NEWS FETCH – July 23, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Portuguese Wines Rise In U.S. As Domestic Market Struggles
• Single Parker Point Worth $1,329/Case To Montrose
• Napa County Sues Public Nuisance Vineyard
• Lifestyle Winery Buyers Rebounding?
• Another Major Study Endorses French Paradox

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Champagne Cuts 2013 Harvest as Sales Fall
• NZ’s big harvest likely to reverse recent declines in wine exports
• NZ: Grapes galore
• More-challenging season tempers North Coast Tonnage outlook
• OZ: Glass half full for wineries
• As veraison begins, Washington wine grapes start to show true colors

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Audit reveals 7 wineries exceeding visit/marketing limits
• City Council to weigh how to handle future BottleRocks
• Sonoma Sustainable Winegrowing Field Day, Aug. 8
• William Cole Vineyards, county settle lawsuit
• Santa Barbara Wineries seat new board
• Acampo winery appeals county denial
• Express Wine Delivery triples size in Windsor move
• New winemaker at Winesecrets

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo To Boost $358M Deal In Baiju Maker

FINANCE, M&A

• Innovative Investments Drive UK Drinks Firms

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Margaux ’96 Bordeaux Hits 6-Month Low

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Government regulation US, UK, Canada
• Liquor Privatization Saves Lives?

LEGAL MATTERS

• Follow-Up: Gallo Drops the Bomb, Sues Grenade Energy Drink
• Legally Challenged entrepreneur not discouraged by adversity

PACKAGING

• Free Flow’s kegs tap wine-by-glass thirst
• FLASQ Wines Now Available at Cost Plus World Market
• Paper wine bottles
• Self-Serve Wine Is Hot in Cleveland
• New adhesive for condensation-coated wine bottles

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Vin65 adds iPhone to its POS suite
• How Pinterest could perform better on mobile
• Movea makes strides with indoor mobile navigation
• A global perspective is now a requirement for Internet businesses
• How to be more efficient and manage your Facebook fan page

MEDIA MATTERS

• PharmHackers Nail The Blend
• Beyond blogging: Teaching real journalism to younger wine writers
• Why PR is your best marketing weapon — and how to use it

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Calif vs. Ore – whose pinot deserves our envy?
• Thoughts on my Chardonnay Symposium panel on clones
• Pinotopia
• Hanzell 50 Years Of Quality, Character and Reverence
• 26 Hours in El Dorado: Visiting La Clarine Farm, Skinner + Gros Ventre
• Class, quality, and terroir: Wine through the ages
• Hitting My Sweet Spot

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• ID: Wine grape growers concerned about cold’s impact
• KS: Grace Hill Winery invites volunteers to help with harvest
• NH: Wine and liquor sales hit an all-time high

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Drones and pesticide spraying a promising partnership
• Breakthrough could mean less pesticide use by California farmers

EUROPE & THE UK

• On the Wine Trails of Italy (with the Michelin Man)

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine industry gives helping hand to struggling farmers

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Top wines in the Asian media

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentine families spend US$352 a year on wine
• Brazil’s thirst for wine slows

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Saving the Wine World’s Unheralded Grapes
• Booze will NOT last indefinitely in an opened bottle
• Does Temperature Really Matter? Wine Serving Survival Guide
• How John Kongsgaard rewrote the rules of white wine
• Charles Smith – A Winemaking Rock Star