NEWS FETCH – March 1, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Wineries pour efforts into targeting younger drinkers
• Chinese Investors Buy Brentwood Winery
• UC Davis conference on Ag climate-change threats
• Argentine wine to be bottled in Pennsylvania
• 300 bottles of Palmer stolen from château
• UK sells French wine to pay its bills
• Californians see economy as being in bad times
• Diet study cracks open walnut, olive markets
• In California, What Price Water?
• Sahara Desert dust affects California water supply
• Napa Valley Premiere: promoting and protecting an appellation

PUBLIC COMPANIES (MOSTLY TREASURY TODAY)

• China’s Yantai Changyu 2012 profit down
• Wine shortage makes investors merry
• Treasury Ramps Up Activity On Core Brands
• Treasury Wine Estates buying premium vineyards
• Premium strategy paying off: Treasury Wine
• Treasury Wants More Aussie Govt Support
• Treasury Targets China With Gifts Modeled on $168K Ampoule

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Lodi Gets New Visitor Center
• The Best Napa Valley Wine List in the Napa Valley
• One winery’s view of the auction
• Premiere Napa Valley: The truth is in the tasting

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Haut-Brion sale a ‘resounding success’
• Christie’s to auction UK government cellar
• Sotheby’s wine sales above estimates
• The Kennedys Helped Build The Stellar Reputation Of Petrus

HEALTH

• Mediterranean Diet Gains New Attention

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Doctors call for ban on all alcohol ads
• UK: Government reveals UK drink-drive cost

MARKETING & SALES

• No cork pop! Bubbly set to have screw caps
• Marketing Israeli Wine To The American Masses

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Should You Monitor Your Employees’ Social Media Usage?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Writing: No Laughing Matter
• EWBC – ‘Flavour’ is chosen theme for 2013

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Perfect Italian
• Hard-Wired Wine Brains?
• Wine: does vine age really matter?
• OZ: Natural wines command unprecedented interest
• Virginia wine: Meet Norton
• Bell pepper, floral, and coconut notes in reds (Scroll down)

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Mark Chandler Starts at WineAmerica
• Eric Trump A Keynote At Wineries Unlimited
• MI: Separate Beverage Containers for Michigan?
• MI: WineAmerica Opposes State Excise Tax Increases
• NY: North Fork couple’s campaign to plant ‘weird’ grapes
• OR: State’s first pinot noir came from Roseburg
• UT: House says no to alcohol revenue for schools

EUROPE & THE UK

• 50% of Château d’Issan sold to Lilian Ladouys owner
• The success of Malbec drives export sales of Cahors
• Lafite to Boost U.K.’s Wine Sale Amid Austerity Drive
• François Hollande sends out positive message to wine industry
• Vega Sicilia to debut long-awaited Riojas
• North Piedmont Saves the Best Wine for Last
• The miracles of Orvieto
• Exploring life after the BRICs
• Azerbaijan soon to become 45th OIV Member State
• Picpoul de Pinet gains appellation status
• Chateau Figeac Revitalises
• Illegally labelled ‘wine kits’ targeted by EU

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Respected wine scientist Dr Bryce Rankine dies
• OZ: Growing concern over duopoly’s wine interest
• OZ: Pre-harvest day puts emphasis on safety

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Elephants in the vineyard
• Tiger Bone Wine Trade Reveals China’s Two-Faced Approach To Conservancy
• Nanning: a rising star in wine market

LATIN AMERICA

• Make diversity Chile’s calling card, urge producers

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A Winemaker’s 30 Year Quest Helps Fulfill His Father’s Vision
• Barolo: Wine of the Kings
• Wine Literature Review Lightning Round: 3rd Edition
• Caroline Styne answers five questions on wine
• Bicycle pumps and screwcaps