NEWS FETCH – April 15, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Rabobank Forecasts Fall In Wine Consumption
• Wine Consumption Plummets in Old World, Surges in New
• Southern & Empire Declare War On Wine In NY
  
• Major alcohol suppliers, local distributors face off in MO court
• Alcohol Biz Akin to Malaria-Carrying Mosquito Says Fed Policy Speaker
• Casual dining drives March restaurant sales recovery
• The Wine Trials: An Update

MORE ON CLIMATE CHANGE STUDY

• Bovine Excrement & Global Warming
• Napa Vintners Do Care About Climate Change
• Napa Valley Vintners contest global warming data
• San Joaquin Valley farmers keep growing cool-weather grapes

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• China’s no template for California
• California and Chinese province sign cooperation deal
• Napa County challenges Altamura Winery
• Farm Bureau spars with Lodi winery owners seeking to expand
• Lake County Winery Association to host wine competition this summer
• New Director for Santa Barbara Vintners
• First-ever public ‘California Water Rights Atlas’ opens
• Grape Day Conference at South Coast Winery
• Celebrating ‘green wineries’ – Santa Maria Times
• For some grapegrowers, sheep replace tractors
• David Fulton wines offer a taste of old Napa

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• New law cuts costs, public disclosures for IPOs Like Truett-Hurst Winery
• Constellation Earnings Call: Wine Outlook and Beer
• Treasury Wine puts Latin America to the test
• Think Spirits to take over Cuervo from Diageo

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex re-classifies St Emilion
• Chinese Wine Market: “Tempting But Risky”
• Genes, Fake Wine, Martha Stewart: Intellectual Property
• Romanee-Conti ’96 Leads Acker Wine Sale With Petrus ’82
• A Revered French Winery Breaks With a Bordeaux Tradition
• Price Is Most Important Factor For Bordeaux 2012
• Gazin first out of the blocks for 2012
• Angelus owner to release ‘affordable’ Bordeaux range
• Eisenhower’s Paris Hotel Crillon Puts Beds to Wine Up for Sale

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• 5 Gallon Kegs, Label Approvals and You.
• Anti-Alcohol Activists After Your Money

MARKETING & SALES

• Treasury ripe for lo-cal in US wine market
• Rioja generic body plans €8m promotional spend
• Grace Vineyard in China to sell Sonata wine solely via Internet
• Prowein and Vinitaly battle it out on the international stage
• The Wine Version of a Tupperware Party in Your Own Home
• Hempiatris: Wine, Wódka and Bong
• Prosecco is trendy and affordable
• New Bottle Shop Segment a “New Generation” In Craft Beer Retailing

MATTERS OF TASTE

• New Survey Determines That Wine Adjectives Are Mostly Confusing Bulls**t
• Aging your wine? Don’t expect a Magic Moment
• Myanmar’s wine astonishes experts
• Bordeaux can make serious rosé
• Are you a wine buff? Or just a wine bluffer?
• Jefford on Monday: In Search Of A Palace Coup

WINE PORN

• How to Own a Vanity Vineyard
• That’s bored dough : The $50,000 wine club

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities

OH CANADA!

• Last year’s drought good for Ontario grapes
• Wine Imports outpacing domestic
• Bill George stays on as Grape Growers chair – Niagarathisweek.com

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• DLW13 wrapup – We trended over Tiger Woods!
• Drink Local Wine 2013 brings together past, future of Maryland wine
• ID: Local winery, brewery plan expansions
• OK: Grape crop strong amid dry weather
• TX: Texas wine — 10 years after (part II)
• UT: Frustrations bottle up at Utah wineries
• WA: Fletcher Bay Winery moves to Copper Top
• WI: Wollersheim Winery’s raises profile further with foray into distilling

EUROPE & THE UK

• Customs Clearing House Needed In Europe, Say Winemakers
• Own part of a French wine-making château
• Bordeaux 2012: Negociants ‘serene’ about 2012 but worried about effect on 2011
• Bordeaux 2012: Pessac, Pomerol, Margaux among bright spots
• Delicata grape growers learn about sustainable viticulture – Times of Malta
• Royal Tokaji on premium push

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Chains bottle up liquor market
• OZ: Australian Vintage unveils 2013 launch plan

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China Cuts Back on Big-Buck Bordeaux
• Tesco’s South Korean crown jewel flawed by new regulations
• Farm Groups Praise Japan Entry to Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership
• Third tier cities of China expecting a big wave of imported wine ‘invasion’
• A River Runs Through It

LATIN AMERICA

• MIA: Mexico’s Wine Merchants

SOUTH AFRICA

• Distell buys Burn Stewart Distillers

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Thoughts while watching a sheep being skinned in Tuscany
• Eric Asimov raids Gregutt’s cellar
• Why are there so many new films about wine?
• The Paso Robles AVA – Too Big to File
• What’s in an name? AVAs and wine appellations, from best to worst
• The St. Emilion wine region

OLIVE OIL

• Can Olive Oil Save Sagging Mediterranean Economies?
• Olive Oil Imports Up Sharply in Japan and China, Modest Gain in U.S.
• Writer Carol Drinkwater Chronicles Olive Heritage

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Comparing Biogenic Amines and Polyphenols of Grapes & Wine After Conventional, Biodynamic, and Organic Practices

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• WSWA Convention To Be Held In Orlando April 28-30, 2013