NEWS FETCH – October 4, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Chile frost hits fruit and wine , emergency declared
• The Coup d’Etat At Treasury Wine, Foley Shops A Portfolio Winery, Truett-Hurst’s Margin Magic
• Vintage Wine Estates Finally Closes Viansa Purchase
• Gloria Ferrer Says Sparkling Wine Trend Is Lifting All Boats
• La Journée Vinicole Ceases Publication

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Freak Grape-Razing Hail Crushes Burgundy Winemakers’ Dreams
• Weather ‘hangover’ prevents record UK harvest
• Harvest in Emilia-Romagna nears
• Napa: Cool weather slows ripening
• Harvest Report October 4th 2013
• Washington Harvest Report

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Vintage 99 Label Mfg To Open Santa Rosa Plant
• Wine Fills America’s Cup
• Gov. signs bill to allow homemade wine and beer charity events
• BottleRock letter promises Napa, Expo payments by mid-month
• Paso Robles Grows A New Identity
• More on New Paso AVAs
• Cal Climate Change Consortium Reports on Specialty Crops
• Analysis: Napa County Rejects Winery Project

• The New California Wine: A Guide to the Producers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste [Sponsored Link]

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Author Mike Veseth Questions The Scarcity of “Rare” Wines
• Liv-Ex Fine Wine 50 Benchmark Lagging Behind Wider Bordeaux 500

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

LEGAL MATTERS

• Champagne Bruno Paillard backs off legal action in Bollinger bottle dispute
• Legal Analysis: French Winery Forced to Change Trademark to Avoid Squatters

MARKETING & SALES

• How low is low when it comes to pricing wine?
• Wine Australia announces US trade survey results
• Bordeaux breaks away from ‘traditional wine advertising’
• France wants to make it illegal for Amazon to offer free shipping
• Mead revival in US growing apace

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Video: Inside The Beer Wholesaler’s Conference

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Using social media to get laid…. or something like that

MEDIA MATTERS

• Break out of your comfort zone: Tips for writing outside the lines

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Let’s hear it for emerging wine regions
• Grenache grape makes wine with a strong personality
• Metodo Italiano, aka the Charmat Process for Making Sparkling Wine
• Lebanon wine: The Eastern Mediterranean’s most exciting vineyard

• Extreme Wine: Searching the World for the Best, the Worst, the Outrageously Cheap, the Insanely Overpriced, and the Undiscovered [Sponsored Link]

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• ME: Dirigo Spirit Statement On RFP for Wholesale Spirits Business
• NY: New president at Finger Lakes Wine Country

EUROPE & THE UK

• French Vineyards take action as climate change
• 2007 – The Second Tuscan Coming
• French rise up in support of nation’s wine industry
• Paillard pushes for new disgorgement rule

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• How to Remove Red Wine Stains

• Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2014 [Sponsored Link]

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“A melancholy tang aftertaste and filthy whitefish undertones are entangled in the 2000 Chardonnay from Montecello Winery.”