NEWS FETCH – June 3, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Spirits Lead Beverage Alcohol Sales Growth
• Harlan Wines, Aston Martin Lead Record Breaking Napa Auction
• 7 Steps The Napa Valley Vintners Took To Hit An Auction Grand Slam
• Restaurants upbeat on future
• CA Wine grape demand strong even after big 2012 crop
• Why Sell Wine Based on Aroma and Taste?
• Senate Bill Won’t Stop Illegal Immigration Without More Work Visas
• Champagne and Cognac: Land Prices Rocket

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Judge orders Altamura winery to stop using cave
• Sonoma County sees surge in new vineyard projects
• Bill Foley buys luxury NZ lodge as home
• Duboeuf, Deutsch Move HobNob Chardonnay To California
• Preservation Ranch officially preserved
• Fracking Tests Ties Between California ‘Oil and Ag’ Interests

AUCTION NAPA VALLEY

• Auction Napa Valley sets records, raises social consciousness
• Heimoff’s Napa Barrel Auction Shout Outs
• Party Time in Napa Valley!

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• PA: Time running out on LCB probe
• Why Can’t Pennsylvania Get a Little Privacy?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• WSJ Hot Stock To Watch: Crimson Wine Group
• Full speed ahead at LVMH

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Christie’s NY Wine Sale In New York Totals $2.6 Mil

HEALTH

• Why are more women drinking?
• World consumers love wine also for its health benefits

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Official response to draconian DUI proposal
• Prohibition Retreats a Few Paces

MARKETING & SALES

• Top alcohol website usability study
• God and the Nature of the Wine Club
• Focus on art and culture key to Prosecco sales

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Tesco pleased with LIWF speed-tasting event

MANAGEMENT

• Be Specific when Asking for Money

MEDIA MATTERS

• Ranting On British Columbia Wines & Wine Culture
• Mazel Tov, Asimov: Your Label Scheme Doth Make Me Scoff
• I’ll Take Your Snob & Raise You A Twat

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Get Over Your Fear of Sweet Wine , Be Bold With Sauternes
• Bubbling under
• $600 Chinese Wine
• Grüner Veltliner, Tuning Fork for Terroir
• Put A Cork In It
  
• Wine judging
• Visiting Andrew Murray Wines

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

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Winemakers optimistic about warm vintage

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate Change, The Wine Industry, and Conservation
• An eco-friendly and low environmental impact wine. This is the future challenge

EUROPE & THE UK

• Frescobaldi releases wine made by prisoners
• Turkey fights for the right to drink alcohol
• Heavy rains across Europe delay growth ‘by three weeks’
• Italy wants to ban GMO: “very positive signal for the Made in Italy”

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Marlborough vineyards sold to Chinese

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Chinese buyers swoop on French presidential wines
• China: Call for cheaper wine as economy slows

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Tips on leaning on the sommelier, from the world’s best one
• Annual Wine, Women, and Wisdom Event
• Limited edition Star Trek wines on sale
• Three Outstanding Prosecco Producers to Seek Out

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

OLIVE OIL

• The International Olive Council modifies the limits on many parameters, including alkyl esterS