NEWS FETCH – July 16, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wines chief defends $160m write-off
• Concha y Toro Breathes New Life Into Fetzer
• U.S. Beats Imports in Table Wine Growth
• Globalization and China’s Continuing Rise
• Wineries should tap US super-premium cider craze: Rabobank

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Olive oil’s McEvoy Ranch dips into pinot
• Duckhorn: Most Popular Among Thieves
• Napa tourism district income up 18%
• Concannon Hosts Petite Sirah Symposium
• Friant water users may get more water than expected
• Court sidesteps irony, upholds Calif’s greenhouse gas law

TREASURY TAKES A BEATING FROM PRESS, ANALYSTS

• ‘You can’t get the US wine business right. Sell it!’ Analyst tells Treasury CEO
• Treasury, Destroyer Of Wines
• US wine inventory stains Treasury
• Treasury Wine mystery doesn’t hold water

MARKETING & SALES

• Fetzer swamps stadia with single serve
• Banner Advertising Woes

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Anything But Chardonnay Crowd
• Matt Kramer on Bull, and Other Literary Endeavors
• PetaPixel posts about online critics
• Paso Sticks Finger in the Eye of Insipid Wine

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Harvest machine reduces reliance on labor
• Lateral-Flow Devices for Determining Botrytis Cinerea Levels in Wine

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Lynch-Bages ’08 Rallies

HEALTH

• Beer brings heart health cheer

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Wine Consumer Power

OH CANADA!

• BC Wine Institute adds 2 new members

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MI: Farmers’ Markets, A New Frontier for Small Wineries

EUROPE & THE UK

• Italy June Average Wine Prices: Summary

OLIVE OIL

• Crisis Inspires New Packaging for Greek Olive Oil