NEWS FETCH – August 8, 2013

TOP NEWS

• French Warn Of Money Laundering Through Chateaux Purchases
• Wal-Mart Stacking Beer in Aisles to Double Sales
• China Says EU Wine/Solar Probe Continues
• Message to China: California isn’t just Napa Valley
• The Best & Worst States For Wine Lovers
• Bulk wine goes on auction
• Forecasting Wine’s Future
• Wine : It’s farming, in new and old ways

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Winegrape value up in El Dorado County
• Brown’s Tunnels may sink Delta recreational boating
• Napa growers expect early harvest
• Lynn Krausman Joins Pellegrini at Olivet Lane

FINANCE, M&A

• Blends wine group adds third Tuscan wine estate to portfolio
• TPG Capital Gets Extension
• Duckhorn Buys Rack And Riddle Real Estate

INVESTING, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Where next for the Lafite premium?
• The wine that Bordeauxs on the ridiculous
• Elite and Loving It in Monaco’s Secret Wine Cellar
• UK’s first wine-only auction site to launch in September
• Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. CEO talks new growth areas

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Pancho Campo given regular radio slot
• World’s Drunkest Job: Wine Blogger
• 7 Seconds to a Better Press Release
• Top 10 wines in the US press

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Wal-Mart considers bid for Li Ka-shing’s supermarket biz
• SAB Miller passes ‘Go’ again in Mexico monopoly battle

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Clean Wine — Low Sulfite, Low Histamine, Low Tannin
• Parker looks beyond Tuscany & Italy stands at a precipice
• From Antifreeze To Zoo: An MW’s Alphabet Of Wine Faults
• The rise of the beer connoisseur

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• The 6 Key Rights Wine Consumers Demand

MARKETING & SALES

• Looking For Discounted Wines In All The Wrong Places
• ‘Sieg Heil’ Hitler wine label sparks new Nazi row in Italy
• Weaker Aussie dollar driving wine prices down in US

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

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Aussie Winery fined $68,000 for workplace safety breaches
• Veterans to benefit from International Agri-Center, AgCareers.com partnership
• Why you didn’t get the job: Employers tell what works – and doesn’t

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

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Northwest Prepares for New Wine Districts
• OR: 80 years after prohibition, liquor and wine help spur economy
• OR: Ag Products Show Signs Of Renewed Growth
• TX: AgriLife Extension Service buys wine and fruit research facility

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Phenolic Glycosides: Novel Markers for Identifying Smoke Taint in Grapes and Wine?

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

EUROPE & THE UK

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Aussie Weiner Weeny
• Cotton-Candy Wine: TV Interview
• Designer Grape: Cotton Candy

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

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“A uplifting leather aftertaste and insipid chocolate flavors are incorporated in the 2002 White Zinfandel from Fiat Bros Vineyards.”