NEWS FETCH – August 26, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Viansa Sold To Vintage Wine Estates
• NY Alcohol Authorities Ban Wine Library
• NY Liquor Authority to Wine Library: “immediately cease and desist”
• Is China really ready for Napa’s higher-end wines?
• California wine enjoys a long boom

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• NASS Revises 2012 Grape Crush
• NZ Wine Exports Driven by U.S., Asia

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa is the most valuable wine name outside Europe
• Fracking rules proposed for public lands
• Paso winemakers launch Cellar Mates for boutique wineries
• Map shows San Luis Obispo County is in ‘extreme drought’
• Drillers chase falling water in North SLO County groundwater crisis
• Bo Barrett “Stoked” By Recognition Of Chateau Montelena

MARKETING & SALES

• Are You Adjusting Your Marketing To Boomers?
• Winery Website Design for Millennial Wine Drinkers
• Steelhead Vineyards introduces new single-serve packaging for wines

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

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• UT: Some lawmakers proud of screwing wine consumers

FINANCE, M&A

• Buying and selling a winery in France Is A Hassle

MEDIA MATTERS

• All About the Benjamins: When Bloggers Moved to Sponsored Posts
• The Abused, Misused Apostrophe

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Winemakers reviewing wine: is it a such a good idea?
• The Five Day, $3 Wine Challenge: The results
• And What Is So Rare As A Red Alsace?

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

DOWN UNDER

• NZ Delegat Reports Profit

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• 150 wines, 14 countries: Torres China’s Taste of Nations

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Making Wine in Wartime Syria

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• You Can’t Go Home Again
• Discovering a Case of Our Own History