NEWS FETCH – March 20, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Authenticity Key to Wooing Younger Wine Consumers
• How do you know if you’re being authentic?
• Sellers Bash Amazon Fees
• Wal-Mart Key to S.African US Wine Push
• Crimson Wine: Asset Rich, Earnings Poor
• Illegal pot grows hurt farms
• Farmland boom facing bust?

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Landowners to vote on Carneros recycled water project
• Why the Drakes Bay Oyster case matters
• Women for WineSense announces new initiatives
• Where Is California’s Central Coast?
• Benzenberg joins Shannon Ridge
• Leonardini makes her mark at family-owned winery
• Winemaker Interview: Scot Covington, Trione Vineyards and Winery

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• PA: 119 amendments added to liquor bill
• PA: Brewers Oppose Privatization
• TN: Wine bill delayed in Senate over cigarette sales concern

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine investors warned to be vigilant after doubts over Henry Tang sales
• Why Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Is Hottest Auction Label
• Latour’s premium ‘too high’

HEALTH

• Health Watch: Champagne Boosts Brainpower
• How extra virgin olive oil protects against Alzheimer’s
• How Healthy Is Your County?
• Kiwi Vintner can’t call wine “bottled happiness”

MARKETING & SALES

• Premium Boxed Wine Thrives: Black Box Near 3 Mill Cases
• Meet the new meme: terroir as marketing
• Wine, Spirits Rule St. Patrick’s Day
• Craft Beer Now a $10 Billion Category

MEDIA MATTERS

• Too much about wine is yesterday

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Dom Perignon’ Exec Hates Wine Snobs
• Rules don’t apply when pairing wine with food — enjoy what you love
• FutureTech: System & Method for Food/Wine Pairing
• UK Wine School looks to enter US
• Is this California’s next big wine?

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Drink Local Wine 2013 – on iWineRadio.com
• ND: Wineries Can Sell Direct To Bars, Restaurants
• NY: Mid-Hudson Valley wine trail has 13th member
• WA: Seattle winery embraces new frontier

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bordeaux-Only Wine Fair To Help Struggling Smaller Producers
• Chinese wine gets stamp of approval from Queen’s vintner
• Confronting climate change in Germany
• UK remains number one for Rhône exports

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Winegrape harvest begins on Tasmania’s East Coast
• NZ: Gisborne wine vintage ‘beyond wildest dreams’

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Doon with the Ship: A Restauration Adventure
• How Eric Asimov Learned to Love Wine

OLIVE OIL

• NYC, Seattle Olive Oil Detained Due to Pesticide Traces
• Which is better: Olives or olive oil?