NEWS FETCH – DECEMBER 17, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Russian River Vineyards set to emerge from bankruptcy
• Napa Valley Replanting Rush Sparks Rootstock Shortage
• Price Hikes Likely For Imported Wine Amid EU Supply Squeeze
• Off-Premise Wine Sales Grow by 6%
• Kiwi Wine Glut warning
• Crop insurance juicy target in ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
• Consumer confidence to remain fragile in 2013
• Foreign registrations and inspections: Trend For Wine Exporters
• Palate Press accuses MacLean of copyright infringement

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley tourism accelerates
• New EPA soot rules may impact Calif Central Valley
• New law expands winery sweepstakes
• Statistics paint picture of Napa Valley tourists
• Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty adds five attorneys

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Accolade celebrates turnover close to £1bn
• Rémy CFO: Heir Apparent To CEO Laborde
• Diageo’s Next Target

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• French Regulator Warns Public Against Wine Investment
• Eighteenth-century Cognac fetches £17k at Christie’s
• Tamper-Resistant Microchip Cork
  
• Finding elite value in Napa Valley’s Super Seconds

MEDIA MATTERS

• Parker clarifies role as investor named
• Natalie MacLean: breach of copyright?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine Preference May Indicate Personality
• Food and wine matching can be taken with a decent pinch of salt
• Lesser-known Albarino among grapes establishing a following

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MD: Amazon wine delivery now available in Maryland
• NC: High Country Winegrowers host Viticulture Educational Series
• NJ: University vineyard project sparks student interest in wine
• PA: New scholarship available for students who study wine making
• WA: WSU model helps predict cold injury to grapes

EUROPE

• Portugal sells wine in Asia to revive economy
• European Wine Reform’s Planting Plans May Wither On The Vine
• No 2012 vintage for Yquem
• Italy’s Antinori Sisters Prepare To Run A Wine Empire
• Will Chinese Consumers Drink Champagne Dry?
• Hopes stir for Russia-Georgia export ban thaw

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Historic winery collapses into administration

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine beats soju in sales for 1st time in Korea
• Wine consumption grows 30% in Huangshi Hubei province

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Liquidation of Innocence
• Why shipping temperatures matter
• Upscale cruise ships taking the wine experience to new heights
• Air Cork keeps your wine fresh – using a balloon
• Flying Champagne Corks Cause Serious, Blinding Eye Injuries

OLIVE OIL

• San Joaquin olive harvest strong this year
• Make your olive oil glow with a laser!
• Spain Denies it Produces Too Much Olive Oil