NEWS FETCH – March 12, 2013

Cal labor shortage looms – NZ Wine glut – Sequestration’s restaurant impact – Moet’s Krug trademark battle – Rosemount: premium prices stay even – Red Wine Healthy: Basically BS

TOP NEWS

• As Calif’s farmworkers age, labor shortage looms
• NZ Wine glut feared
• How budget sequestration could impact restaurants
• Moet subsidiary in legal battle over Krug trademark
• Rosemount to keep a cork on premium prices
• How we taste different colours
• Has Yeast Domesticated Us?
• Investing In Fine Wine Is For Fools
• Vineyard’s Kickstarter campaign exceeds goal; 2 weeks remain

HEALTH

• That Whole “Red Wine Is Healthy” Thing Is Basically BS
• Eat Red Meat and Drink Red Wine
• Alcohol Consumption on Rise among Women
• Does Menopause Have You Turning To Alcohol For Comfort?
• Alcohol ads, wine and health
• Nutrition Fact Panels and Ingredient Statements on Alcohol Beverages

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Grahm’s Grape Adventure Rewarded by U.S. Rhone Movement
• B Cellars gets approval from commission for move to Oakville
• Record California table grape crop tops 100 million boxes
• San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Wine Competition Entries Due Mar 25
• Duarte Uses New Red Blotch Marker To Test Vines
• Vintner launches semisweet agavé wine
• Large leases, sales tighten Napa, Solano industrial market
• For the Love of Surfing and Wine Country

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• KS: Grocers will concede spirits if they can sell beer and wine
• PA: One reason to privatize the state liquor store system
• TN: Grocery wine gets support from brewers
• TN: Kroger Launches Campaign To Support Wine Sales In Supermarkets
• TN: Some liquor stores refuse negotiations on wine in grocery stores
• OZ: Wine in supermarkets will lead to more alcohol-related harm

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Union warning as Diageo announces £100m global restructure
• Diageo To Enhance Alignment Between Global Supply & Its 21 Key Markets)
• Sebi allows Diageo to sell USL assets after open offer
• Constellation to Report Fourth … –
• Pricing/Demand Trends Get Favorable For Beer, Wine and Spirits Makers

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux Boomerang
• Top Clarets at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Sale
• ‘Stupendous’ Vega Sicilia collection goes under the hammer
• Livex: Spotlight on Pape Clement

MARKETING & SALES

• Eye Opening Stats…and What we Can Learn From Them
• Wine label printers on a roll
• Stack Wines Intros New Packaging And Nationwide New Product Rollout

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The New Form I-9 Has Arrived!
• Everyone Hates Your Powerpoint Presentation
• The Invisibility of Farm Workers

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Difference Between Wine Writers, Bloggers and Critics
• Extreme Wine Update and Wine Economist Milestones

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Context in wine reviews
• The multiple-vineyard Pinot Noir game: gaining ground
• Pinot Noir 2013: video and some thoughts in retrospect
• World wakes up to German Pinot quality
• Hook & Ladder, Delicato Delight Millennials
• Generation Riesling, a topic in Manchester and London
• A witness to the famous ‘Judgment of Paris’ speaks up

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NJ: The Next Napa?
• NY: Website to aid makers of wine , beer
• NY: NYC’s New “Go-To” Wines Are From Finger Lakes
• WA: Ste. Michelle Gets on Track

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Most In Ag Have An Attitude Of Gratitude

EUROPE & THE UK

• EU Wine producers wary of vine reform plans
• Chapoutier: Most Admired French Wine Brand in the World
• Antinori’s Diagnosis: Chianti Classico is in Recovery

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Western Australia’s first ‘ice wine’
• NZ: Dought conditions ‘perfect’ for grape growers
• NZ: Vintage set to be a classic

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Imported wine impinges Chinese domestic producers
• Sial China: Private Label For Brand Reinvention

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Gangnam Style Winemakers
• How to Order Wine Like a Sommelier
• Dull Wine Reviews Miraculously Cured!
• To get the most from wine, you need to know your own tastes
• The Great Pinots of Oregon’s Chummy Vintners

OLIVE OIL

• Davis Researchers Put Olive Oil ‘Fridge Test’ to the Test