NEWS FETCH – August 9, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Survey Finds Consumers Continuing Recessionary Buying habits
• Is The Master Sommelier Diploma Exam A Scam?
• Moss-Adams Wine Financial Benchmarking Survey Extended
• Wineries make economic economic use of oil field technology

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Champagne Yield Up 56% In Bumper Crop Year
• Hail hits southern Alsace vineyards
• Napa Valley Growers Expect Ideal Harvest
• Harvest looms across Pacific Northwest
• An early Oregon harvest? Not so fast
• Ontario Grape Prices Steady for 2013
• White grapes affected most by French storms
• Indiana vineyard owners expecting bumper crop

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California ABC Announces New License Authorizations
• Live Nation eyes taking over BottleRock
• California’s Zinfandel Hot Spots
• Hotel wage agreement could set Wine Country standard
• New Santa Barbara Winery Rules Progressing
• VinoCognoscenti Gather In Yountville to Drink Wine From Unopened Bottles

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation: plenty to toast
• Willamette Valley Vineyards Posts a Profit for Q2-2013
• Ex- Diageo boss cashes in £1m with more shares
• Skinnygirl cocktail sales growth slims down 23% for Beam Inc.

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How online ratings bias your judgment
• The Internet’s Attention Span for Video Is Quickly Shrinking
• The way of Chinese social media

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What is “nobility” in wine?
• Uruguay: Latin America’s Tasty Secret
• The Church of Aimee Semple McFeiring
• Minerality: Is it real?
• Can geology uncover terroir?
• G-d bless JancisRobinson et alia

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Barefoot Building Wine Giant
• Objectives, strategy, tactics and goals: A recipe for confusion

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

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• B.C.’s liquor laws to be reviewed

MARKETING & SALES

• DTC Wine Sales Checklist

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

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: No. 1 wine-friendly state
• SD: Wineries find growing taste

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Bless the bats of agriculture
• A Regulatory Perspective on Honeybees and Pesticides
• Good agriculture data — needle in a haystack

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• More jail time for ‘persistent’ Champagne thieves
• France predicts bumper champagne production this year

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A Private Tour of the House of Krug
• Hyperdecanting can make many red wines taste better in seconds
• Wine storage: the quest for the perfect temperature
• GMO Labeling Question Still Alive

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

RANDOM WINE REVIEWS OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“The 2008 Sauvignon Blanc from Champs de Dubois entangles light-footed squid elements with a cryptic crack-cocaine aftertaste.”

“The 1997 Sauvignon Blanc from Machiavelli Winery incorporates forgettable oyster elements with a near-demonic egg flavor.”