NEWS FETCH – March 5, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Carneros Vintners Buys Facility From Entertainment Properties Trust
• Bota Box Globalization
• Tribidrag: Calif’s Signature Wine?
• UCLA Prof Says Mediterranean Diet Study Flawed
• Chinese Are Really Enjoying Their Wine: Treasury CEO
• Calif wineries Get Guidance on Water Agreements
• Farmers lose water appeal
• CBO Finds Farm Bill Wouldn’t Save As Much Predicted

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Grange perfect? No, says its maker
• Penfolds Grange Receives 100-Point Ranking
• Parker scores push Pontet prices
• Bordeaux prices move on Parker scores
• Robert Parker Clues for 2010 Bordeaux

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine Institute Workshops: Export, Sustainability
• Napa Growers offer English Literacy Program for farmworkers
• Urban Wine Trail Bringing Life to the Funk Zone
• Nicholas de Luca joins Koehler Winery
• Napa farmworkers need affordable housing
• Wine Institute launches advanced seminars for students, wineries

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• UK Alcohol ad ban idea ‘lazy and naive’
• Trade disputes effect of UK alcohol policy

MARKETING & SALES

• Five things the wine business can do to help consumers figure out wine
• Relevance Measured At Varying Price Levels
• Dynamic Wines
• Dog as My Co-Pilot

MEDIA MATTERS

• Want to know the future of wine writing? Look at the present

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Lighter California wines go mainstream
• Kosher wine hard work for rabbis
• Wine is made in the vineyard
• Douro reds gaining in elegance
• Craft beer becoming like wine

OH CANADA!

• LCBO ordered to stop collecting wine club member data
• The Environmental Impact of Producing a Single Bottle of Wine in Nova Scotia

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• TN: Wine in grocery stores brings in campaign bucks
• PLCB Contradictions Continue

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• 2013 Midwest Grape Conference Biggest in Central USA
• NE: Grape and Winery Board seeks grant proposals
• NY: One-stop shop for beer, wine makers
• TN: Supermarket wine opponents contribute heavily

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Can Entrepreneurship and Innovation be Taught? You Bet!

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Pollinator Summit To Be Held March 5
• Bayer Launches Bee Care Tour

EUROPE & THE UK

• Two Top Bordeaux Estates Have New Investors
• Champagne project promotes cooperation
• Malta Centre for Viticulture opened at Buskett

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Taming the cold climate to produce great wine
• OZ: Unpredictable grape harvest around Tumbarumba

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Statistics analysis of imported wine to Shenzhen in Jan 2013

AFRICA

• Awash Winery Going Private At Last

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Zin Zone, Zabaco And Zsa Zsa
• Are You a Wine Geek? (Poster)