NEWS FETCH – October 7, 2013

TOP NEWS

• US wine sales: Nowhere to go but up
• Lindeman’s bids to be World’s Biggest Aussie wine brand
• Experiment or Die
• VinAsset Pres To Keynote Moss Adams Oct 17 Wine Industry Conf

CALIFORNIA TRANSITIONS

• Pioneer Sonoma winegrower Dale Goode Dies
• RIP Terry Wright, a great wine geologist
• Jerry McFarland’s legacy

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Napa Merlot Harvest (Part 2)
• Italy harvest report updates
• UK: Insiders hint at bumper year for Sussex wine
• ID: A Bountiful Harvest
• Harvest helper at Gamble Family Vineyards (Video)

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

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Why wine professionals don’t love Pennsylvania
• PA: Liquor privatization could reignite this year
• Five ways to reform B.C.’s antiquated liquor laws
• Hidden Assult on Wine Consumers From Obscure and Archaic Laws
• Liquor lobby standing strong

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Silicon Valley Bank UK Expands Into Life Science Sector
• Tesco signs three-year business plan with Accolade Wines
• Treasury Wine Appoints Jim Casey as VP, U.S. East division

FINANCE, M&A

• SPI sells Kremlyovskaya

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• From Watches To Wine, Luxury Trumps Equity For Chinese Collectors
• Leoville-Las Cases 2010 Declines to Record Low
• Record sales at Nedbank wine auction
• Sotheby’s London to showcase finest & rarest wine
• Pawn Shop Solutions for Wine Investors
• Laser-Based Technology Tackles Wine Counterfeits

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

HEALTH

• How Does Resveratrol’s “Magic” Happen?
• Female alcohol abuse is a global epidemic

LEGAL MATTERS

• Cadbury Loses Trademark Purple
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg blames wine for SOTU nap
• NY: New wine laws to promote upstate producers

MARKETING & SALES

• New AVAs won’t confuse consumers, insist winemakers
• Frescobaldi to launch high-end sparkler
• What people think about organic farming and foods?
• Frescobaldi: Volumes don’t interest me

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Laurent-Perrier’s Guillaume Deglise to replace Robert Beynat as chief executive of Vinexpo

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Content is King, Distribution is Queen + Direct vs. Brand Marketing
• Adblock to Twitter: Only sell ads we like (and then we won’t block them)
• Nielsen measuring audience of TV-related tweets during programs

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Employee fears of layoffs drop to lowest levels in 5 years

• From Bubbles to Boardrooms: Act 1: Startups Are Such Fun By Michaela Rodeno [Sponsored Link]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Some more thoughts on authenticity in wine
• Conservative Wine Not Kosher Enough for Rabbis
• Talking with Massimo Ricco, Il Poggione Agronomist
• A copper-colored wine confounds sommeliers

• 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

• It’s Regional Wine Week — So Drink Local (As If You Weren’t Already)
• Let’s hear it for emerging wine regions
• Regional Wine Week Begins
• NE: Grapes flourish amid the cottonwoods
• VA: Ten Facts Virginians May Not Know About Virginia Wine

ACADEMIA

• Wine Sensory Lab Receives Funding

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• California farmers warned to adapt to climate change
• Irrigators seek seat at Columbia River Treaty table

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Moldovan Wine Tunnels Dwarf Napa’s

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

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Supermarket discounting hurting wine exports
• OZ: Shiraz Maker Revives Australian Wines

SOUTH AFRICA

• A South African wine innovator (by Jancis Robinson)
• The Wisdom of Age

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Don’t be afraid to question authority when it comes to wine
• How to Beat an Overpriced Wine List

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

OLIVE OIL

• Scientists Pool Expertise in Fight Against Fake Olive Oils

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“The 2005 Merlot from Acme Winery brings us light-footed cherry midtones with a retrograde white pepper bouquet.”