NEWS FETCH – April 24, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Truett-Hurst IPO Stumbles Over Red Flags & Confusion
• Truett-Hurst: Insiders, Ownership, History and Conflicts of Interest
• Millennials Drive Wine By The Glass Sales
• Feds Raid Twin Liquors Headquarters In Texas
• Brunello Consorzio suing Soldera for libel
• French Winemakers Look Overseas To Boost Sales
• Mysterious disease wiping out Aussie pomegranates
• Secret talks would give SoCal water powers more clout
• Internet sales tax bill jolts consumers, retailers

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Farmers work to protect grapes, river levels
• Last Call for Leno’s 4 a.m. Bar Bill
• Napa winemakers discuss the region’s ‘more affordable’ Chardonnay
• New festival mixes beer, wine and camping
• Cal-State Fresno Honors President With Wine

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Wine industry must grapple with big health care, tax, estate changes
• Vineyard appellation value can prune tax bill

HEALTH

• Doctor Says Wine Makes You Ugly

MARKETING & SALES

• Branding: What’s in a Winery Name?
• Winemakers: Get Personal
• 20-Liter, Recyclable Keg Program Launched

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Gregutt: Why making wine is making me a better critic
• Are vineyard designates better than blended wines?
• The accidental sommelier
• The Natural Wine Market in New York
• The Physics of The Champagne POP!
• Gaglioppo: unique and profound wines from Calabria

OH CANADA!

• What we can learn about open markets from wine and wheat

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Concha Y Toro Winery Inc Stock Downgraded

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Crillon Auction Raises $7.8 Million, Six Times Estimate

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MI: Alcohol Distributors Resist Booze Law Reforms
• OR: Pinot pioneers
• TX: Arlington awaiting word on whether wine sales petitions are valid
• VA: Tianjin Commodity Exchange Signs 5-Yr Deal to Import Wine from Virginia Winery

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The Beauty of Frost Protection
• We Are Losing Prime Farmland
• Old Records, New Bees Result In Major Study For Montana Ecologist

EUROPE & THE UK

• de Bouard and Casteja named in Saint Emilion legal challenge
• Maison Giraud urges Champagne industry to use local oak

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Value Wine Buying Tips for Savvy Consumers
• Randall Grahm… Dancing To A Different Doon
• The Weird and Wild Wine-Drinking Games of History