NEWS FETCH – October 2, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Top 5 Ways To Use A Wine Shut Down To Your Advantage (scroll down for more wine shutdown links)
• The Wine & Health Hot Button No One Wants To Touch

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Most Ore. wine grapes survived record rain
• Harvest 2013: “Slownoma Coast” Finish Line in Sight
• Heavy rain in Douro valley hits 2013 Port harvest

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine Grower Jerry McFarland Dies
• SLO Supervisors fail to extend emergency moratorium on new vines
• Sonoma State, VESTA Offer N Coast Wine and Must Analysis Workshop
• Large co-op winery proposed for 11-acre site south of Calistoga
• Feds approve Moon Mountain AVA in Sonoma Valley
• Runway plan in Pope Valley sparks concerns about bigger aircraft
• Legislation aims to help agencies fight metal theft
• Calif Ag Research Needs

NATION HELD HOSTAGE, DAY 2

• Why a Government Shutdown May Be a Blessing For Wine Lovers
• Lack of Price Data from Government Shutdown Disrupts Markets
• U.S. Government Shutdown: Impact to Texas Wine & Grape Industry
• What the Federal Government Shutdown Means for Wineries
• TTB shutdown means wine label slowdown
• Ag Feels Immediate Impact of Shutdown
• Shutdown erases WPPC events
• How federal shutdown will ripple through economy

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• PA: Majority in state support fully privatizing wine, spirit sales
• Opening Up Alcohol Market Competition is the Correct Liberal Position

FINANCE, M&A

• Is This Investor an agriculture prophet or alarmist?
• Chateau Quintus acquire Chateau L’Arrosée
• Domaine Clarence Dillon completes Saint Emilion chateau deal
• Naked Wines ‘ Crowdfunding

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Extreme wine prices reflect reputation and mystery
• Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 Index falls 1.75%

MARKETING & SALES

• Virtual Seminar on Direct Sales Scheduled for October 17th
• Gen Y Is Gen Wine

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• SEO and Cars – Three Things that Drive Your Search Results

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Job Interview advice from the experts
• How 5 Beverage Entrepreneurs Got Their Starts

MEDIA MATTERS

• Telling a story? Some are better than others
• Loam Baby: interesting, imaginative, intelligent
• Wine Writer Eric Degerman
• Wine Writer Andy Perdue of the Northwest

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Man Behind Whole Foods’ Wine Department
• Improving wine balance through varietal blending
• China Wine: From ‘Anything good?’ to ‘What’s best?’

WINE TOURISM

• TripAdvisor’s Top 10 US Winery Tours

HEALTH (RODENT EDITION)

• Resveratrol worsens MS-like symptoms and neuropathology in mice
• Study identifies gene for alcohol preference (in rats)

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• IL: Illinois’ newest winery opens in New Berlin
• MT: New law makes it easier to buy wine directly from wineries
• TN: Selling wine in grocery stores won’t encourage teen drinking

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Clayvin signs lease with Giesen Wines
• OZ: Bargain Booze bolsters range with exclusive wines

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• NZ: Wine industry trials sustainability project
• Communicating Sustainability to Consumers and Trade

EUROPE & THE UK

• Obituary: ‘Gentleman of Sherry’ Mauricio Gonzalez-Gordon y Diez dies
• UK: Cameron says minimum pricing ‘has merit’

LATIN AMERICA

• Challenges on the Horizon for Argentine Wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Great Decanting Dilemma

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“A lurid citrus essence and caramelized Bar-B-Q midtones are incorporated in the 2008 Pinot Noir from Chateau Cousteau.”