NEWS FETCH – April 22, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Dialing up wine sales over the phone
• Sonoma Wine Company Truett-Hurst Going Public
• Cobank Sees Some Drought Relief, Hope For 2013 Markets
• Charge of the light wine brigade
• New Wine Producing Region to Watch: China
• eWinery Solutions Acquires Blue Dog Solutions
• Spirits, Wine Beer Up: Product Innovation, Line Extensions Drive Growth
• Malbec, leader in the US consumers’ preferences
• Napa Judge re-affirms order preventing winery’s cave tastings

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Pilot unhurt after crash in North Bay vineyard
• Chase Cellars: What Auction Napa Valley Means to Me
• For small family wineries, the Central Coast Is The New Napa/Sonoma
• Inglenook winery cleans up, improves views
• Looking Back at Calif’s China Trade and Investment Mission

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo shares dip as growth disappoints
• Diageo Third-Quarter Sales Miss Estimates Amid Volume Decline
• Why Beer Investors Have No Reason To Whine

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Interview: Bill Terlato, Terlato Wine Group
• Winery Do-It-Yourself Fulfillment vs. Outsourcing
• Women-Owned Businesses to the Rescue!

MEDIA MATTERS

• Writer & Vintner: Some See Conflict
• Where was the Wine Advocate at Vinitaly?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Can Wine Words Affect Taste Perception?
• What Uruguayan Tannat tastes like
• Bordeaux 2012 Winners Leave My Teeth Purple, Tongue Black

MATTERS OF BAD TASTE

• Cristal unveils gold-plated Jeroboams

HEALTH

• Health-Conscious New Yorkers Cheer Benefits of Abstaining from Alcohol

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• State Spirits Excise Tax Rates – Map

MARKETING & SALES

• Diet wine, and why we’re stuck with it
• Skinnygirl cashes in on thirst for Moscato
• Does Wine Evangelism Work?
• Wineries Shift to Mobile Platforms

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Little U.S. Interest In Bordeaux 2012
• 2012 Bordeaux Campaign Shifts Into Gear
• Lafite leads morning’s releases
• Bordeaux 2012: cautious optimism as Lynch Bages released
• Lynch Bages 2012 releases at €60
• Bordeaux 2012 by Jancis Robinson

OH CANADA!

• Viticulturalists talk in the city – Vancouver

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Eastern Promise: east coast US wines
• Drink Local Wine: Maryland, pt 2
• MA: Local wine wholesaler looks to Italy
• MT: Enacts “Workable” Direct Shipping Law
• OR: Elkton produces first bottling as Oregon’s newest wine AVA
• NY: Peconic Bay Winery Manager: ‘We Are Not For Sale’
• VA: Wine Industry Continues to Grow in the Commonwealth
• WA: wine grape growers dodge spring frost
• WA: Prosser winery’s workforce among largest in state

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Screening for Smoke Taint With 2-D Correlation Spectroscopy

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Wine will become ‘unaffordable’ luxury
• Last Respects To Pedro López de Heredia
• UK Government consultation document unveils plans for new code of practice

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Last land from Nobilo vineyard empire for sale
• NZ: Perfect season for grapegrowers

OLIVE OIL

• Stick to extra-virgin olive oil