NEWS FETCH – July 10, 2013

TOP NEWS

• NY SLA Sets Aug 12 Meeting on Web Alc Bev Sales
• Barrel Biz Battered By Unoaked Wine Trend
• The Economic Upside of America’s Wine Binge (worth enduring the initial advert)
• Kroger to buy Harris Teeter chain
• Why a big China probe will make small EU wineries wince
• Defying The National Raisin Reserve (The What?)

HARVEST 2013

• There’s still too much Aussie wine
• French Vine Development Slowed After June Rain

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Russian River Pinot Noir too often is commodity wine
• Most wineries unprepared for Obamacare
• Sonoma Hotel Limits Advance
• Harvey Posert III New Nat’l Sales Mgr At Arette Tequila

FARM BILL

• Is Agriculture Leadership Trying an End-Run?
• Farm Bill Split Appears on the Horizon
• Agriculture apocalypse just around bend, again

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Accolade Wines increases margins with streamlined supply chain

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Chateau Angelus ’07 Bordeaux Reaches Record After Promotion
• Bordeaux’s firsts too expensive for China
• Wally’s Wine Auctions Prepares to Enter NY Market
• Wally’s Poaches More Zachys Staff

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

HEALTH

• Effects of genetic factors on the metabolism of alcohol
• Wine, BAC and driverless cars

LEGAL MATTERS

• Legal Analysis On TTB Social Media Rules
• Here’s How To Spin An Anti-Consumer Court Decision

MARKETING & SALES

• How Millennials Shop Online
• Mary Kay Meets Merlot
• Cider consumption continues to soar
• Craft beer now 30% of Costco’s beer sales

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Sip, Test, Share: Study Shows 80% of Drinkers Would Share Breathalyzer Results

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sanders: ‘Parker pushed us to do better’
• Between Five Bells Heathcote Blend
• Terroir from Expert Dr. Mark Greenspan ~ Part 2
• Measuring Consumer Preferences Using Hybrid Discrete Choice Models
• Touring Lodi Wine, Day 2

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

AWCC

• Wine Consumers and the Art of the Slogan
• Enter the AWCC Slogan Contest Now
• Berger: How winelovers can be heard

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• New English-Spanish Dictionary for the Wine Industry
• Bill strips employees of workplace democracy, wages

• From Bubbles to Boardrooms: Startups Are Such Fun By Michaela Rodeno [Sponsored Link]

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Agriculture and climate change meet at new Cornell institute
• Survey Finds Cover Crops Easing Drought’s Pain
• Herbicide drift: How to avoid it

• Understanding Wine Technology, 3rd Edition [Sponsored Link]

EUROPE & THE UK

• Champagne, Lutte Raisonnée, and Vineyard Nightmares
• Chateau La Lagune’s Caroline Frey: A Tough Year In Bordeaux
• Burgundy sales hit new record
• Camilla demands new name for English sparkling wine

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

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Wine industry to benefit from weather project

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• HK’s Thirst for Burgundy Strong as Ever: Rumsam

LATIN AMERICA

• Wine Market Regulation in Argentina: Past and Future Impacts

SOUTH AFRICA

• Wines of South Africa have come a long way

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine For Dummies [Sponsored Link]
• 1001 Wines You Must Taste Before You Die [Sponsored Link]

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