NEWS FETCH – August 27, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Foley NZ wine firm plans full stock listing
• California Labor Union Bill Clears Hurdle
• Do Zombie Wineries Exist?
• SF Tech shakes Up wine-buying
• Invisible Vineyards & the Division of Labor Theory
• Hong Kong Wine Sales Sour On Corruption Probes

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Acidizing could rival fracking in Monterey Shale
• Bill Foley buys stake in wine distribution company
• Duarte Nursery Offers 30 Million Vines for 2014 Production
• SSU Prof Liz Thach Gets Fulbright Award to Teach in Argentina

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Over Stepping Their Authority: New York vs Wine Retailers
• Winery Direct Shipping Coming Soon to Montana
• Liquor privatization: Did Albertans get what was promised?

FINANCE, M&A

• Where is wine venture capital flowing?
• Sotheby’s Auction House Becomes Target of Loeb’s Third Point

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Lafite ’08 Selling at $9,000 Lags Liv-Ex Fine Wine 50 This Year
• Penfolds collection in online sale
• Grange auction expected to net A$100,000

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

HEALTH

• Red wine protects against lung cancer
• CDC: Moms, older women binge drinking on the rise

MARKETING & SALES

• Diageo: Marketing to the high-end consumer
• Aussie winemakers reduce alcohol content to appeal to Brits
• Sweet Blends Propel Indiana’s Oliver Winery To 340,000 Cases
• Beverage Trade Network Launches Custom Sourcing For Wine Buyers
• Terlato Launches Artisan Spirits Unit

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

IMPACT NAPA VALLEY

• Tony Correia: More M&A deals amid looming grape, vine shortage
• Richard Mendelson: Multidimensional look needed on guarding Napa Valley ag
• Peter Mondavi Jr.: ‘We cherish this valley and want to maintain it’
• Bill Harlan: ‘First and foremost Napa Valley is an agricultural community’
• Bruce Phillips: Napa Valley grape sourcing is a ‘significant concern’

LEGAL MATTERS

• National Conference for Wine, Beer & Spirits Law, San Diego, Sept.

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Berger: Worldly wines not so different’
• Building Your Wine Tasting Memory

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

BAD TASTE, BAD JUDGMENT

• Wine, morality and a racist slob
• Should We Care What Winemakers Say?
• From Italy, a Vintage Redolent of Horrors
• What We Learned From The Fulvio Bressan Debacle
• Winery says Hitler-themed bottles aren’t propaganda, ‘it’s history

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• SLO Water Politics vs. The Geopolitics of Food and Water
• California water wars: Big fish eat little fish

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Wine Bottle with Permanent Contact Between the Wine and the Cork
• Sticking power of plant polyphenols used in new coatings

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Archea Architects’ Headquarters for Antinori Winemakers

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

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Govt rules out wine in SA supermarkets

LATIN AMERICA

• How will the US behave and what are the expectations for Argentina?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Up The Steep Hill
• The Art Of Wine Under the Microscope
• 10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About…Splooge Estate

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