NEWS FETCH – JANUARY 2, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Silicon Valley Bank: 2013 State of the Industry Video Conference
• Fine Bordeaux less than a fine investment in 2012
• Ag Lender Cobank Repurchases $95.3 Million In Subordinated Debt
• Casella Wines counts cost of flood
• Legendary wine importer Martine Saunier sells her business
• Champagne loses fizz after tough year on Euro
• Prosecco: The Rape of the Veneto

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Mondavi, The Water Witch
• Herbicide Scarcity Expected in California
• Napa River, Sonoma Creek Water Regulations Advance
• New year means it’s time to report diesel truck mileage
• Court ruling in Siskiyou County bolsters water rights

HEALTH

• Dieters ‘should cut booze to ditch pounds’
• Wine After Heart Attack Study Confusing
• Men and Women Not Alike With Drinking and Driving
• Are all foods linked to cancer? Yes … but don’t worry

MEDIA MATTERS

• Oenophile Overlord Robert Parker Has a Short Finish
• Robert Parker and Yelp redefine perfection
• Shedding a little light on The Wine Advocate’s new mystery man
• In Defense Of Natalie MacLean
• MacLean feels the wrath of grape

SOCIAL MEDIA. MARKETING & SALES

• Vintank: Recalibrating The Compass
• Odd labels help sell Napa wine
• The importance of relationships in CRM and social in CSR

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• MD: Direct shipment law expands wine choices
• WA: Privatizing liquor sales hasn’t brought price down

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard: On-Premise Driving Gains
• CEDC and Russian Standard Agree to Revised Transaction

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• First Growths mirror Shanghai stocks
• Acker Merrall Still Top Dog
• Demand Falls for Fine Wine
• The $168000 bottle of wine
• Bordeaux 2013 – All Change or Status Quo?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• “Intriguing blemishes” a factor in good wine?
• Appreciation of past wines
• Ice wine: Older is better?
• Brettanomyces: Funky Yeast, Makes Flavorful Beers
• Never, Ever Drink Champagne From A Flute
• Eric Asimov Wonders Why Food Lovers Would Drink Bad Wine
• Effects of Champagne Bottle Size on Dissolved CO2 Loss after Pouring
• Petite Sirah: a consideration

OH CANADA!

• Ontario markets to open wine boutiques
• Will Canadians shop differently for wine in 2013?

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• ID: Wine industry targets state residents
• MD: Law Would Allow Online Kosher Wine Buying
• PA: Vineyard Manager Enlists Amish Work Crew
• TN: Liquor stores rebuff grocery stores’ wine proposal
• TX: Centennial wants to sell 13 liquor stores to Pilot Point company
• WA: Winemakers upbeat about 2012 wine-grape harvest

ARGENTINA

• Argentina forecasts stronger 2013 grape season
• Taming Torrontes, Argentina’s Volatile Grape
• Argentina: Good quality, volume for 2013 harvest
• Mendoza-Based Argento Wine Company Continues U.S. Push
• Argentina’s Upscale Producers Say Bulk Labels Could Diminish Category’s Prestige

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Biodynamic Vineyards Richest In Microbial Life
• Even in Same Vineyard, Different Microbes May Create Variations in Wine Grapes
• Digital Imaging Can Improve Wine
• Extreme Wine: Vineyard Edition
• Concrete wine tanks growing in popularity
• Increasing the Antioxidant Capacities of Sparkling Wine
• Scientists Reduce Cachaça Maturation From Years to Minutes
• Food Safety Modernization Act Facility Renewals Due

EUROPE

• Champagne sales drop in France, Europe
• Climate Change Threatens French Wine
• Austrian Wine: More Diverse Than You Think

THE UK

• English wine producer goes under
• Tipplers face new headache as wine price rise kicks in
• Prosecco outperforming Champagne in UK

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Marisco Vineyards buys Marlborough property
• OZ: Top 10 Aussie trends

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What Goes into Your Beer and Wine
• Hey, vintner, there’s a fish bladder in my wine
• Everything I know about wine I learned from Catholic school – Part I
• 5 Wishes for Wine in 2013
• So, You Want to Live in California Wine Country?
• Thunderbird Artists Offers Patrons the Exclusive Opportunity to Sample Wines
• The relative sizes of the appellations of Bordeaux
• The German roots of California wine
• The weird and wacky year in wine and spirits
• Combining science and art at Ovid

MANAGEMENT

• 5 Tools to Keep Your New Year’s Business Resolutions

OLIVE OIL

• Pakistan to Plant 4 Million Olive Trees
• Olive oil boost bones, stymies strokes, corrects cholesterol
• 5 alternative uses for olive oil

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