NEWS FETCH – September 20, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Calif Ag Land Prices, Rents Set Records
• Steele Loses Scarlet Letter Trademark Try.
• Diageo draws up Scotland secession plans
• Languedoc import surge continues In US
• Embezzlement Jars Domaines François Lurton

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Italy’s Wine Output to Rise 8.4% as Piedmont and Sicily Recover
• Abundant NCoast harvest has wineries full to the brim
• Napa: Pace continues in perfect season
• North Coast: O Chardonnay Where Art Thou?
• Beaujolais – Good prospects for a quality vintage
• Shortage of workers hampers SLO County’s crop harvest

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Yields Increase but California Loses Market Share
• Dario Sattui Built a Castle For His Winery
• Terlato Wines Retains Michel Rolland at Rutherford Hill
• Expat Winemakers in California: Ernst Storm and Guillaume Fabre
• Ferrari-Carano: ballin’ bling-bling

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Century-Long Study Shows Wine Topped By Equities
• Fine wine funds growing again after weak vintages
• Chateau Angelus 2008 Falls to Four-Month Low
• Liv-Ex: Spotlight on Opus One

MARKETING & SALES

• 5 Holiday Preparation Tips For Your Website
• Are you thinking of importing wine?
• Taking the Tasting Room Out of Wine Country—SMART!
• Right word, right place

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• New Online Tool Helps Virginia Winemakers Pair the Right Grapes with Their Land
• Hackers Offer Wine, Cash to Crack iPhone 5s Touch ID

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Did any wine writer actually read the PNAS TCA article?
• Zapping wine in a microwave actually improves it, researcher says
• Italy/France – Organic wine growing defies the recession
• Emphasis on winemaker too strong in Oz

WINE EDUCATION

• New Crus Bourgeois selection published
• Cru Bourgeois vice-president’s wines excluded from 2011 selection

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: Senator Hosts New York Wineries in Washington

EUROPE & THE UK

• In France, Wine Without the Work

CHINA

• Xiamen imports 2.68mln liters of wine in August, a new record high

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A Winery Survives in Lebanon
• The Next Winemaker Dinner at Restaurant Gougé
• This is not about The French Laundry