NEWS FETCH – October 8, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Chile extends state of emergency over frost
• Gallo Bets On Pink Moscato for UK market
• Is French Wine Under Attack?
• Bordeaux Producer’s Crop Stolen
• Shutdown spawns vacuum in farm market information
• How Does the USDA Shutdown Hurt?
• Investors pulling money from commodities

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Chile Expects 20% Drop In Production
• Bordeaux Wine Production Drops by 20%
• 2013 catches out uninsured growers
• California 2013: “Another excellent vintage”
• English wine producers upbeat as 2013 harvest begins
• Australia set for 50% wine import boost in China
• A Day in the Life of an Intern – Day One, Harvest 2013
• Mendocino Reports High Quality (if Uneven) Harvest

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• A wine trail in the Santa Lucia Highlands
• Dig these Napa Valley wine caves
• SRJC’s Shone Farm launches own wine club
• Sonoma Loses Two Prominent Vintners: Robert Hunter Jr. and Dale Goode
• Grape commission expands export promotions

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Haut-Brion: The Jewel of The Week’s Auctions
• NY auction house debuts with Lafite double magnums, top Burgundy
• Chateau d’Yquem ’07 Drops to Record Low

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

MARKETING & SALES

• Twenty Dollar Bill Wines
• Flash sale pioneer Vente-Privee eyes smartphone-driven boom
• Grand cru, says who? Nespresso edition
• invino Launches Club

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Pitching and the Newsroom: An Inside Perspective
• Adblock Plus whitelists less than 10% of sites that apply
• Perspective Napa Valley Fine Art Photography Book

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Napa-Valley Master Inspires a New Generation
• Cult Napa Valley Cabernet as Drag Queen
• Wine snobs, wine marketing, appellations
• NZ: Jackson Estate to build Pinot Noir-specific winery

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

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Oregon Organic No Longer Farming On The Fringe

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Russians thirsty for Super Tuscans
• Barolo Cannubi: growers lose legal battle for authentic labeling
• Russia bans seven Georgian wine producers

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

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

OLIVE OIL

• Worlds Olive Oil Consumption Slips, Production Rebounds

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Craft Beer Increasingly Stealing Shelf Space At Major Retail Chains And C-Stores

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• U.S. Spends $5 Million For Ugly Wine, Other Glasses Just Before Shutdown
• Your name is Kevin or Jennifer? No French wine for you
• Congress’ Job Approval Falls to 11% Amid Gov’t Shutdown (And just how stupid can that 11% be?)

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“A domestic pheremone aftertaste and krispy corn flavors are fused in the 2001 White Pinot from Navarro Bros Winery.”