NEWS FETCH – FEBRUARY 25, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Chemical Companies Win Appeal On NW Pesticide/Salmon Lawsuit
• Researcher: New Mediterranean Diet Study “simply not true”
• Mediterranean Diet Can Cut Heart Disease
• SVB Asks: Is Your Wine Trash or Treasure?
• E.U. Mulling New Rules On US Use Of “Chateau”
• Aussie Grape industry on shaky ground as grower rips out generation of work
• Millennial’s Palate Confidence Tops All Age Groups
• Napa, Sonoma Grape Growers Can Get Money To Fight Pest
• Vineyard Purchases: Avoid Attorney Fees, Get a Survey
• Retailer angers Stolpman by promoting its wine
• Japan: Future growth to be driven by entry-level wines

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• There’s no danger in bashing Calif wines, which is why people do it
• 2011 Wines Propel Premiere Napa Valley to Near-Record
• Accounting firms expand into Napa Valley
• Fine wine surge propels VinLux expansion
• Chateau Montelena added to national historic list
• The Powers of Pruning
• Family Winemakers upcoming SoCal Event
• Sterling Vineyards Exclusive Wine Of The Oscars

HEALTH

• Most in U.S. abide by daily alcohol guidelines
• Alcohol Triggers Symptoms in Some Aspirin-Associated Asthma
• Labeling Cold War Heats Up Again

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• No Buyer for Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 1911 at Christie’s London
• Bordeaux Is Back; Wine Auctions on Track
• Champagne in China Seen Failing to Match Cognac Cachet
• Attempted wine scams top £1.5m, UK trade warns
• The Wine Cellar Insider interviews James Miles

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Winemaker Distell’s First-Half Profit Gains on Cider Sales

MARKETING & SALES

• The Top 10 Winery Promotional Tools
• Rosé’s popularity shows no sign of waning
• Rating the Italian Natural Winemakers’ Websites
• A special wine tasting for visually impaired people

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine criticism faces its shifting future
• EWBC Digital Wine Communications Conference to be held in Spain

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Pairing and the Power of Suggestion
• Cabernet was so last week. Here comes World of Pinot Noir
• The One-Stop Guide To Wine Education Courses

OH CANADA!

• Canadian liquor stores overlooking BC wines

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Food delivery service wants to change law for wine
• TN: Lawmakers to decide fate of supermarket wine
• TN: Some lawmakers pushing grocery store wine sales
• VA: AOL pioneers champion Virginian wine

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Climate Change-Induced Water Stress: How Leaf Position Affects Vine Water Use Efficiency

EUROPE & THE UK

• China to exhibit wine for the first time at LIWF 2013
• Pesticides: small-scale study contains wide-ranging implications
• Russia’s bureaucracy hampering wine sales
• Importer presents optimistic view of UK
• In Sweden, state still big brother over drinking
• Wine Australia announces online UK wine research project

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: High dollar hurts winemaker d’Arenberg
• OZ: Calls to bring back wine tax rebate
• NZ: Kim Crawford produces ‘lighter wine’
• OZ: Cask wine sales falling, imports increasing

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Communion, Transubstantiation & Forbidden Fruit
• German wine guide