas Invents the “Liquor Library”
• Yao Family Wines Enters the U.S. Wine Market
• Highest-price ranges propel bottled Argentine wine exports
• 3 social media/research enhancements you’ve never seen before (correct link)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• America’s Prestige/Intrigue premium wine divide
• You Cannot Go Beyond Your Culture

MEDIA MATTERS

• 5 Yrs of Blogging, 5 yrs of changes in the wine business

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CT: Sour Grapes Over a Farm Winery’s Driveway on Rural Washington Road
• NC: Biltmore estate was built to last and so is its winery
• PA: Local vineyards aren’t keen on jumping into online wine sales
• WA: Alumni, students run Walla Walla wineries

EUROPE

• Les Vignobles Foncalieu acquires Château Haut Gléon
• Domaine Lucien Albrecht bankrupt
• Wines of Germany plans significant UK investment

DOWN UNDER

• Aussie winemaker Ray Beckwith dies at 100

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• HK wine fair opens on a high
• Fifth Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair Opens

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• First, Naked Wine … Now, Naked Corks?
• Oregon Vineyard Fertilizes With Help From The Hippo Next Door
• Inside the Secret Life of Sommeliers With Director Jason Wise
• Premature Jubilation
• Niche market: wine cellar a status symbol
• Wine Is Like A Virus – It’s Infectious

OLIVE OIL

• California’s 462,000-Acre ‘Field of Dreams’