NEWS FETCH – September 27, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine Is Shopping Beringer & Everybody Wants It (And Maybe All Of TWE As Well)
• US – Wine consumption continues to gain strength
• French Govt NeoDrys Mull Repressive Wine Regs
• Cal Vineyard Expansion May Be Stymied By Lack Of Water

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY – Scroll to bottom for video (Beaujolais)

• Showers slow down NW harvest
• Late hail devastates Spain’s Contino
• Bordeaux: teetering on the brink
• Bordeaux 2013 – pre-harvest report
• Hudson Valley Update

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma Valley Wine Group Lands $357K Federal Grant
• California’s specialty crop industry gets federal help
• More questions about the real cost of the governor’s water tunnels
• Peterson leaves Hope Family Wines for Solterra Strategies
• Water quality regulations costly to Central valley growers

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DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• TN: Wine in supermarkets could become reality
• TN: Key lawmaker in wine bill’s failure willing to reconsider

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation invests in Tetra Pak for Vendange

FINANCE, M&A

• SPI Group Owner Yury Shefler Looks To Expand The Company’s Global Wine Business
• Russia’s Largest Sparkling Wine Producer Acquires 70% of Italian Winery

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Christie’s sells $25 million in first China auction
• Sotheby’s to auction wines from Lacoste-Loubat Cellar

HEALTH

• Pregnant woman ‘humiliated’ by barman’s refusal to serve her glass of wine
• France – Damming report on pesticides doesn’t tell the whole story
• Study Raises Concerns Over Pesticide Residues in French Wines

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• France – Wine industry protests nex taxes, restrictions on ads

LEGAL MATTERS

• Bordeaux chateau changes name to bypass Chinese trademark squatters

MARKETING & SALES

• Direct Wine Sales Virtual Seminar Scheduled for Oct 17
• Airlines Give Wineries a Lift
• The future of wine could be in a can

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Lessons For Wineries: How Tech-Savvy Consumers Are Finding Extra Cash At Their Fingertips
• Vinzy Connects Good Wines and Consumers
• Twitter’s global mobile reach: 36% in U.S, 8% in Germany, 64% in Indonesia
• 3 Trends Driving Video Consumption

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• California’s Minimum Wage will Increase July 1, 2014

MEDIA MATTERS

• Loam Baby: The Most Brilliant New Wine Writing

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Influence and Value of Wine Recommendations: A Response
• How people buy wine: friends vs. scores
• How size, shape and color of wine glass affect how much you pour
• Coppola Winery’s Blind Wine Tasting Proves Vino is Best Served in the Dark
• Uproot uses Infographic on its labels to note taste of wine

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Wineries of Willamette Valley move confidently into the future
• TX: Total Wine & More will open two Plano stores

ACADEMIA

• Gift allows UI ag students to learn about capital markets
• Contributions Flow In For Washington Wine Center

EUROPE & THE UK

• Sauternes & Barsac Producers Study Cooperative
• Guinness Toast Pits Diageo Against Medics in Irish Beer Row
• London Cru: welcome to London’s first winery
• Gusbourne Expands Sparkling Wine in Bid to Compete
• WSTA Conference confronts digital challenge

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s thirst for Aussie wine continues to soar
• Fine wine sales decline sharply for 2013 Chinese festival

LATIN AMERICA

• The Napa of Baja

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa eyes Nigerian wine market

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 6,000-year-old wine discovered in Greece
• A Little History of Wine with the Popes of the Past

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

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• My daughter’s named after a BEER and WINE!

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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