NEWS FETCH – May 13, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Jackson Family Wines buys another Willamette Valley vineyard
• Central Valley Ag company challenges CA labor mediation rules
• Farm Bureau Pushes For Healthcare Tax Rollback
• Christie’s launches agency to help Chinese buy wineries
• Immigrant raid rumor fuels fear in Central Calif
• Farmworkers fired for seeking shelter from California wildfire
• From Grief to Growth at Jackson Family Wines
• Wine studies, wine analysts, and wine foolishness
• Fracking Water Use Draining Resources, Especially In West
• Interior Secretary: Fracking Regulations Will Be Based on Best Science

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Charles Banks: The New Man Behind Mayacamas
• The grape guy from corn country steps down
• CalifRaisin Delegation Heading For Europe
• Wineries Rock at Napa Festival

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo Won’t Sell Guinness – Report

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex launches new comparison charts
• Liv-ex: Pichon Baron misses the mark
• 2012 Angelus Price Hike Prompts Back-Vintage Surge
• Pichon-Longueville ’10 Falls to 5-Month Liv-Ex Low

MEDIA MATTERS

• “I don’t read wine blogs anymore”
• Lyricism and the Power of a Great Wine Review
• SAfrican wine writers: from bad to bizarre

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Advice to the Chinese: don’t classify
• A Comprehensive Guide to Getting Saucy in Germany’s Wine Regions
• Looking Behind The Remarkable Resurgence In Petite Sirah
• Organic Wine: What to Buy, What to Avoid
• Tasting Rosé
• Stuck in Lodi Again? Not Such a Bad Thing
• Spanish Wines Come of Age, Offering Great Summer Bargains
• the stu sutcliffe and pete best of bordeaux grapes

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine Marketing: Science or Magic?
• Five of the best wine apps
• Google+ Is A Desolate Wasteland

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Learn something from Wonder Woman and Amy Cuddy.

OH CANADA!

• Private liquor stores could add $1B to Ontario coffers

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MD: Restrictions easing on Md. farmers’ market wine sales
• NY Finger Lakes Riesling – what’s all the fuss?
• WA: Proceed with caution on DUI legislation

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Restrict the Endangered Species Act so farmers get more water
• Calif Sustainable Winegrowers Get Green Award.

EUROPE & THE UK

• Chateau La Fleur Jonquet sold to Chinese architect
• Bordeaux Price Dip Not Enough, Say Negociants
• Fortescue to step down as chairman of the Portman Group

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Tasmania tempts foreign investors

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Soul on Mothers Day
• The Silence of the Alambic – The Spirit of Romano Levi
• Drinking wine without the headaches