NEWS FETCH – June 5, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Economic recovery? What recovery, ask UCLA economists
• UK market wide open for new Calif brands
• Restaurant sales continue to rise in May
• Parker moves into branded wine cases
• 2013 Southern Hemisphere Vintage Report
• Immigration, farm bill top Capitol agenda
• Senate immigration bill could double guest workers
• China hits back at EU wine over solar panel duties
• French trade ministry condemns China’s EU wine probe

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Worker Injured, Wine Spills In Napa Tank Bolt Failure
• Duarte, Hooper Talk Vineyard Planting Trends
• Grape Growers Research Roadshow, Fresno, June 13 (.pdf)
• SB County Nixes Santa Ynez Tasting Room
• Sarah Pearson Named Marketing Director at Hess
• To water sellers, transfer process can be daunting

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Privatization Boosts State Revenue for WA
• Time is Ticking on PA Privitazation
• Pa. senator to submit a different plan on privatizing liquor stores
• Tense Moments at Pa. Liquor Store Privatization Hearing
• Empire acquired by NY-based beverage company

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury Wine Estates appoints Tony Reeves as new CFO
• Pernod Ricard to step up global efforts to target female drinkers
• InBev Completes Grupo Modelo Deal

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Champagne seized by Nazis to be auctioned
• Haut-Brion to hold first ex-cellar auction in Asia
• Hotel Crillon Holds Second Wine Sale
• Counterfeiting Wine in China on the Increase

HEALTH

• Wine Helps Breast Cancer Survivors
• Wondering about wine, women, and pregnancy
• Ladies Who Lunch Driving Up UK Drinking Rate
• Alcohol Monitoring For Parents of College-Aged Students

MARKETING & SALES

• Millennials: when and what do they drink?
• Marketing Confusion: AVAs and the Question of Terroir
• Women Vintners Join Group to Promote Wine to Women
• Spirits Brands by Value: full results
• Naked wines: Kudos

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Does Mobile POS Really Work?
• Plugging into the Future of Humanity: Exploring the Human API

MEDIA MATTERS

• In the Internet era, what makes a wine review credible?
• And so it begins…the monetization of Brand Parker
• Wine bloggers pour into Penticton

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Lessons Learned from Sampling 600+ Washington Wines
• Chemical & Sensory Profiles of US Cabernet Sauvignon
• When wine doesn’t have to apologize for being what it is
• Q&A: RVF publisher Lin Libo on this year’s crop of Chinese wines
• Where Are Today’s Classics?
• 2011 Napa Cabernet: Through the Lens of Auction Napa Valley
• Michael Green Decants His Dog; Pass It On

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

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MI: Winery facing roadblocks in expanding
• OR: Les Bicyclettes De Willamette
• VA: Appellation America Features Major Story on Virginia and its Terroir
• WA: Woodinville Wine Village Emerges

EUROPE & THE UK

• Spain’s Crisis Fades as Exports Transform Country
• The Butterfly Battle in Champagne

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A Fresh Way Of Looking at Wine
• Wine as a food or a lifestyle?
• Wine infographic of the day: the 7%

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

OLIVE OIL

• Turkish exchange student’s central Ohio stay leads to olive-oil startup
• EU Parliament Calls for More Consultation on Olive Oil Measures
• Australian Company Fined for Deceptive Olive Oil Labeling

NOT COOL, BRO!

This blog post has some good points, but the HARD SELL at the bottom … an at the bottom of every one of their posts is a TOTAL turn-off!

• Negative Winery Reviews are Not Bad

I HATE MAKING TYPOS

We all make them.

Doctors bury their mistakes. Publishers just live with them. This one — 7 Steps The Napa Valley Vintners Took To Hit An Auction Grand Slam — got out on Monday and originally read: 7 Steps The Napa Valley Vintners Took To Hit An Auction Gland Slam. I am SO sorry … and embarrassed.