NEWS FETCH – August 15, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Chumash Want Houses On 1,400 Acres Of Santa Ynez Vineyard & Forest
• Crimson Wine Revenues Up 25%, Net Income Soars
• U.S. Wine Exports: Value Up, Volume Down
• Drought Continues To Stress West

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Beckstoffer challenges Napa County wine ordinance use
• When “A Pope Valley Winery” Isn’t Pope Valley Winery
• Heffernan Insurance named in N Bay ‘Best Places to Work’
• Calif table grape growers dismiss Aussie disease fears
• Don’t drink the water – you can’t afford it
• Valentino off the market says Piero Selvaggio
• SJV table grape harvest off to promising start
• Officials: North Coast water conservation must continue
• Grape Growers on What Family Enterprises Mean To Them

HEALTH

• Excessive drinking costs US $223bn a year
• Moderate alcohol linked with lower kidney disease risk
• NZ wine offers potent antioxidant elixir

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• SD: Pine Ridge Reservation Votes to End Alcohol Ban
• UK, EU Health ministers want to take the alcohol out of wine
• Stupid Laws From Stupid People
• FDA Issues Final Rule On “Gluten-Free” Claims

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• KY: Now Requires Out of State Shipper’s Licenses for Wine and Spirits

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Tough Turkish alcohol laws fail to ruffle Diageo’s feathers
• Chinese Stocks Retreat But Wine, Liquor Up
• Castle Brands Announces Q1 2014 Results

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Vin-X Says Low Rates Boosting Demand for Fine Wine
• Where to Buy a Vineyard
• Pontet-Canet 2005 Vintage Drops to 5-Month Low
• Napa Valley Vintners Warned To Open Their Eyes To Fraud

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MARKETING & SALES

• Barefoot Screaming Eagle sticker shock
• The Future of Allocations
• Same Wine, Different Label: Which One is Better?
• Educating the public on the true price of a bottle of wine
• Leading the way to create the “Bonarda” brand

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Vintank: DTC checklist & how Google Changes affect search rankings
• Is Drync really the “Shazam” of wine?
• Restaurant customers look beyond Facebook for social engagement
• Do mobile ads actually send people to physical stores?
• Sorry, affiliate marketing actually isn’t a (big ugly) scam
• Know your audience: 95% are freeloaders

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 8 Ways to Create a More Entrepreneurial Workforce

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• There Are No Wine Experts
• Fritz Westover: The Value of a Viticulturist
• Concentration & Complexity: Four Historic California Vineyards
• An inconvenient truth about Pinot Noir

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: When It Comes to state’s Wines, Gov Likes Them All
• NY: State Advertises Its Wine
• VA: Wine sales set new record, up 5% from last year

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• North Bay pilot program combats bee die-off
• Options to Control Powdery Mildew Evaluated
• Predicting Fruit Set in Australian Pinot Noir
• Spectator supports GMO grapevines made with human and insect DNA

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Strike threatens to disrupt restaurant wine deliveries in UK
• Struggling Europeans In No Mood For Champagne
• Austrian Amphora Attack
• Mother Nature just won’t give French vineyards a break

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

DOWN UNDER

• De Bortoli Wines: Lower Oz Dollar a Welcome Relief

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• ‘Just-add-water’ beer set for launch

• 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

“Bear Glen Vineyards combines you-know-you-want-it nacho essences and a brazen macademia nut flavor in their 2012 Red Zinfandel.”