NEWS FETCH – August 6, 2013

TOP NEWS

• China drops EU wine import tax
• 2013 US  Ag Real Estate Up Nearly 10%
• Chilean Winemakers Enliven Image With US Upmarket Move
• Tim Hamilton Russell, SAfrican Wine Pioneer, Dies

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Fearmongering In The Vineyard
• London latest in UK vine planting surge
• Cool temps delay harvest in Sonoma County
• Grape harvest begins near Temecula
• Second Bordeaux storm destroys 4,000ha

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• 30th Anniversary of the Russian River Valley AVA
• Delta farmer finds Fresno a tough house on water issue

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Revisited: Granholm v. Heald and the Wine Industry
• PA: PLCB revenues touch $2.17bn in FY2012-13
• PA: Liquor board reports record $128M in profits

PUBLIC COMPANIES, FINANCE, M&A

• Big Gains In Americas Propel Campari To Double-Digit Sales Growth
• Punch Drunk On Treasury Wine?
• Russian Standard acquires 94.1% stake in Gancia sparkling wine

INVESTING, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Italian Fine-Wine Performance Boosted By 2010 Sassicaia Release
• How to invest in wine and avoid the pitfalls of plonk
• In the market for a $2,000 bottle?

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

LEGAL MATTERS

• From Water to Wine (Trademark): Joel Gott Wines v. Rehoboth Von Gott

MARKETING & SALES

• Fifty Ways to Sell Your Misunderstood Wine
• ‘Tis the season of the bubblies
• The Beer or Wine Gender Bender
• What Wine Needs: Beyonce, Brad Pitt and Scorsese

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Zachys launches Hong Kong e-commerce platform
• 72% of Online Adults are Social Networking Site Users
• Australian MP mixes sexting with a nice glass of wine
• China’s 10 best selling wines online

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• In Praise of Tom Wark

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Bubbling under the surface: Californian sparklers
• Fort Ross-Seaview AVA Pinot Tasting: West of the West 2013
• A Journey to Gigondas’ Chateau de Saint Cosme
• French Wine Society offer 6 scholarships to IMW students

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

OH CANADA!

• Okanagan winery 10 years after Mountain Park fire

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• ID: Idaho wine region petitions for state’s second AVA
• MI: Wine Competition draws producers, wine experts
• MI: Michigan AVA Vs. Michigan AVA?
• MO: New winery growing roots in Ray Co.

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine packaging

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The Winemaker’s Bookshelf: Establishing a Digital Library (Part I)

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• French gov’t urged to help winemakers after hailstorm damage
• Wine imports to Russia by country
• Italy July Average Wine Prices: Summary
• Bordeaux storm far worse than thought

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

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Winegrowers fear China dairy backlash

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Top Ten Women of Wine in India 2013

LATIN AMERICA

• A Taste Of Mexico’s Wine Country

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Where to Taste ‘Wines of Danger’

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

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“Montecello Vineyards blends better-than-most oatmeal midtones and a nefarious tang aroma in their 1999 Pinot Grigio.”