NEWS FETCH – March 18, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Jim Barrett Dies; Helped Win Respect for California Wines
• Payroll tax drags down February restaurant sales
• Cal/OSHA issues high heat advisory
• New breakaway sparkling wine appellation to rival Cava
• The Giants of Comparison Wine Shopping: Amazon and Google
• Napa Restaurant sued over alleged foie gras ban violations
• Crop estimates, export promotion hit by sequester cuts
• Who Can Afford Wine Today?
• What’s hot and what’s not: Wine sales in 2012
• US Declares Wine Independence

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Examining the Mystery of Napa Valley’s Wine Culture
• Jackson Family Wines nabs Oregon vineyards
• Sutter Home: A deeper look
• Wine series to continue Friday at UC Davis

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• When Cliches Come True: MADD is Mad
• What’s the One Job Wineries Can’t Fill?

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Authenticity Of Henry Tang Wines Questioned
• Henry Tang Wine Sale Tops $6 Million
• Liv-ex: Lafite Index rises
• Elite Advisers’ Wine Fund Favors Burgundy Over Bordeaux

HEALTH

• Binge Drinking Costs Billions in Wisconsin, Study Finds

MARKETING & SALES

• There’s a Corner on the Internet For Every Wine Drinker
• Paul Hobbs Adds Chilean Winery Viña Perez-Cruz
• The power of the (somm’s) suggestion
• Beer battle of bad taste: Carlsberg out shocks Heineken
• Getting Schooled About Crowdfunding

MEDIA MATTERS

• Varietal concerns: grapes, wines and the grammar police

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The End of Terroir
• I drank corked wine — and enjoyed it
• Kosher wine not always cheap and sweet anymore
• There’s no such thing as natural wine
• Why the Sommelier Olympics is serious business
• is 10 the magic number for aging oregon pinot?
• Who needs Bordeaux vintages?
• Sediment

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Wine exports surge … from Florida and New Jersey?
• Eastern Winery Exposition Draws Nearly 1,500
• NJ: New Jersey Wine – NPR
• WA: Farmers markets hoping to offer wine, beer tasting
• WA: Gordon Estate to open wine bar in west Pasco
• WA: Outlining the business of Washington wines

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• California’s experience with sustainable winemaking

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• There is no turning back for the mechanical harvest

EUROPE & THE UK

• Two jailed over £5m wine tax fraud
• Wine Sales Continue to Fall in U.K.
• Indie plugs Californian mid-price gap
• Wine Australia puts the focus on Riesling at Landmark Tasting

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Golden harvest
• NZ: The wine industry in New Zealand has expanded massively
• NZ: Brancott Estate anticipates quality vintage
• NZ: Degree allows achiever to learn more about wine

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine Industry Working Conference held in Yantai

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentine Wines Have Mile-High Taste, Rock Bottom Prices

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Visalia man turns wine corks into ark
• Kosher Wines for the Seder Table
• The Pope’s Vino
• The Woman Who Sought Salvation in Sangiovese
• How to Follow Your First Bottle
• Guide to Barbera Wine