NEWS FETCH – March 4, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Nimble Sonoma wine company zips into the fast lane
• Snow survey confirms driest Calif Jan.-Feb. on record
• Restaurant operators upbeat on sales, economy
• Wine Tourism Has Alternate Views
• Stable, cautious outlook for California wine grapes
• Aussie Wineries prepared to export for no profit
• Immigration reform brings warnings from Calif ag
• The future of wine?
• Southern & Treasury Announce Colorado & Indiana Deals

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Some wine leaders pleased with pending demise of Sonoma vineyard project
• Vintage 2013 nearing bud break – Santa Maria
• Sonoma Wine Road Barrel tasting: Crowds down, civility up
• Napa Valley Vintners Donates $840,000 to Local Organizations
• Wine Country Hospitality Symposium scheduled for March 26
• Napa Valley historic winery tour planned
• Sonoma Wine Country Weekend distributes Revenues to Charities

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands reports increase in sales of Kim Crawford Wines

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 Index rises 3.1% in February
• Montrachet Leads Sotheby’s U.K. Wine Sale With Haut-Brion

HEALTH

• Two glasses of wine a day could help heart attack patients live longer
• Alcohol: 3rd Biggest Cause of Gobal Disease & Injury: new study
• The world’s most fattening drinks

NEOPROHIBITIONIST ALCOHOL REGULATION WORKS

• UK Alcohol consumption has fallen 16% in 8 years
• New figures show UK alcohol consumption down 3.3 per cent in 2012
• Irish Off-licences blame tax hike for closures

MARKETING & SALES

• Americans are drinking more wines by the glass
• Bartenders to create new Diageo brand
• As Tennessee debates wine , U.S. rediscovers whiskey
• Spain’s Vega Sicilia Holds Its Own Against Bordeaux Wines
• Champagne: bleak future for weak brands

MEDIA MATTERS

• Online Content, Prostitution & Disclosure
• 100 points: Remaking the Grade
• Some Wine Writers ARE Losing It

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Could wine be embroiled in a similar scandal to horsegate?
• Retrospective: World of Pinot Noir
• Tastevin Research Shows Preferences

OH CANADA!

• Want to buy wine from another province? Why the rules are (still) confusing
• Vancouver seeks its economic #nextchapter in the tech and digital world

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• AZ: Former Ahwatukee couple harvest longtime winery dream
• HI: Liquor administrator won’t resign after admitting 47 ethical violations
• KS: Liquor laws need to catch up with times
• NM: Total Wine & More makes city debut
• NY: Red Hook Winery Reopens in Brooklyn
• TN: Wine-in-grocery-stores debate: claims vs. facts
• UT: Lawmakers put a cork in proposed alcohol tax hike
• VA: Patrick Duffeler passes Williamsburg Winery reins to his son
• WA: Legislature eyeing measure to allow underage wine students to taste product
• WA: Anelare, a small winery with big plans

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Red Blotch: Finding the Silver Lining

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Foreign wine sales continue to rise
• NZ: Unusually Dry Summer Means Good Wine Season
• NZ: Organic is Booming– and Wine is Leading the Way

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Syrah vs. petite sirah vs. shiraz
• Bound Together by Blood and Wine
• Customers upset they unknowingly accepted $400 bottle of wine – abc7news.com