NEWS FETCH – May 17, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Spirit Sales Outpace Wine and Beer
• Restaurant sales up in April
• Environmentalists Slam New Fed Fracking Rules
• Study says Gen Y shoppers hiding in plain sight
• Another UK £4.5m wine fraud
• China Buyers snapping-up one French chateau per month
• Why a PE firm is playing in the Willamette Valley wine grab
• Northwest Acquisitions Heat Up
  

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa County says winery suits are not a crackdown
• The South Will Rise Again—Beware The Santa Rita Hills
• Water group blasts Delta Plan
• Coors Wine Anyone?

PRIVATIZATION

• Facts Contradict Claims of Liquor Monopoly Supporters
• PA Senate Narrows Privatization Focus

DRUNK DRIVING LIMITS

• How to Measure Drunken Driving
• Proposal To Reduce Legal Driving Limit To 0.05% BAC Attracts Wide-Ranging Opposition
• MADD: Lowering DUI LIMIT Not Best Way to Stop Drunk Driving
• Wine Industry Responds To Lowered DUI Limit. (Oops! No article. Wine industry still MIA on this.)

THE FARM BILL

• Senate Committee Support of Specialty Crops In Farm Bill
• Stabenow Outlines Plan Forward For Senate Farm Bill

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo Seeks Turkey Drink Limit Balance After Mey Icki Purchase
• Anatomy of the 10-K

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-Ex: Market forces
• Stop Whining About Bordeaux Futures (Drink Something Else)

MARKETING & SALES

• Is Fetzer’s Zipz glass the answer for portable wine?
• Sheraton Extends Specialty Wine Program
• Burgundy’s Ponsot Adopts In-Case Trackers

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Social Media No-No: Amy’s vs. The Entire Internet
• The Elements of a Perfect Facebook Contest App: INFOGRAPHIC
• Apps that bridge old world winemakers and younger drinkers

TTB GUIDELINES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

• Legal Analysis: New TTB Guidelines on Social Media and Alcohol Beverage Advertising
• More On TTB’s new social media rules

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Will Immigration Reform Help Immigrant Farm Workers?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine In 140 Characters or Less
• Charm School Dropouts at Wine Tastings
• Sideways author releases Pinot Noir
• Washington Post joins the Wine Club craze

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Feiring Squad Misses The Rapture
• Wanted: Vineyard Owners with a Sense of Daring
• What’s the best wine ? Whatever wine you like.

OH CANADA!

• Canadian wineries finding focus
• New rules for liquor sales, and more, in Saskatchewan

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• 2013 International Cold Climate Wine Competition Registration Opens
• NC: Kinkead Ridge Winery is for sale

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Can native plants fight vineyard pests?

EUROPE & THE UK

• French appellation wines top previous export records in 2012
• Selfridges expands wine store and overhauls range
• 1855 – a symbol of Bordeaux wines that needs further protection
• Italian Wine: Land of Plenty
• France – wine industry warns that ‘sin taxes’ would undermine country’s image

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Push behind Aussie Reisling

OLIVE OIL

• EU to ban reusable olive oil bottles in eateries
• Forget the IRS — There’s an Olive-Oil Scandal Afoot