NEWS FETCH – June 12, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine Estates Shares Jump On Aussie Dollar Drop
• Parker blames his meds for Galloni lawsuit
  
• 8 Things Your Wine Business Needs To Know For Asian & Global Success
• NZ reports 28% rise in grape production
• Phthalates in wine: OIV adopts analysis

FARM BILL

• Senate Supports Specialty Crops With Passage of Farm Bill
• Ag Industry Not-So-Patiently Awaits House Farm Bill
• Farm Bill: One Big Catfish

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Tribes Take to the Vine
• As harvest pace builds, farmers report labor shortages
• Wine Producers Are Really Farmers
• Jordan Winery appoints new Western Regional Sales Director

• A Sense of Place: An Intimate Portrait of the Niebaum-Coppola Winery and the Napa Valley [Sponsored Link]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo Facing Raki Trouble in Turkey After Booze-Ad Ban

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Would wine-tasting at your farmers’ market make it less family-friendly?
• Spirits Producers Slam Oregon Legislature for Hidden Alcohol Tax Hikes

ALCOHOL ADVERTISING BANS

• Canada: Alcohol ads influencing young girls; should have warnings
• UK: Call for alcohol advertising ban criticised
• UK: Ban alcohol adverts at music and sports events to protect young people
• SAFRICA: Alcohol ads ban may cost jobs
• OZ: Irresponsible alcohol ad ‘shockers’ named

MARKETING & SALES

• When Is A Snow Cone A ‘No’ Cone? Ask Francis Ford Coppola
• Gay Marketing: More wines coming out
• Dating site for wine lovers launches
• Club W to Launch a New Line Of Wines

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Blogging Grows Up
• Wine Channel TV Expanding Programming

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

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Cancer Rates Low Among Pesticide Workers
• Researchers test unmanned aircraft for on-farm uses
• Research Symposium in Pennsylvania

EUROPE & THE UK

• Rolland ‘sad’ to sell Le Bon Pasteur
• Turkey’s Wine Sector Under Threat

DOWN UNDER

• Stellar 2013 harvest puts NZ back on track

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Chinese hygiene department, not tax, is main concern for fine wine shippers

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina’s Bianchi winery incorporates nine small producers

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The top twelve wine heists
• Chardonnay is murder: Wine in a noir story
• Man passes breathalyzer, arrested for DUI, sues police

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