NEWS FETCH – April 23, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Truett-Hurst IPO Stumbles, Price Reduced
• What the Senate Immigration Proposal Would Mean for Wineries
• Growers start vine work early to avoid labor shortage
• Terlato Moves Into Artisan Spirits, Looks To Global Markets
• Wine Advocate & eRobertParker.com Name 2 More Reviewers
• Court Okays DOJ, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Grupo Modelo , Constellation Deal

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• North Coast Wine Industry Expo Now 2nd Largest in North America
• Vineyard acreage expands in Sonoma
• North Bay sees increase in craft breweries
• V2 Wine Hires Dir/Natl Retail

WATER

• California failed to spend $455M on water projects, EPA says
• Plan may give outside agencies role in delta plan
• Thirsty States Take Water Battle To Supreme Court

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Oct 1 Brings New Direct Wine Shipping Regulations to Montana
• Does Size Matter? Absolutely, if You’re a Winery

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Lafite 2012 sells through
• Bordeaux 2012: Lafite releases ‘most affordable’ vintage

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Women hit hardest by UK drink duty hike
• How Alcohol Extremists Think: A Model of Delusion

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Industry reporting: the basics of wine reviewing
• The Evolution of Our Love of Wine
• Don’t Taste Wine Blindly
• The Vare Vineyard Tasting, Arlequin Wine Merchant
• Domaine Chandon shows the impact of SO2
• Decade of Drinking Wine with Indian Wine Academy

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate change study full of mistakes: Chapoutier
• USDA, Ag Groups Celebrate Earth Day
• How Bordeaux Is Making Environmentally Conscious Wine

MARKETING & SALES

• The Solution To Bad Wines By The Glass
• ProWein Delivers the Art of the Deal
• Winemakers Take A “Road Trip” Across The US

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Barefoot Wine’s ‘Get Rich Slow’ Scheme

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• FL: Wine kegs may be on tap for Florida
• IL: Lawmaker Proposes Wine Tax
• NV: UNLVino co-creator tells 39 years of stories
• TX: Liquor license for microbrewery, wine tasting room OK’d
• VA: Salahi Oasis Winery Foreclosure Auction Scheduled For May 11

EUROPE & THE UK

• Soldera’s “water into wine” & rumors of his expulsion
• Garnacha, defending the native
• St-Emilion Classification Committee Attacked
• How an English expat joined the 100 point wine club
• Henkell looking to cash in on Aussie wine love affair
• Champagne does not need any make-up from other regions
• 2011 Vintage Port Declarations Flow Down the Douro
• Top 10 wines in the UK press
• Croatian winemakers upset by EU label rules

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Small winery has big name – Otago

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• How to Love Italian Wine or Die Trying:
• Wine tasting to benefit Sandy recovery
• Wine thefts, Aussie harvest, sweet wine
• Celebrity Vineyards, written by Nick Wise
• The Old Sommeliers Home

OLIVE OIL

• Improved DNA Tracing Puts Olive Oil Adulterers on Notice
• Calif Olive Oil commission earns bipartisan endorsements
• Turkey’s Olive Oil Exports On the Rise