NEWS FETCH – March 13, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Losses Near $130 Mil For Big REIT’s Wine Deals
• Obituary: Henri Krug
• Moody’s feels brighter about beverage industry
• FAIL! House committee kills Tennessee wine bill
• Former Screaming Eagle Owner In Talks With Wind Gap Winery
• Consumers Still Strong, Keep on Spending
• Calif Growers Fearing drought, staying hopeful
• Aussie wine loses flavour in America
• Farmers press Congress for immigration bill
• Bolivia’s Morales recommends coca wine to next Pope

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Cakebread Cellars Launches Mullan Road
• Vineyard worker sentenced for workers’ comp fraud
• Grape Broker Forecasts Favorable Demand/Prices
• Notes From The Eco-Farm Conference
• Temecula Valley Winegrowers New Board

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Crimson Wine Group to Release Financials
• Domaine Anne Gros Joins Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines
• Constellation Brands to Report Q4 & FY 2013 …

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• World’s Richest Want To Buy More Wine In 2013
• Henry Tang to Sell $3.7 Million Wine From Personal Cellar
• Figeac 1990 Selling for $2,060 Matches 2009 Price Level
• Liv-ex: Choice 2010s find a market

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• UK Government poised to drop minimum pricing
• In-person meetings help officials understand ag issues

SOCIAL MEDIA & ONLINE

• FTC warns advertisers to keep mobile ads clear and truthful
• Millennials boost wine sales
• The Gap Between Social Media and Business Impact

MARKETING & SALES

• 10 Things You Need to Know About Today’s Female Consumer
• Customizing Wine Clubs
• Fresh, Fast and Economical
• Somm talks Millennials, making wine less intimidating & WA wine
• Over 70 events in 60 cities on “Malbec World Day”
• Beer inspired by HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’ is released
• Total Wine To Add Berer Growler Stations To 20 Stores

MEDIA MATTERS

• Gregutt’s Back!
• 2013 State of Wine Blogging Survey
• Top 10 wines in the US press

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Kosher wine evolves from cheap to collectible
• Hilarious – Winemakers Recite Spectator Reviews On Video
• Whole Foods wine buyer Q&A
• Some thoughts about Cava, and Raventos leaving
• Polina Bosca on Winemaking As a Form of Art

OH CANADA!

• BC: Donald Triggs launches new winery
• Some Canadian Taxes on Wine Increase

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Morning Program Set for Drink Local Wine 2013
• GA: Fox Winery grows native grapes
• IL: Goddess is the new guru for Evanston
• IN: Big Red Acquires 24-Unit United Package Liquors
• IN: Southern To Distribute Trinchero Family Estates
• WA: Bill passed in Senate to allow wine, beer samples at farmers markets

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Cryoextraction in Australia = increasing sugar concentration
• Update On Brown Marmorated Stink Bug In Michigan

EUROPE & THE UK

• Low prices drive low-alc wine sales in UK
• Asolo entitled to be part of the DOCG
• French Jan. Ag Exports Up 12% on Wine, Grain Sales
• Rum replaces Champagne in UK shopping baskets
• Tesco makes raft of UK wine appointments
• Emerging regions showcased at new UK tasting
• Tesco sticks out its neck with restaurant chain acquisition
• Portugal: Challenges in a Great Red Wine Region

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Winery plans $700,000 expansion

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina mixes olives and wine, keeps travelers happy

SOUTH AFRICA

• Dubourdieu and Dalla Cia create £250 Cape ‘first growth’

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

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• Alder Yarrow Reflects On A Childhood Ordered By The I Ching
• The Only Key Chain You Should Own
• 11 Tasting Menu Translations