NEWS FETCH – May 1, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Calif Water: “The Delta Can’t Be Saved”
• Trinchero Looks To Burnish Premium Credentials
• Former Screaming Eagle owner buys Mayacamas Vineyards
• The Vast Differences between regular moderate and binge drinking
• 40 Under 40: America’s Tastemakers
• Groups Push For Energy Title In Next Farm Bill
• Costs, overvalued Peso plague Argentina’s bottled wine industry

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sebastopol parents seek to stop vineyard
• Don Sebastiani & Sons Hires New Director of Winemaking
• DIRECT 2013: Registration Opens
• Bonterra long dedicated to organic, sustainable winemaking
• Rick Tigner carries on the legacy of Jackson Family Wines’ founder
• Matthiasson Vineyard, Napa
• Cornerstone Certified Vineyard

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Canada is proof that state-controlled drinking is good for health
• Gov thanks PA Senate for Holding Hearing on Liquor Privatization
• Horrors! Private liquor spell doom for PA,
• Cape Classics Begins Importing Wines from France

MARKETING & SALES

• Five Automatic Emails and Why We Like Them

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Internet and its impact on wine communication

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Pape Clement, Giscours, Lafon Rochet continue with price drops

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How to get 90 points for your Cabernet in Wine Spectator
• In Vino Veritas? The Truth About Wine in Three Tastings
• 2009 and 2010 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: a comparison
• Our conversation shouldn’t end with “what’s in the glass?”
• Who should pay for a screw up in wine service?

PASO CAB

• What Distinguishes Paso Robles Cabernet?
• Resetting Radar on Paso Cab
• Paso Robles big, hot, in search of an identity

GLOBAL TASTES

• Golden age in Burgundy due to biodynamics
• Jancis Robinson Q&A On China’s wines
• New heights for Argentina’s chardonnay
• Raise a glass to Russia’s world-class wines
• Marlborough Sauvignon moves on

MARKETING & SALES

• Five Automatic Emails and Why We Like Them

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Internet and its impact on wine communication

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Pape Clement, Giscours, Lafon Rochet continue with price drops

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MO: Great expectations for newly opened Wildlife Ridge Winery
• NY: Southold Farm + Cellar Plants “Weird Grapes”
• WA: Millions For Willamette Valley Vineyards
• WI: New winery to debut near Westby
• WA: Allowing young winemakers to taste (and spit) is reasonable

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Examining sweet red wine with Ultraviolet exposure
• Analyzing The Rise In Invasive Pests

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Perception of E-Verify changing among restaurant operators

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bardot lambasts Fortnum & Mason’s ‘imbecilic’ attitude to foie gras
• Antonio Galloni’s La Festa del Barolo

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Nielsen reveals bullish off-premise tips
• OZ: Big suppliers losing market share: Nielsen

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina: 2013 began with great investments

FOR NERDS ONLY

• CERN re-creating first web page to revere early ideals