NEWS FETCH – September 24, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Should Treasury Abandon The US?
• Bronco, Vino Farms Top Calif Grape Growers
• Calif Vintners Bullish On Biz
• Winemaker Peter Kruse Passes Away
• TTB Proposes 11 New AVAs within Paso Robles
• Spanish Wines On Rise In US
• Mandated Employer Obamacare Deadline Oct 1
• EPA crafts new Clean Water Act rule

QUO VADIS, TREASURY?

• Doubts over US as TWE dumps chief
• Different futures for Treasury wine groups
• Sacking fogs vision of Treasury wine group

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sustainable Paso Water solution
• Pesticide regulation in Calif flawed says UCLA report
• Fort Ross-Seaview Winegrowers To Hold First Festival As An AVA
• Five new inductees in San Joaquin ag hall of fame
• Stink Bugs Established In Calif’s Capital (Not Just In Legislature)
• California table grapes still on record pace

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

• Columbia Basin wine makers expect near-record, flavorful crop
• Wineries: Avoid cross outs on your weigh tags!

FINANCE, M&A

• Chateau Listran Sold to Chinese, Renamed
• Lurton financier facing embezzlement charges

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Four Auction Houses, Four Days, $16 Million
• Liv-Ex: St. Emilion, one year after re-classification
• Older vintages ripe for investment, says fund director
• Coins and stamps now more profitable than art and wine
• Pichon Lalande ’09 Pauillac Hits 15-Month High

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Shades Of Grey Moves in On Wine
• Killer Thriller, Killer Wine: Sonoma Author’s Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend
• Blind Book Review–Jon Bonné’s “The New California Wine”
• Seventh edition of the World Atlas of Wine to be released

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The 104-Point Second Wine
• Will the 100 point Wine Scoring System Survive?
• Cal Winemakers Using Formulas To Achieve Certain Scores?
• How Distractions Influence the Amount of Wine Poured
• Are you a Pro Whole Cluster Fermentation?
• Australian dry Riesling
• Corks, Screwcaps and Wine Culture

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

MARKETING & SALES

• Wines on tap here to stay
• More wineries adding beer to keep all customers happy

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• North Coast Wine Industry Expo Expanding in 2013

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Social Media now just a part of Big Media
• Internet daters love the single-beverage bar

ORGANIC WINE

• Changes in organic review process meet resistance
• The Accidental Leader of the LI Fork’s Organic Pack

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MI: State wines getting some love
• VA: Virginia to hold wine summit

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Grapegrowers applaud Woolies decision to sign Code with them

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Israel’s Newest Wineries Are at Home

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• Man dials ‘911’ over wine emergency

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“A introverted Kool-Aid aroma and viscous oyster elements are mixed in the 2006 Pinot Noir from Nerf Vineyards.”

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