NEWS FETCH – September 9, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Calif’s Underground Water War
• Stealth Casino Fears In Santa Ynez AVA
• Restaurant Sales Off In August
• Wine’s Price/Quality Disconnect
• Vilsack Outlines Key Risks of Farm Bill Inaction
• Wine Safety: Should you be Concerned?
• Caymus owner approved for large Solano winery
• Trefethen sues Hill Wine for nonpayment

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Hail-struck Bordeaux winemakers to top up with bulk AOC wine
• Potentially Great Harvest in Temecula
• Australia: fewer wine grapes, still too many
• Lodi’s alternative wine grapes, headed towards photo finish
• WI: Mitchell Vineyard harvest begins with cool-climate grapes
• Harvest Reports: Useful or Useless?
• How to Analyze a Harvest Report

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

CALIFORNIA WATER

• CDFA & Water Commission To Hold Joint Meeting on Water Situation
• Design of Eastern Carneros pipeline under way

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo India posts 7% sales decline
• Diageo outlines a new set of priorities
• Pernod Ricard’s chief-in-waiting toasts a deal-filled decade
• Pernod Ricard targets on-trade

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Cars, coins and stamps trump art, wine and jewelry
• Collectors Swoop on DRC & Petrus
• Right Bank 100 posts 13th consecutive monthly gain
• Pavie 2008 Saint-Emilion Climbs to Record $2,500

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

HEALTH

• Red wine – what’s behind its healthy reputation?
• Are Young Women Who Drink More Likely to Develop Breast Cancer?

MARKETING & SALES

• Anything But Chardonnay: Australia’s Wine Industry Fights Back
• Apps for wine lovers find their social side
• Screw caps: Not at all the “perfect” enclosure
• How Consumer Perceptions Sulfites in Wine Influences Purchase Decisions

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

MEDIA & BOOKS

• Expert Wine Reviews May Be Inferior
• John Madden the wine critic?
• France over Argentina: My readers vs. wine sales

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Chardonnay and Botrytis
• The Wine Glass
• Fruit flies show that diet experience can alter taste preferences
• Terroirists very important to the future of wine and Argentina

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

OH CANADA!

• Alberta: Privatized liquor 20 years later

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• LA: Ag dept. forms task force to help Louisiana wine industry grow
• MD: Growing Grapes for Wine Program Grant Announced
• TX: Once more on the wine trail in Texas
• WA: Gov. Inslee to help break ground for WSU Wine Science Center

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Alpacas (not Llamas) – The Rock Stars of Biodynamic Farming
• Researcher: Pomace full of promise

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Wine terrorism: meet the CRAV
• UK Sales boost for Cape and Spain
• Exploring Swiss Wine Country

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

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: ‘Fabrication’ says Cloudy Bay after Moa Brewery accuses it of dirty tactics

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A perfect day in Napa Valley
• Little Tony of Italy, Bressan of Friuli and the chasm of cultural chauvinism
• Q&A: Gina Gallo of E&J Gallo
• Inside the head of Christophe Baron
• Q&A: Ghislain de Montgolfier, Bollinger

OLIVE OIL

• First ‘Oro Chile’ to Recognize Latin American Olive Oil Excellence
• Slowdown in North American Olive Oil Imports