NEWS FETCH – July 30, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Storms wreak havoc in Bordeaux, Champagne and Cognac
• Expensive Wine Buyers = Moral Monsters?
• Argentine Billionaire Expands Montalcino Holdings
• Study focuses on economic effect of immigration reform
• Do restaurants cater to locapours? (.pdf)
• Australian Vintage ‘nails’ low-alc wine with new technology
• Burgundy Hail Damage May Cut Vintage by 4 Million Bottles

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wayne Hogue, Founder of Napa’s Terraces Winery, Dies
• Paso Vineyard owners, others rally to establish California Water District
• Re-inventing a Central Coast wine grape vineyard
• “Massive” loss of endangered winter run salmon cited
• SLO Supervisors survey options for saving Paso Robles groundwater basin
• Protesters demonstrate against Paul Hobbs’ winery

FINANCE, M&A

• ML Capital Group Adds Instinct Wines To Client Roster

MARKETING & SALES

• Marketing Misunderstood (and Misunderappreciated) Wines
• Wine Market Council Initiates U.S. Wine Club Study
• How the storytelling can add value to wines
• New German wine range targets Indian restaurants
• Wine In A Handbag

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine Criticism: More Than A Matter of Taste
• Heimoff’s News you can use
• Why Are We Drinking Young Vintage Ports Now?
• Six Steps for Starting a Wine Tasting Group
• Fetal ‘programming’ of sweet taste’s elicited pleasure

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

HEALTH

• Lifestyle Factors Or Alcohol Key in French Paradox?
• Australian Wine Research Institute Outlines Health Benefits of Moderate Drinking
• All CSUs to use alcohol poisoning awareness campaign created in memory of Cal Poly student

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• How to Deal with License Transfer Issues in the Sale of a Winery
• Harvest 2013 is Here! Is Your Compliance Ready?

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Video Job Interviews Bad For Both Interviewer & Applicant
• Wine labor to be focus of Impact Napa conference

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Rémy appoints new CFO

COLLECTING, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Lynch-Bages 2000 Reaches 12-Week Liv-Ex High

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

OH CANADA!

• Who wants to limit Canadian wine choice?

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• ND: Ag commissioner picks 6 people for new wine board
• TN: High rain totals threaten East Tennessee wine production

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Aussie Research project aims to prepare grape growers for climate change
• Vine family trees (by Jancis Robinson)
• Yeast autolysis: The process and benefits for sparkling wines
• Nevada Grain, Fruits, Potatoes Face Stink Bug Invasion
• Keeping Sheep in Vineyards After Bud Break

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• EU Pact on Chinese Solar Panels Marks Beijing-to-Berlin Win
• Prosecco: The Art of Sparkling Wine, Practiced by Three Different Families

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s Communist Party warns cadres: No wine at lunch
• China deal for Amisfield

LATIN AMERICA

• What’s Next for Argentine Wine?

SOUTH AFRICA

• Asian Wine Judge, Sherwin Lao, Visits South Africa

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Cheap, lovely wine? A rare find
• From bark to bottle: cork’s journey
• Why We Love to Read About What Writers Drank
• Vigna 1350, the Highest Vineyard in Europe

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