NEWS FETCH – September 6, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Sen. Feinstein: Stop ICE  farm audits
• Chile – Wine Production Doubles
• Calif 2012 Ag Tops $44 Bil, Grapes No. 2, Up 15%
• Amazon China To Sell Calif Wine
• R&D Tax Break To Make Wine?
• Will China Be A Wine Superpower?

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• SLO Wine Grape Harvest Looking Good So Far
• Beaujolais – small is beautiful
• Rhone valley – Harvesting due to start 2 to 3 weeks later than last year
• NY: Harvest Has Begun on Long Island
• MO: Winemakers pressing away despite late harvest
• NJ: Harvest volunteers taste the fruits of their labor

NEW! – Scroll down to the bottom for a recent 2013 harvest video.

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Chappellet leaves family business
• Point, Paul Mabray: The Missed Opportunities within the Wine Industry
• Counterpoint, Steve Heimoff: The solution to Napa Valley traffic? Not social media!
• Union workers petition for BottleRock arbitration

• Your harvest can benefit by running 170 fully-automated analyses per hour. [Sponsored Link]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury Wine Estates Given “Buy” Rating By B of A
• Beam to ‘make history’ with first global marketing campaign
• Drinks Americas Signs With Southwest Wine and Spirits NM

FINANCE, M&A

• Gusbourne plans expansion and export drive after £7m takeover
• Pichet Group acquires Chateau Haut Nouchet for €11m

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Super Tuscan Prices Surge Following Galloni Endorsement
• Champagne is the new Bordeaux
• A Sparkling Market for Vintage Champagne
• Lafite ’09 Falls to Eight-Month Low
• Aristocratic cellar comes up for sale

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

HEALTH

• Sommelier Slams “Fierce” Anti- Wine Campaigns

MARKETING & SALES

• NZ Sauvignon losing ground to Chile
• Brand Building in the Wine Business, It Ain’t Easy
• British Columbia Wines Stall in Home Market
• China’s new consumers
• Would You Buy A Wine Made By A Racist?
• 3 Tips to Achieve Big Goals on a Shoestring Budget

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Two New Strategies For Vinitaly In China:
• Call for trade to show support for wines from Lebanon

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• eRobertParker.com subscribers free app
• Bordeaux chateaux open gates to Google Streetview

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Social media manners matter, job recruiters say
• American dream starts in vineyard

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Châteauneuf That Proves Bigger Is Not So Bad
• The UC Davis wine price challenge
• The New Minerality: An Evolution in California Wine
• The 7 silliest wine tastings ever screened

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

WINE EDUCATION

• Eight new Masters of Wine announced

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Force Majeure names new winemakers

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Biodegradable packaging & healthy food from wine waste
• Kinetics of Oxygen Ingress into Wine Bottles Closed with Cork Stoppers

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Top European Producers Back New Wine Industry Charity
• Bumper crop of new MWs includes first-ever From Turkey
  
• Surprise fall in UK on-trade summer sales
• Bordeaux – Hail damage estimated to be in excess of 156 million euros

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Weird & Wonderful China Wine Labels

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Arrogant Frogs?
• Wine Harvest in Greece Through The Eons
• An introvert’s guide to Italian wine
• Somm In Your Pants™!

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

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HARVEST 2013 VIDEO

2013 Harvest At Chalk Hill Estate. Click Image To View

Email me links to your 2013 harvest videos: lperdue@ideaworx.com. I’ll include as many as I can.

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