NEWS FETCH – June 4, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Greater global competitionin the wine market
• Only 1 in 4 S Australian grape growers profitable
• Sta. Rita Hills Wines: A Question of Integrity or Cynicism
• Turkey fights for the right to drink alcohol
• Brothers jailed over £4.7m booze fraud
• Ancient French Winemaking Had Italian Roots

PRIVATIZATION & DIRECT SHIPPING

• WA: Legislature should reject Costco’s unfair liquor legislation
• WA: Liquor sales, revenue on rise
• DIRECT 2013

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Shannon Ridge Acquires Historic Lake County Property
• Stag’s Leap Breaks Ground on New $7 Million Visitor Center
• Discussion With Sonoma’s New Grape Leader
• Casey Flat Ranch Hires New VP, Marketing & Sale
• Court arguments in Wappo tribe case set for June 11
• Calif Chenin blanc/petite sirah conference set

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Con artists @1855 offer Château d’Yquem 2012! Priceless!
• Liv-ex indices run flat in May

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• A (sort of) defense of the proposed DUI limits
• A Lawyer Looks At TTB Nutrition Labels and Advertising

MARKETING & SALES

• Take Grape Varieties Off the Wine Label?
• Aussie Wine families target global premium drinkers
• Top 10 shared alcohol videos
• Aussies hope to shed cheap &cheerful wine image
• The Barefoot Spirit Defined
• Terlato Expands Italian Range With Cusumano, Nino Franco

MEDIA MATTERS

• Cheerios Interracial Ad: When Social Media Goes Awry
• Mosel bridge film seeking backers
• I See Motown, I See France; I Just Bought ‘The Wedding Dance’

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Grade inflation At AGlance: Parker’s ’87 Wine Buyer’s Guide
• Object types and the identity of wine
• Moonshine Moves Into The Mainstream
• Natural or Unnatural: Most Wine Won’t Give You A Bellyache

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

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY Liquor Board Ruling: The Online Conundrum
• MD: Wine sellers, market organizers look forward to new marketing opportunities
• MS: Group looking to get beer/wine sale referendum on ballot
• OR: Female Winemaker Series
• TX: Statewide grape crop suffered heavy damage this year
• VA: Early Days for Virginia’s Early Mountain Vineyards

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Retailers say wine in supermarkets will kill businesses
• NZ Ascension Wine Estate up for sale

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Prats (LVMH): More love for bubbles In India than China
• Q&A with Damien Shee of Torres China

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Bordeaux barrels, premox, and a Pomerol sale
• What Wine Would Jesus Drink?
• The Art of Blending Wines: From Barrel to Bottle (VIDEO)
• How to Throw a Perfect Home Wine Tasting
• Pintos and pinot? Ole!

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