NEWS FETCH – July 29, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Forget US troubles: Analysts bullish about Treasury Wine’s prospects
• Is Income Inequality Good or Bad for the Wine Industry?
• China agrees to talks on French wine dispute
• Latour’s purchase of Eisele came out of the blue
• How Globalization Has Changed Value Chains: South African Wines
• Groups Stand For ‘Market-Based’ Farm Bill Reforms
• Top 100 Most Influential U.S. Winemakers
• Lafite’s weeping willows

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Winemaker Mike Sinor buys Bassi Vineyard in Avila Valley
• 2013 shaping up to be ‘excellent’ year for wines
• Thompson bill would create new conservation area in Napa County
• Napa Valley Vintners Appoints AsiaMedia for China Representation

MARKETING & SALES

• Blass Says Lower alcohol wines a response to Aussie success
• The Missing Links Of Wine Availability
• Whole Foods Should Remove Non-Texas Wine From Texas Wine Display
• NY: Promoting wine tourism in the Finger Lakes region

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• ‘Share’ this photo if you want a lawsuit
• Tesco to take visual recognition technology to wine

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Brown-Forman Shareholders Toast Record Year

HEALTH

• Boston Univ Mandates Online Alcohol Course for Students

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• PA: Token reform
• IN: Grocery Store Cold Beer Sales Decision Possible In 2014

MEDIA MATTERS

• Cabernet, and the changing nature of wine journalism
• When communications go bad

MATTERS OF TASTE

• High-tech corkscrew takes wine from uncorked bottle
• Parker rejects the concept of “Parkerized wines”
• Jacob’s Creek launches provenance campaign
• The Stout MS Report – And Then There Was One
• “Minerality”: Drilling Down on Wine’s Buzzword
• Begging a Natural Question
• Kelly Fleming Vineyards + Simmons Canyon, Calistoga
• inside the head of… Anna Schafer of Amaurice Cellars

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

OH CANADA!

• A bear walks into a bar in Canada…
• Open borders for wine urged

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• VIDEO: Avoiding the traps of employee law violations
• Introvert Power

• From Bubbles to Boardrooms: Act 1: Startups Are Such Fun By Michaela Rodeno [Sponsored Link]

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Bees Exposed to Fungicide More Vulnerable to Gut Parasite
• Improving Wine Quality Through Sanitation

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Scottish minimum pricing plans opposed by 11 countries
• Tesco secures exclusive listing of Jamie’s Italian wines
• Philippe Dourthe, former owner of Chateau Maucaillou, dies

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Free-Flowing Champagne? No Thanks, Say Chinese Consumers
• Grace Vineyard releases People’s Series

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Do You Know the Location of the First Successful Winery in the US?
• Do’s and Don’ts of Talking About Wine to a Non-Wine Crowd
• Italian Restaurants in America with Great Italian Wine Lists
• Cork Sniffing? Ritual behaviours enhance food and drink

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

OLIVE OIL

• Greek Police Make Arrests in Olive Oil Fraud Ring
• Battle Over Provision Highlights Olive Oil Industry Division
• 5 Tips and Truths About California Extra Virgin Olive Oil