NEWS FETCH – May 20, 2013

TOP NEWS

• St. Louis Fed Finds Q1 Farm Income Higher Than Expected
• The Price/Label Stigma Of “Organic”
• Is Your Tasting Room Successful?
• Missouri Senate Nixes Franchise Bill Vote
• Specialty Crops: Momentum in House Ag Committee Farm Bill
• Caymus Bold Pinot Bet Pays Off

MANAGEMENT

• When Success Means Being Turned Down by the Bank
• Days of wine & grosses
• VinoVisit.com Secures $1 Million in Funding

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Advocate introduces new terms for the trade
• Trade-Only Subs From Wine Advocate — All It Seems, And Less
• Attrition in the wine blog world

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine business tackles climate, erosion policies
• Copia Offices hit a roadblock
• Wine fundraiser to bring thousands to Napa Valley
• Napa Valley Auction Social Media Crew
• Bottlerock a Boon to Wineries

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• .05 vs. .08?
• DUI Level: Our lifestyle is threatened
• Wine Industry Finally Responds To Lower DUI Level Proposal. (Nope. Not Yet.)

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• How screwed up is three-tier? Plenty, as Missouri can attest

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux 2012 Futures: Grab Pomerols, Mouton, Forget Rest
• Liv-Ex: Spotlight on Eglise Clinet

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Chapoutier: ‘Bring water back into wine’
• New appreciation for Alexander Valley Cabernets
• What is a Parkerized wine?
• Are You Drinking An Authentic Wine ?
• Whiter than White
• The Nature of Natural Wine
• Oregon Chard: Rare, Weird and Exciting

OH CANADA!

• Quebec’s 30-year-old wine industry is finally growing
• Wine Law Reform, Privatization, Social Media

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Researchers Don’t ‘Wine’ About The Cold, Their Grapes Thrive
• NPR Airs Spot on U.MN “Northern Grapes” on Morning Edition
• OK: Grocery Store Wine Proposal Being Renewed
• OR: Wine License Plate Sales Top 6,000 Mark
• TX: Voters Go to Polls to Modernize Liquor Laws
• WA: Underage wine students can now taste subject

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• How climate change is transforming reality

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Court clears the way for genetically modified alfalfa

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bleak Outlook For UK Wine Scene
• Sales of wine over £7 up 16% in UK
• Bordeaux and Japan – Recapturing the Market

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Grape exports to China take off

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine Consumption Trends: Bellwether For The Chinese Consumer Market

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• In a parallel universe
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Valdobbiadene
• The 18 Noble Grapes Wine Challenge

OLIVE OIL

• Lucero Olive Oil expands to Oregon
• Storm in a Dipping Bowl Over Europe’s Olive Oil Rule