NEWS FETCH – July 19, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Foley buys Santa Barbara marketing, ecommerce company
• Private Equity Bets On Pot In Wash Wine Country
• UK Recession drinking trends will be long-term
• Wine fraudsters found guilty
• $ocial media bleedia?

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Malibu Coast Viticultural Area Proposed
• CDFA Secretary to Lead Trade Delegation to China & Vietnam

FINANCE, M&A

• Inventor hopes to fund Wine Wizard via Kickstarter

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Jayer Vies With DRC For Auctions’ “Most Expensive”
• Chateau Latour 2003 Bordeaux Rebounds

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

HEALTH

• OZ: Scientists toast health benefits of wine
• ‘Ladette’ culture to blame for rise in alcohol-related death in women?
• CU study illuminates mortality differences between nondrinkers and light drinkers
• Rise in alcohol deaths among young women in England and Scotland

MARKETING & SALES

• Rebrand low alcohol wine to appeals to younger drinkers
• New PET wine bottle sets packaging expert’s pulse racing

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• “I enjoy your columns; however … ” Answering the Hate Mail
• American Winery Guide: Watching its evolution

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sweet & Sour: How Dare You Use The “S” Word?!
• The Glimmer of a Life: Briefly, why I write about wine
• Glass Half Empty, or Glass Fulcrum?
• Does the terroir of Salta, Argentina have a unique taste?

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

OH CANADA!

• Convoy conveys message of BC wine barriers

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• TX: The good old days of Texas champagne
• WA: Wautoma Springs grapes take center stage with new winery

ACADEMIA

• Wine Scientists Meet in North Carolina

EUROPE & THE UK

• French cooperage industry buoyed by exports
• Felix Solis appoints former Bibendum director to set up UK subsidiary
• UK Supermarket wine buyers come under renewed fire
• France – making the most of wine tourism

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

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Group Sues to Block Hunter Valley Coal Mines

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Sauvignon Blanc Lost at Sea
• 2013 China National Sommelier Competition now open

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• How to make wine and influence people
• Wine: you don’t have to be rich
• The Grape Wizard of Bordeaux

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