NEWS FETCH – August 19, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Roll Global Buys Vintage Nursery
• Could liquor stores go the way of bookstores?
• Sparkling wine to drive Aussie growth

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Grape harvest looms across the Pacific Northwest
• WA: Champoux Vineyard to start harvesting new wine grape variety Monday
• Life as a winemaker sure ain’t easy

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Paso vineyard owners ponder water response
• Space Still Available – Wine Industry Forum – This Friday in Santa Rosa
• Former member of Planning Commission dismayed by attack on Napa wine law
• Rocking K Vineyard: Carneros Jewel
• VinoPRO makes the 2013 Inc. 500

NZ EARTHQUAKE A CALIF WAKE-UP CALL?

• Wineries suffer further damage from latest quake
• Wine spills from tanks
• Earthquake-Affected Marlborough Region Gets Back To Work

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Paul Walsh appointed to USL board

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fat Grape raises online auction stakes
• Lafite-Rothschild ’04 Drops to Six-Month Low
• Château Oublié and the fall of the 1855 Classification
• Tim Atkin’s 10 Most Underrated Bordeaux Chateaux

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

HEALTH

• Wine and coffee won’t harm your unborn – book
• Drink Responsibly, But Don’t Admit That You Enjoy It
• Why This Writer Doesn’t Drink Anymore

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine clubs try drinking games to draw new members
• Where Restaurant Wine Prices Aren’t A Rip-off
  
• San Diego, B.A.T.F. Are Asleep At The Wheel—Just Like Vince Neil!

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 2013 Wine Software Survey Results
• Photograph a wine label and learn everything about it

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine Taste is a moving target
• The Five Day, $3 Wine Challenge
• The California style is better with our modern, rich foods
• Ohio State opens ambience-setting flavor-testing lab
• Putting Aussie Shiraz Back on the Map, In More Ways than One
• A new dawn for Petite Sirah
• Victor-Victoria
• Knowing Your Place

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

MEDIA MATTERS

• How to Fix Annoying Multi-Page Articles All Over the Web

OH CANADA!

• BC: Liquor store plan divides remote village

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Wine Cluster Conference Revived

EUROPE & THE UK

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

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: New legislation likely to increase Hunter Valley mining
• OZ; Verdelho king Tulloch slams detractors

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Bye bye Bordeaux? Ningxia is the ‘Napa Valley of China’

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The 5 Worst Questions to ask a Sommelier Video
• What The Real People Are Drinking
• Kyrgyzstan uncovers alcohol pipeline

• 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

“The 1990 Pinot Grigio from Scoliosis Winery merges weird crack-cocaine undertones with a tasty strawberry aroma.”