NEWS FETCH – September 26, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Constellation Spending $20 Mil To Boost Calif Capacity
• Southern Loses in Missouri
• Treasury Debacle Proof That Screwing Consumers Won’t Work
• US Wine Battles Beer And Spirits For Throat Share
• Can Ag Do Better than Crop Insurance?
• French Wine Test Finds Pesticides in Each of 92 Bottles Analyzed

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY – Scroll to bottom for video: (Richard Arrowood).

• SJV Grape growers look for storm damage
• Wash winemakers enjoy cool reprieve from hot harvest
• Cooler temperatures come to Washington’s harvest
• UK: Camel Valley on track for record harvest
• NZ Indevin invests in major vine planting to meet upswing

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Vintner Panel Stands In For Ousted Treasury CEO At Finance Symposium
• First crush at Tim Mondavi’s new Continuum winery
• Santa Maria’s New Wine Island
• Lodi’s Mediterranean identity reflected by huge diversity of grapes
• Californians divided on water policy
• Most Californians want fracking regulated

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DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Sale of beer, wine in grocery stores not a radical idea
• TN: Speaker Ramsey predicts supermarket wine will pass

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Montrose ’10 Drops to Lowest Level This Year
• Pavie and Angélus buoyed by upgrade

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

MARKETING & SALES

• An Italian Sommelier’s Diary: The Nightmare Table
• Wine Shop Staff More Influential Than Robert Parker
• Commentary: Selling Wine To Hispanics

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWine China to be Mainland’s biggest

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• NASCAR Good Ole Boys More Hip To Social Media Than Wine Biz

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Film Somm: Boring and cold.

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Scoring wines: peer group or absolute?
• Electric Tongue Evaluates Washington Wines
• Quality Japanese wine? It’s no oxymoron

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Why GMO Wine Grapes Would Be Cool
• Fermentation key to premox battle
• Organic growers get host of farming tips
• Urban fish “masculinized” by chemicals

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

OH CANADA!

• Criveller Group expanding

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Oregon receives grants to boost specialty crops

EUROPE & THE UK

• Barolo’s Single-Vineyard Maestro: Bruno Giacosa
• Europe Sides With Moldova Over Russian Wine Ban

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

DOWN UNDER

• A wine and a prayer: NZ’s new boozy approach to religion

SOUTH AFRICA

• Klein Constantia’s Battle To Hold On To The Past

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Essence of Wine: Flaws
• Versatile mourvedre grape plays second fiddle in many blends

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

OLIVE OIL

• US Olive Oil Fraud Rampant, Trade Agency Finds
• New Way for Olive Oil to Light up Religious Rituals

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“The 1992 White Zinfandel from Bird Meadows Winery coalesces briny mushu pork overtones with a banal hazelnut bouquet.”

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