NEWS FETCH – May 31, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Napa’s Sloan Estate Owner Buys Le Bon Pasteur
• Gallo’s Import Business Builds Major Presence
• Wineries Banking on Busier Tourist Season
• Stanly Lane resort gets financing
• Sonoma producers protest new labelling law
• No drop in morale amongst international wine buyers

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Boisset’s Raymond Vineyards Hosting Napa Valley Barrel Auction
• Auction Napa Valley’s Impact on the Community
• Napa Business owners express BottleRock frustrations
• Chinese trade group heads to Central Valley

HEALTH

• Do Wine-Based Marinades Protect Against Salmonella?
• Smashed? There’s An App For That.
• Brewer calls for beer benefits study

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• TTB’s Regs Allow, Not Require Labeling

MARKETING & SALES

• Looking for the BrewDog of wine

• The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built America’s #1 Wine Brand [Sponsored Link]

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Interwine China 2013 – Wine and Spirit Exhibition

MEDIA MATTERS

• Heimoff’s note to readers, old and new
• Niner Wine Estates: J’accuse!

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why it’s time to stop laughing at Cava
• If Only the Grapes Were the Whole Story
• Wine class — for credit
• Age of enlightenment hits California wines
• Champagne and Saint Emilion – What Do They Have In Common?
• Where No Wine Has Gone Before

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

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• AR: Wine trends in Central Arkansas
• CO: Colorado Wine Week, 2013

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bordeaux 2013 – running late
• Elysee Palace Wine Auction Exceeds Expectations
• Latest Portman Group Code published
• Majority of UK adults drinking within recommended guidelines

WORTH CONTEMPLATING

• And the wind, it cries Mary

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Expanding Your Grape Varieties Knowledge Base
• 6 Fascinating Oldest Wineries in the World
• Bordeaux’s Philosopher Vigneron
• Oregon Winery Reinvents The Wheel
• What’s More Fun than a Magnum of Wine? How About a Hundred?

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

OLIVE OIL

• Increased Trade in Olive Oil Futures
• Consumers like olive oil for health and flavor but need more purchase facts