NEWS FETCH – June 6, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Mayo Clinic MDs Call For Sin Taxes on alcohol, tobacco
• Diageo: New Pres, Other exec changes
• On The Acquisition Trail With Charles Banks
• 75% Of Small, Medium Businesses Say Growth Too Low To Hire Staff
  
• 2013 Hemisphere Harvest Report: Australia and New Zealand
• Spirit Airlines starts serving ersatz wine in cans
• Chinese trade delegation visit Lodi, Fresno

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Winegrape Growers Ready To Plant
• WITS Keynote Speakers Announced
• Pinot Noir Doctors
• Santa Cruz: New Kids on the Wine Block
• Fresno State enlists outside agencies to boost its ag efforts
• Howell Mountain Vineyards Appoints New Winemaker

CHINA-EU SOLAR/WINE TRADE WARS

• Most Chinese Stocks Rise, Led by Wine Makers
• A Fine Chinese Whine?
• Chinese State Media Warn E.U. Wine Probe Could Intensify
• China has more cards to play in EU trade dispute
• French trade ministry condemns China’s EU wine probe
• Europe Reacts With Alarm to China Wine Exports Threat
• And from last fall: U.S. Will Place Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels … et tu California?

MARKETING & SALES

• How to Sell More Wine Direct to Consumer
• Barefoot Steps Further Ahead in Sales

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

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Beer AND wine in same store? A Pa. state senator’s proposal
• Government Wholesale Monopoly Bad for Pennsylvania

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Elite Advisers’ Nobles Crus wine fund suspended by CSSF
• Drink Up or Auction Off?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• CEDC Reorganization Plan Declared Effective

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• TTB To Publish Final COLA Rule June 10
• Will nutritional values on alcoholic beverages sway choices?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Second Judgement of Paris film to be made
• Top 10 wines in the US press

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sympathy for the devil. A few words on behalf of sulphur dioxide
• Master of Wine Symposium comes to Italy for the first time

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

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Mothers aided by WWF in pesticide battle in Proseccoland
• Climate ‘Hubs’ Part of USDA’s Environmental Management Plan
• Monsanto Not Ruling Out ‘Purposeful’ Release of GE Wheat
• ‘Safety first’ approach to BPA risk recommends reducing plastic packaging

EUROPE & THE UK

• Irish government to auction off wines
• Domaine Clarence Dillon snaps up St Emilion estate

SOUTH AFRICA

• Couple accused of defrauding wine giant

OLIVE OIL

• New Farm Bill Includes Olive Oil Controls
• UC DavisSurvey Reveals Surprising Views Toward Olive Oil