NEWS FETCH – JANUARY 24, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Global Wine Market Driven by U.S., China
• Treasury takeover bid speculation persists
• Sonoma Coast Gap’s Crown Vineyard Sold
• Wine Market Council Off Mark On Moscato?
• Are Dec Retail Sales Really The Worst in 20 Years?
• SAfrican Unions Call For Wine, Fruit Boycott
• Bacchus Capital Invests in Maritime Wine
• China Bulk Wine Imports: Spain vs Chile

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Mendo grape growers report spectacular year
• Napa Valley Vintners Elects New Board
• Truckee River Winery – the Highest and Coldest Winery in California
• Livermore vintners rave about Tempranillo
• Vintners release ‘Napa Valley Rocks’ DVD series
• The bare vine season

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Brown-Forman to Prepay 2014 Notes
• Diageo -United Spirits deal clearance ‘work in progress’: CCI

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• $2M wine collection bottled up by Sandy
  
• Fine Bordeaux tender opens
• Liv-ex Power 100
• Liv-ex: Divergent fortunes for Right Bank 50
• Fine wine market continues recovery in December
• A Guide to Whittling Down Your Fine-Wine Collection

MEDIA MATTERS

• “Going regional” as key to increased quality perception
• Unified Symposium: Globalization, State of the Industry and Book Signing
• Anthony J. Hawkins and the Wine Grape Glossary

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine and the Feminine Esthetic
• Reports Of Napa’s Vintage From Hell Might Be Overblown
• How come you never say that a wine tastes like grapes?
• The science of good taste
• Better Identification Of Smoke Taint
• Glutathione, the secret to fruity wines (or one of them, anyway)

MARKETING & SALES

• Diners switch from wine bottles to glasses, entrees to appetizers
• 8 Drinking Trends To Look Forward To In 2013
• U.S. Consumers Want What They Know

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The Wine Enthusiast’s Guide To Tasting SEO Success

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• What motivates workers to stay with companies?
• Filing Period for H-1B Visas to Open April 1st

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Wineries Push for Growlers
• NY: Finger Lakes Viticulture Center awarded $3.256M

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Whole Foods Founder Says Global Warming “Not that Big a Deal”

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Disease-Resistant Grapes Key To Green Wine
• Agilent Technologies Finds New Cork-Taint Detection Method

EUROPE & THE UK

• Urban development threatens Dante’s wine region
• Cellar Trends reports positive results from Drinkaware campaign

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Plant syrah, says Oz Clarke
• OZ: Smoke taint concerns as fires continue to burn
• NZ: Some thoughts on Central Otago and the sense of place in wine

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina consolidates its exports in the Ultra Premium segment

SOUTH AFRICA

• Unions plan more strikes
• Strike a balance to save the wine industry

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Toys R Us for wine lovers
• This Instant Wine Chiller Will Cool Whites Without Watering Them Down

OLIVE OIL

• Argentina: love thy olive oil (please)
• Olive Oil, Other Food fraud reports rising, group says