NEWS FETCH – May 24, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Truett-Hurst Drops Offering Price Again
• Wine industry optimistic despite labor, import concerns
• Deport Immigrants With No Health Insurance?
• Chinese producer to release euro500 icon wine
• Jacky Lorenzetti buys Chateau Behere vines

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Auction Napa Valley: A Bottle For Wine’s Sweaty Heroes
• Bulgari Bling & Big Bottles Bring Big Spenders to Napa Auction
• Napa Valley winemakers share their experiments

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Diddy & PLCB: It’s All about the Benjamins

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Ornellaia Sets Record Of $122,400 for single bottle
• Figeac drops 33% on 2011
• En primeur: ‘It’s not rocket science’

HEALTH

• Teaching kids to drink

WINE TOURISM

• Cashing in on the wine tourism experience (Wine & Viniculture Journal)
• Wine Country Experiences, Cruises Top Dream Vacations

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Wine Blog Awards–Death is Like Fermentation
• How to Execute a Flawless Press Trip

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wines As Greek as the Sea
• Making It on the North Fork
• New Master Somms

• Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec [Sponsored Link]

SWEET TASTES

• Russians still stuck on sweet fizz
• UK consumers to follow Americans in demand for sweeter style wines

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Rawfair steals the show

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Vivino App Improves Label Text OCR

OH CANADA!

• Beer, wine should be sold in grocery stores: Tories
• BC Post-Election: Opportunity for Positive Change
• Ontario Grape Growers Seek Market Share

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Wine Institute Comments on NTSB Proposal to Lower Legal BAC Limit
• Alcohol ads on taxis gets TX Senate nod
• French breathalyzer law suspended

EUROPE & THE UK

• Turkey bans alcohol advertising, curbs sales
• Champagne’s Fight To Protect Vineyards From Butterflies
• LIWF in pictures

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• ASC opens new ‘Wine Residence’ in Shanghai

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Ten new grape varieties to try
• Don’t Drink At A Bar In NJ

• How to Love Wine: A Memoir and Manifesto [Sponsored Link]

OLIVE OIL

• Olive Oil Displaces Debt at Heart of European Bottleneck

ICONIC? REALLY?

• The iconic wine list (natural style)