NEWS FETCH – September 19, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Feinstein Battles Obama Over Wine Country Casinos
• Beer: The New Wine For Women
• Obamacare Employer Deadline Nears

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

• A Big Harvest—It’s Not All Good
• High quality, efficiency are mantras at Presqu’ile Winery
• Loire certainly going to be a late vintage
• Heat brings Napa Valley harvest forward
• Arizona winemakers celebrate late, but strong harvest
• Pests Bug Northwest Harvest
• French wine exports dip on small 2012 harvest
• Collio harvest update

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley Grapegrowers Wine + EXPO: Connecting Vineyard Practices to Wine Quality
• Rodney Clark Joins Maher Advisors
• Chef Michael Mina expands into wine

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

FINANCE, M&A

• Wine Ecommerce Platform BlackSquare Raises $1.2 Million
• Unlocking wine money in the EU
• American AgCredit acquires Petaluma insurance firm
• SAfrica’s Mulderbosch Refocuses After Acquisition, New Investment

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine investment firm Boltons goes under
• Chateau d’Yquem ’06 Sauternes Drops to Record Low $3,350

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Number of corked wines down, but TCA still a BIG problem
• Carbonation alters the mind’s perception of sweetness
• Do old vines make better wines?
• Tasting: Out of Sight
• Organic study killing off many perceptions

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

MARKETING & SALES

• Internet alcohol shoppers seek low prices, wide range
• Retailers and wine prices
• The beauty of, and problem with, the wine industry today
• The Future of Italian Wine in America
• Hispanic Consumers Crucial to Adult Beverage Industry

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Twitter posts inaccurately high metrics about its ads

MEDIA & BOOKS

• First growths wary of new Bordeaux film
• Top 10 wines in the US press

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Purdue wine grape series delves into issue of herbicide drift

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

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: iquor modernization efforts don’t go far enough
• OR: Impacts of privatizing liquor sales discussed during joint hearing
• PA: W-B zoning board approves winery

EUROPE & THE UK

• Former CEO of Mouton-Rothschild, Dies
• St. Julien’s Château Talbot Has Lifted Its Game
• Portman Group appoints new chairman

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

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: New ‘Trust Mark’ promotes Barossa’s best products and places
• OZ Wine: An “Integral Part” Of Australia’s National Identity

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Women drinkers key for Indian wine,
• Rules and exceptions in China: From *if* there are any good wines to *which* are the best
• On wine and lifestyle in China, Great Wall vs Changyu, & more

SOUTH AFRICA

• WOSA appoints new CEO

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“A fishy whitefish flavor and grimy Cap’n Crunch elements are mixed in the 1992 Cabernet Sauvignon from Chateau Pantalon Moulant.”

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