NEWS FETCH – September 12, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Chile’s big guns enter sparkling market
• Accolade Major Investment To Revitalize Geyser Peak
• Calif Legislature passes fracking bill
• OZ: Wine lovers told to take sides as partners fall out
• Special Report: Wine Packaging

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• I Hate California Wine Country Video Mocks Vineyards
• Hill Family Estate not affiliated with Hill Wine Co.
• San Joaquin County passes moratorium on winery parties
• Napa Valley Red Obsession screening with vintner Q&A panel Sept 13
• St. Helena council says small winery rules need more work
• Changes at Tudal Family Winery

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HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY – Scroll to bottom for video.

• WA: The Warm 2013 Growing Season – Harvest Report
• OR: Rain then heat set up wine grape harvest
• Napa heat jump-starts red harvest
• Oregon wine grape harvest rush begins next week
• Harvesting ‘pure’ Lodi Zin
• Colio Estate 1st to Harvest Pinot in the Lake Erie N Shore
• Santa Barbara Winemakers expect a bumper crop
• NZ: Grapegrowers clamour for new vines
• Grapesort system automatically obsesses over wine grapes

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo To Start Selling Spanish Wine in US Market
• Concha Y Tora Claims Chile is fastest changing wine producing country
• Lanson-BCC suffers Champagne sales dip in fiscal first-half

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fakes: #1 problem for well-known domains
• Mouton ’04 Selling for $4,550 Is Near Highest Since June
• Cult Wines Says 2010 Bordeaux Vintage Undervalued
• Exclusive wine school outbids all competitors for rare wine
• Christie’s Selling Lebanese Wine, $1,790 Per Bottle

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

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Putting the Wine Consumer In Charge

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine Doesn’t Sell Wine, Stories Sell Wine
• When wine is actually worth its price
• World’s first HOT sparkling drink

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Eases Restrictions on Commercial Page Promo
• 12 signs that you’re addicted to social media

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Chile can compete with best wines from France
• Will the Natural Wine Movement Listen to an Authentic Authority?
• Variation in bitter receptor mRNA expression affects taste perception

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

LEGAL MATTERS

• Wine Trade Groups Want .Wine, .Vin Domains Crushed
• TTB to Review Policy on “Gluten-Free”
• Wine Wars over ‘Lafite’

ACADEMIA

• Northwest Winemaking Schools in Flux
• Sonoma State Offers CANVAS Scholarship for Tasting Room Management Certificate
• KY: WKU students drink wine for class

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Wine’s carbon footprint is settling down in Argentina
• Tetra Pak one step closer to 2020 40% recycling target

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Grapevine propagation material quality formally recognised in new Aussie national standard
• Scientists Discover Plants’ Tannin Factory

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

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Coyote Canyon Winery hires new winemaker

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Wine part of Maori business portfolio

CHINA

• China: Summergate co-founder O’Toole exits company
• In Theaters: China’s Lust for Bordeaux, Red Obsession

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa Wine Industry Labor Costs a Growing Risk, PwC Says
• Care for a Glass of Mandela’s Wine?
• Brief thoughts on South Africa

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine Is Tasty, Fun, And Might Even Get You A Girlfriend

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

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“A care-free mesquite aftertaste and nihilistic gingerbread undertones are mixed in the 1993 Pinot Noir from Toad Brook Winery.”

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