NEWS FETCH – September 10, 2013

TOP NEWS

• SJ Valley Growers To Rip Out Vineyards As Grape Prices Plummet
• Wine: GR8!!! Says GR8 Not So Great, Files ® Lawsuit
• Latino Winemakers Rise in California
• San Joaquin County supervisors to clamp down on wineries
• High wine prices? Pogo figured it out long ago

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Harvest in the Santa Cruz Mountains
• Staring down Calif’s Harvest Tsunami
• Early Santa Barbara grape harvest

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

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Pension fund plans Napa wine warehouses
• Solano County Wine Grapes Thriving
• Former Peter Mondavi Home Now Napa Valley Showhouse
• Interview with David Duncan, CEO of Silver Oak Cellars

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Beam: Relying on Expansion and Innovation
• Why Crimson Wine Group Could Be Worth $20

FINANCE, M&A

• Time Inc may buy Food & Wine, Other Am Express pubs

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Napa Valley Wine Futures
• Wine Buyers Pay Record Prices at South Africa’s Biggest Auction
• Burgundy’s auction success continues
• 1855: the 12 new labours of Hercules
• San Diego Wine Storage Picks Up Your Wine for Free

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

HEALTH

• March Of Dimes Slams Drinking/Pregnancy “No Harm” Study
• Study Says Alcohol Might Make You Socially Awkward
• More Federal Funding For NorCal Anti-Alcohol Group
• Wine : The Depression-Fighting Depressant

LEGAL MATTERS

• Trademarks: Creating, Protecting & Building Equity in Your Wine Brand

MARKETING & SALES

• The Hospitality Side of Wine Service
• Other people’s fantasies
• The Vintage Point, Episode 1: Tasting Room Experience

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What wines are worth aging?
• Ceilings for wine quality in Bordeaux
• Are champagne flutes going out of fashion?
• Extreme Sonoma
• The Grape Heaven of Horse Heaven Hills
• Extreme Wine Oregon: Big & Small, Old & New, North & South

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

MEDIA & BOOKS

• Why we don’t need more TV programmes about wine
• Loam Baby does Napa, to the sound of California Über Alles

WINE EDUCATION

• Turkey’s first Master of Wine welcomes ‘big life change’

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• GA: Chateau Elan gets big renovation, focuses on winery, vineyard
• OR: Bug Raising A Stink
• WA: Bob Bertheau of Chateau Ste Michelle
• UT: Liquor sales continue to climb

ACADEMIA

• New institute at UC Davis to focus on food, beverage culture

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• PepsiCo seeks US patent to encapsulate beverage aromas within packaging

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• OR: Sustainability certification program grows
• Experts downplay almond stress as cause of bee die-offs
• Bordeaux embraces greener viticulture
• Cloud Seeding Drifts From Beijing To Burgundy

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Interview: Stéphane Baschiera, Pres, CEO, Moët & Chandon
• UK Chef goes loco over his racist wine merchant

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Top wines in the Asian media

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 12 Reasons Why Wine Is Better Than Men
• Looted Wine Pitcher Heads Back To Afghanistan

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

OLIVE OIL

• Research Institute in Chania Emerges as Greek Olive Sector Leader

OVER THE TOP, SELF-CONGRATULATORY, MISLEADING PR BULL***T

• Seven Daughters Wines Brings A Splash Of Color To Women Nationwide With “Savvy Seven” Blog Panel

Really? “Leading” the craze? Leading? And the data to support that “leading” position is found where?

CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP

• Pig steals beer, starts fight with a cow

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HARVEST 2013 VIDEO

Soon-to-be 2013 Mathis Grenache. Click Image To View