NEWS FETCH – JANUARY 4, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Three Firms Account For Half of US Wine Sales
• Is Wine Brand Concentration Consumer Fraud?
  
• China’s imported wine bubble bursts
• Bay Area Calif vintners cautiously optimistic
• Oregon Wine Leader Bullish About 2013
• OIV proposes to change definition of bulk wine

2013 GLOBAL WINEGRAPE SUPPLY ESTIMATES

• Argentina – substantial increase expected for 2013 crop
• South Africa – 2013 vintage expected to be virtually on a par with 2012
• Burgundy – price rises likely due to short crop
• France – small 2012 crop causes dramatic decrease in wine growers’ incomes

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Long Meadow Ranch Creates 90-acre Estate in Rutherford
• CA’s new ‘fracking’ regs ‘first step’ to proliferation of permits
• Winery To Expand In South Lompoc
• Mijn Rabobank
• Water users blast State Water Board’s proposed decision
• Lake County Class to address agricultural energy use
• Todd Alexander becomes Pritchard Hill winemaker
• The evolution of Napa grapegrowing

HEALTH

• Alcohol & health message is confused

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Top Food & Beverage Stock Picks For 2013

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Vinance collapsed ‘owing wine worth £5m’
• Vinance plc: ‘criminal disregard’ for investors’ money
• Schroders adviser suggests fine wine is ‘long-term investment’

LEGAL MATTERS

• New Rules for Party Bus Drinking

MARKETING & SALES

• Contra Contra or How I Lost my Marketing Mojo
• Wine prices in 2013
• Nielsen Offers Alcohol Marketing Insights

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The Atomic Weight of Social Media Interactions
• What Your Business Needs to Know About Facebook’s EdgeRank

MEDIA MATTERS

• My first and final post on Natalie MacLean

MATTERS OF TASTE

• When tasting notes are bad
• Descriptive words vs. technical terms: not always the same
• Consumer Reports Lightens the Load for Wine Reviewers
• Petite sirah can be a real tough-guy red with a pretty name

OH CANADA!

• Ontario Liberals tempt fate with liquor retail revolution
• NZ & Marlborough’s meteoric rise on the wine scene

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Taking A New Look At Organic Versus Genetic Modification

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MD: Chain Store Wine and Beer Sales Would Increase Revenue

EUROPE

• St Emilion’s class struggle
• Branding Battles in Bordeaux – The Attacks on Small Chateaux

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Aussie wine trends: 8. Italian varieties and moscato

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Why do wine import stickers cover back labels in China?
• Wine tourism takes off in India’s answer to the Barossa
• Money to burn, but no idea about an elegant sufficiency

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Can bag-in-box white wine stay fresh outside the fridge?
• 8 Signs That You Might Be a Wine Geek
• Idaho Inmates Sue Beer, Wine Companies: Claim Alcohol Led To Their Crimes
• Amazing Champagne Cork Chairs.
• A wine class you can take from the comfort of your own personal device
• Does a Spoon in the Bottle Keep Champagne Bubbly?
• Wining & Dining – The Sediment Guide to Wine and the Dinner-Party