NEWS FETCH – May 14, 2013

TOP NEWS

• House Bill to Cap Farm Payments Joins Senate Version
• Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch Buys LA Vineyard
• Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws
• Wine shortage good for struggling wineries
• Why cheap wine will never be profitable
• Consumers to drive transparency in wine
• Wine skeptic takes on climate change report
• The Coming Crisis in Argentinean Wine
• Wine Australia CEO resigns

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Cab: Overoaked, Overhyped But A Great Moneymaker
• K-J Pres On Undercover Boss, 5/17
• Napa Businesses report mixed experiences during BottleRock
• Napa Grapegrowers Look to 2030
• Encore! Glass, Inc. Announces Relocation to Fairfield, California

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• PA Privatization: Reckless Scheme or Reckless Ad?
• PA senators to hear from beer, liquor sellers

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Petrus Tops Johnson Sale as Mouton Featured at Christie’s
• Pichon Lalande listens to the market
• Petrus tops Hugh Johnson cellar auction

HEALTH

• Alcohol Makes You Pudgy and Saggy

MARKETING & SALES

• Tesco launches Co-buy wine scheme
• The Heat Is On In Wine Country
• 10 Ways Whole Foods is Raising the Bar in CSR

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How an electronic nose could change the wine industry
• Re: Wine tasting is bullshit
• How the death of a fad gave birth to beautiful color in wine
• An Albariño from California?
• UN urges restaurants to put more bugs on the menu (Wine Pairings Anyone?)
• A Wine Education in the Sweet and Obscure
• Terroir: Do We Have Evidence?
• Challenging Assumptions About Terroir and Technique

MEDIA MATTERS

• Mea Culpa, Willamette Valley OREGON
• Jancis Robinson made honorary Vintner

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MN: Alcohol tax hike would cause widespread damage
• NY: Wineries in Danger as Record Lows Threaten
• PA: Frost advisories have vineyard, winery personnel on edge
• TN: Wine country blossoms
• WA: Grapes dodge freeze, hits cherry crop forecast
• WA: Walla Walla Community College names new wine program director

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Managing wine’s waste

EUROPE & THE UK

• Classification May Prove Savior For Beaujolais
• Customs seize 5700 litres of alcohol in raids
• Vintage boss wants British alcohol tax fix

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Cheese and South African wines in Beijing
• Moet Hennessy toasts launch of Yunnan winery

LATIN AMERICA

• The new wines from Patagonia

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa Wine Exports Setting Records on China Demand
• The South African Wine road trip

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Spending Some Time With Old Corks
• Turn a Colorblind Eye to Your Spring Wine
• Sonoma Wine Map

OLIVE OIL

• Growing Thirst for Olive Oil in Japan and India

MEANDERING HEADLINES

• Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association Submits Testimony for the Senate Law and Justice Committee Hearing Focusing on Retailing and Alcohol Sales Privatization
• The Century Council Statement on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration “Talk. They Hear You” Program
• Roust Trading Ltd. Announces Extension Of Its Exchange Offer For 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2013 Of Central European Distribution Corporation

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