NEWS FETCH – August 20, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Jackson Family Wines buys Oregon winery
• Arkansas Winery Swept Away by Flood
• Southern to buy Phoenix Wine & Spirits
• The next US “big thing” in alcohol may be Chinese
• Are French Really Wineries Being Used for Money Laundering?
• Wolf Blass blasts small Aussie producers as ‘parasites’
• £300k of wine driven away in UK heist

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• North Bay Harvest Looking Average
• Roussillon Estate Gets French Harvest Rolling
• Italy: Vulture, Salento & Prosecco

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Custom winery to top off mobile bottler’s new Napa hub
• Gina Gallo to headline Women in Wine celebration
• Central Valley fruit packer hit with unfair labor complaint

• The Cleanest Grapevine Material In The World Should Get Special Treatment [Sponsored Email Link]

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• New Wine Direct Fulfillment Features
• Beer Store ‘cartel’ pushing up the price of suds in Ontario

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo’s CEO Ivan Menezes pay package
• Pernod Ricard adds Graffigna Malbec to portfolio

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine being pawned for cash in New York
• Bid for Wine launches spirit sales

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

MARKETING & SALES

• Flavor and the Decision Tree for Wine Purchases
• The economics of wine and lobster

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Can a Simple Google Update Create a Big Impact on PR?
• Oldsters use Pinterest and Instagram more than teens do
• Mobile payments in the US to reach USD58 billion by 2017

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 10 Steps to Navigate the Muddy Waters of the Affordable Care Act
• Wine industry needs to stay aware of health care law changes

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Australian wine is greater than the US wine press admits

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Would you drink GM wine?
• No such thing as wild yeast fermentation?
• Wine Press: Why A Good Bastardo Is Better Than A Bastardized Cabernet
• Pikes Clare Valley Riesling:

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

HEALTH

• Aussie scientists serve cyclists healthier ‘hydrating’ beer
• Binge drinking impairs endothelial function in young people
• Alcohol Preferences and Associated Negative Behaviors

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• TTB Updates Processing Times for Label Approvals

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Top wineries
• WA: Invisible Yakima

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Codorníu announces death of David Edwards

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

OLIVE OIL

• Mediterranean Diet May Interact with Genes and Prevent Stroke
• Fortifying Donkey Milk with Olive Oil, and Other Inventions

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“Skunk Valley Vineyards merges passionate boysenberry undertones and a unheard-of Cool Whip aftertaste in their 1992 Cabernet.”