NEWS FETCH – July 3, 2013

TOP NEWS

• PBS Slammed On Ag & Sexual Assault Episode
  
• Kurniawan Prosecutors Won’t Depose Key Players
• Heat Scorches California Grapes, Other Fruit
• Groups Prod Boehner For July Farm Bill Vote
• China’s Anti-Dumping Probe Lkely To Have Lttle Impact
• Farm water shortages could linger into 2014

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Pinot Madness In Marin County
• Winiarski and Portet Discuss Napa Valley Cab

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Nouveau World Wines/Finbow Wines Trial: closing speeches
• Liv-ex: Two years on
• Fine Wine Investment: Expect no quick rebound on first growth prices
• Liv-ex indices stay flat but Right Bank rising

• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market [Sponsored Link]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo launches investor and media app

MARKETING & SALES

• Nielsen: Quality Over Quantity strong shopping motivators
• The Hard Cider Market
• Constellation Blaunches Bloody Mary-style beer i

• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends [Sponsored Link]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Winemaker Who Shook Up Burgundy
• The Four Pillars of Wine Appreciation
• Summer of trashing wine

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• AZ: Wine Pioneers in Northern Arizona
• IN: Big Red Liquors Of Indiana
• IN: Liquor Stores Lobby To Keep State Dry On Sundays
• NY: Agriculture and climate change meet at new institute
• PA: Thoughts On Liquor Privatization
• VA: The Wine Governor

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Another large health insurance company pulls out of state
• Employee confidence perks up
• 3 Ways Time Off Increases Productivity

EUROPE & THE UK

• GrapePip.com looks to increase buyer platform
• Chateau Loudenne’s new Chinese owners planning luxury hotel
• Bibendum creates separate spirits arm
• After 80 years, Diageo calls time on prohibition laws

• Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France’s Greatest Treasure [Sponsored Link]

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Crazy vineyard owners thriving
• OZ: Queensland reinvigorates wine show with young, new-look judging panel

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Advice to a Newbie
• 7 Traits of the World’s Most Expensive Wine

• Wine For Dummies [Sponsored Link]