NEWS FETCH – June 13, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Truett-Hurst Loses Major Distributor
• French NeoDry Bureaucrats: Gag Wine Bloggers
• Chinese Flip Newly Bought Chateaux
• BottleRock Needs Donations/investors To Pay Bills
• Canada, EU toast free trade agreement on wine, spirits
• EU Likely To Cave In On Wine/Solar Trade War

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• New Urban Winery Opens In Napa
• Buyers out in force for 2013 coastal varieties
• Napa Valley Vintners Expands Japan Presence
• Lodi area’s M-2 Winery plans expansion
• Santa Barbara Wine: Up, Down, Sideways
• Failla Wines: The Anti-Napa

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• How common is sexism in the wine industry?
• $1.8 Million for CA farmworker career training
• Meeting Brittania, The Face of Immigration
• Intern Ruling Could Up-end Unpaid Jobs

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• VinTank Evolution – Rev 3.0 & More
• 5 Pinners To Follow If You Work in Wine PR

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

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• The madmen who hold the strings of the French wine biz
• Government Middleman Bad for Consumers

MARKETING

• Hispanic consumers in the USA
• VinPerfect Expands Range of Oxy-Regulating Screwcaps

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Q1, 2014 Results; Host Conference Call July 2

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Had enough of the stock market? Try investing in wine
• Will More Collectors Turn Wine Into Cash?
• Liv-ex: Minding the gap

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Top 10 reasons to visit Vinexpo
• Beynat’s replacement at Vinexpo announced

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Bloggers Open Up, Get Noticed
• Wine Executive News Premium Subscriptions To Rise June 21
• On moderating panels (and being a panelist): Be yourself
• The Secret To Wine Writing Success Revealed
• Top 10 wines in the US press

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sex in the wine industry, and those 2010 Cabernets
• Battle over the role of geology in wine typicity
• Do not blanc out chenin

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

AG NEWS

• UC-Davis Extension Advisor Receives 2013 Excellence Award
• Pesticide research gets $1 million boost in California
• Powdery mildew pressures raisin vineyards

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• IL: Binny’s Plans 50,000-Square-Foot Superstore In Chicago
• OR: Klamath tribe shuts off farmer irrigation
• OR: Liquor commissioners reject booze surcharge

EUROPE & THE UK

• French Wine Regulators Strike Over Planned Branch Cuts
• Positive expectations for German wine exports in 2013
• Edrington Weighs US Options After Rémy Split
• Bollinger names new chef de cave

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Relationships key to China wine success
• Storm in a wine glass?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What Kind of Wine Drinker Are You?
• Balmy & Clod Rob Château d’Yquem

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

OLIVE OIL

• Olive Oil Quality Seals? Take Your Pick