NEWS FETCH – September 17, 2013

TOP NEWS

• California farm land values soar
• Should unlicensed marketers profit from the sale of wine?
• US on way to become no.1 for NZ wine
• Turkish Harvest Soured By Islamist Government Moves Against Wine

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

• Big Thompson crop creating confusion
• Wine Grape Harvest Picks Up in Sonoma County
• Storm damages crops in Central Washington
• Warm forecast for Northwest wine grape harvest

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• How a bag of weed launched the biodynamic movement in California
• SLO wineries pop the cork on new ventures
• Napa Wine Warehouse A Major Uptick for Commercial Development
• Is the Delta Independent Science Board really independent?

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Q&A: Mark Bedingham, MgDir, Moët-Hennessy Asia Pacific

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• No Signs Of Slowdown At Wine Auctions
• Hong Kong auction nets HK$50 million, sets records
• Liv-ex: Number of active markets reaches record high
• Moët to auction two bottles of 1914
• Clos Fourtet ’09 Climbs to Record $3,080

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

HEALTH

• The J-shaped curve for the relation of alcohol consumption to mortality
• A Wine Glass To Moderate Your Drinking & Diet
  
• ‘Extreme’ binge drinking common among teens: study

MARKETING & SALES

• Retailers Fight Exile From Gmail In-Boxes
• Gmail filters: killing wine flash sales?
• Italian firm promises PET with the glamor of glass
• Days of cheap Kiwi wine are over
• Your Winery Photo is Beautiful and Boring
• Exploring the Mysterious Language of Wine Lists
• How to make the best use of video

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Savour 2013: Australia Wants Back in the Game
• ProWine China Sells Out in Advance of November Launch

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The Value of Values

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

MEDIA & BOOKS

• Noble Rot looks publishi with crowd sourcing
• What happens when media & big data collide?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Thoughts on retasting a wine after a producer complains
• In Search of Chinese Terroirs
• A hugely interesting scientific paper questions what we know about musty cork taint
• Corked wine suppresses sense of smell
• Hand Harvesting a 1904 Lodi Zin Vineyard
• Science “Wine Snobs”

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Construction Begins On Wine Science Center
• WA: Cascadia Winery closes

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• PureSense Launches New Web-Based Irrigation Manager Software Platform
• Early glyphosate-resistance detection soon?
• Honey bees to rent? Demand will only grow

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bordeaux wine veteran Philippe Cottin dies
• Maison Sichel unveils new £1.7m winery
• English wine producer bullish despite sales dip
• Q&A: Graham Shore, Domaine Vintur, Provence

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Top 10 wines in the Asian media

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Never Produce Your Best Bottle At A Party

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

OLIVE OIL

• USITC Report Shows Olive Oil Threatened in US

AMATEUR PR — BEFORE AND AFTER EDITS

Before: (Long, boring, self-congratulatory rot): ROTTA Winery, the Oldest Operating Family-Owned Winery in the Pasa Robles AVA, Welcomes Highly Acclaimed Winemaker Jeff Branco as Director of Operations

After: Rotta Winery Hires Winemaker Jeff Branco as Director of Operations

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“Gonzales Vineyards binds nefarious Home Run Pie undertones and a Croatian albuterol aroma in their 1993 Pinot Noir.”

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