NEWS FETCH – JANUARY 18, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Global Wine consumption: 2 Bil bottles by 2016
• Trinchero wins copyright battle with Piedmont
• SAfrica Farm Strikes May Endanger Wal-Mart Contracts
• Brown-Forman to set up own distribution company in France
• Kurniawan Loses Bid to Exclude Counterfeiting Evidence
• Another Aussie winery in receivership
• Constellation In Senior Exec Reshuffle
• US Beer Distros: 130KDirect Jobs, $54 Bil in Economic Benefits

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Calif 2012 Winegrape Bounty Averts Shortage
• Sonoma County has its third-largest crop
• Global wine shortage good for NZ growers
• OZ: Rutherglen winemakers hoping for bumper season

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma State Intros Wine Industry Finance and Accounting Certificate
• Why you’ll pay more for California wine this year
• The Napa Valley Appellation Education Program
• Coppola creates equal drama in Napa and Sonoma
• New officers for Vintners/Growers Alliance – Sonoma Valle
• Scholarships Now Available for Ag Students
• Bryant’s Winemaker Musical Chairs

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• 2012 auctions: America awakes, Hong Kong softens
• Why You Should Collect Wine
• Liv-ex: Seven years of the Power 100

OH CANADA!

• Kelowna wineries eye India as burgeoning market
• Quebec liquor monopoly promotes lightweight bottles
• BC Wine Law Conference 2013
• Cut considered – Ontario Argus Observer – (Viticulture)

MARKETING & SALES

• Single glass servings a smart innovation
• Wine on tap: Gimmick or game time?
• Why Don’t I Sell More Wine?

MANAGEMENT

• New Ag Coalition Calls for Immigrant Labor Reforms
• Managing food recalls: a manufacturer’s guide
• Estimating Socioemotional Wealth in the Family Business

MATTERS OF TASTE

• South Africa’s Top Sommelier

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CO: Growers, vintners pick up tips at seminar
• OH: 2013 Ohio Grape and Wine Conference
• OR: Wine Research Institute Seminars
• TX: Gulf Coast Grape-Grower Field Day set Feb. 8
• TX: Eases Requirement for Direct-To-Consumer Licensing

LEGAL MATTERS

• Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, and Litigation in the Context of Wine and the Law

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Falcons, 49ers and Vineyard Bird Abatement

EUROPE & THE UK

• Giving up Brunello for Lent
• France: decline in consumption to slow
• Champagne 2012 will be an exceptional vintage
• Sancerre – beware producers threatening price rises
• Diam Rendezvous, Bordeaux: the influencers in wine

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa seizes the day

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Three cheers for Zaca Mesa!
• From Big Wins to Big Wines
• Lewis Lapham: Gold Insects Destroyed Europe’s Grapevines
• Wine Technology of the Future: Wine Bag Carrier
• Oaky, Full-Bodied Wine Cellars

OLIVE OIL

• China’s Olive Oil Imports Surge
• Plato’s Sacred Olive Tree Vanished